Tansel Turgut
Turkish chess player (born 1966)
About Tansel Turgut
Born 1966. Tansel Turgut is a Turkish chess player, cardiologist and correspondence chess player.
Tansel Turgut (born 1966) is a Turkish-American cardiologist and chess player. He was born in Turkey and moved to the US in 1992. He practices medicine at the Beacon Medical Group's Advanced Cardiology Specialists division in South Bend, Indiana.
Turgut was the 1997 state chess champion of Louisiana, and the 1998 state champion of Michigan. In 2023, he also won the Indiana State Chess Championship. In 2007, he earned the title of International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster, the only grandmaster of correspondence chess from Turkey. The International Correspondence Chess Federation (ICCF) has given him the highest rating among US correspondence chess players.
His son, Aydin Turgut, is also a strong chess player.
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Who is Tansel Turgut?
Turkish chess player (born 1966)
When was Tansel Turgut born?
Tansel Turgut was born in 1966.
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Tansel Turgut is a chess player, cardiologist and correspondence chess player.
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Tansel Turgut is Turkish.
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