The final round of the World Youth Chess Championship that started at 10:00 a.m. ended. The local hero Kubra Ozturk who is also 2007 and 2008 European Champion beat her Kazakh opponent WFM Guliskhan Nakhbayeva to take the bronze medal in the U-18 girls’ category. Congratulations to all the players that finished in the top three places in each category.

The tournament closed with the awards ceremony where the top 6 boards of each category were invited to stage and given medals and presents by the Turkish Chess Federation. The deputy governor of Antalya Mr. Fuat Ergün, the FIDE deputy president Georgios Makropoulos, the president of Turkish Chess Federation Ali Nihat Yazici, the president of Syria Chess Federation Dr. Hani Al-Bitar, the Chairman of FIDE Verification Commission Lakhdar Mazouz, the district governor of Kemer Bayramali Kose, the Mayor of the Municipality of Kemer Mustafa Gül, the Youth and Sports director of Kemer Taliye Magden, the players and the parents all attended the closing and awards ceremony. In their speeches The FIDE deputy president Makropoulos thanked everyone for this successful organization on behalf of FIDE, the Kemer district governor Bayramali Kose expressed his appreciation and pleasure to be the hosting city for this event and he stated the city’s intentions to host more chess events and activities in the future. After the speeches and the presentation of the memorial plates, the awards ceremony took place. You can find the photos of the closing ceremony from the "Photo Gallery" link on the left.

Have a nice trip back home!  Hope to meet you again in 2012 Chess Olympiads!