Some details of the biography of N. Ezgi Menzi:
•Born in Chicago (USA), on 18.06.1998
• Started to play chess in 2005.
Best results:
• In 2006 being 8 years old she got 4th place at Turkish Youth Chess Finals among girls under 10 (U-8 age category did not settled yet) and joined the national chess team .
• In September 2006, in Florida, USA, won the Florida State Championship at U1200 category.
• In April 2007, at the 3rd World School Chess Championship in Greece, got the bronze medal at U9 Girls Category.
• In August 2009, at the European Youth Chess Championship in Italy, shared 4th place and got 6th place at U12 Girls Category.
• In November 2009, at the World Youth Chess Championships in Turkey shared 4 place at U12 Girls Category.
• In September 2010, at the European Youth Chess Championships in Georgia, shared 3rd place and got 4th place at U12 Girls Category.
• In May 2011, at the 7th World School Chess Championship in Poland , got the 3th place at U13 Girls Category.
• In July 2011, won the championship at U14 Girls Category Turkey Youth Chess Finals.
Report prepared by Fatma Ozturk and Anastasiya Karlovich
Ezgi Menzi plays in U-13 age group among girls here and after seventh rounds she shares the third place (4 points in 7 games). She became famous as a Turkish 13-years-old chess talent and successful student at Mersin TED High School. This year she got the highest score in Turkish National Scolastic Test (called as SBS). It is obligatory test which should be passed by students after finishing the 7th grade. Ezgi Menzi was among the best students who scored the absolute result (500 out of 500). This year 1,097,503 students have participated in this exam and 503 of them succeeded to make a full score. Ezgi Menzi became first due to the new Turkish Law which allows the medallists of the European or World events receive 10 extra points. Such a great success shows that doing well chess player can be successful in education and opposite is also possible. Many doors of different colleges are opened to Ezgi Menzi and she can still combine her studies with favourite hobby.
