Dangane da hoton Chigorin, tsohuwar saitin, da labarin shekarar 1999 na Orhan Günsav.
Wannan nuni ya ƙunshi tsohuwar saitin catur na Rasha tare da asalin hoto na shahararren ƙwararren ɗan catur ɗan Rasha, Mikhail Chigorin (1850–1908). Makalar da aka wallafa a shekarar 1999 ta Orhan Günsav, tsohon Babban Lauyan Jama'a na Istanbul kuma shugaban Ƙungiyar Catur ta Turkiyya na tsawon shekaru 20, ta bayyana tarihin ban mamaki na yadda wannan saitin ya isa Turkiyya.
Labarin saitin: Labarin ya bayyana irin tasirin motsin rai mai nauyi da wasan catur ya yi wa Chigorin, musamman bayan mummunan rashin nasara da ya yi wa Steinitz a shekarar 1892. A wani lokaci na baƙin ciki, Chigorin ya ƙone kayan catur dinsa a lambunsa. Sai dai ya ceci ɗaya kawai na musamman: kyauta daga Tsar na Rasha.
Labarin wannan takamaiman saitin da ake nunawa ya ci gaba da Selim Palavan, zakaran catur na farko na Turkiyya. Iyalan Palavan, 'yan Turkiyya na Kazan da ke zaune a Rasha, sun tsira daga juyin-juya-hali ba tare da rauni ba. A shekarar 1912, an ba su hoton tarihi na Chigorin tare da kayan catur da Tsar ya umarta a ƙera don tunawa da shi. A lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na II, yayin da yaƙin ya kai Odesa, iyalan suka koma Romania sannan daga bisani suka isa Istanbul a 1943, suna ɗauke da wannan kayan tarihi.
Shekaru bayan nan, Selim Palavan ya gina zurfin alaƙa da H. Sertaç Dalkıran. A cikin fassara kai tsaye daga labarin Orhan Günsav, ya bayyana yadda aka canza hannun mallakar saitin:
“Saboda salon wasansa da ƙoƙarinsa wajen catur a ƙasarmu, Palavan ya ɗauki Dalkıran a matsayin ‘Chigorin na Turkiyya.’ A cikin wasiyyarsa, ya ba Dalkıran kayan catur na tarihi da Tsar ya yi a tunawa da Chigorin, tare da tsohuwar hoto mai launin rawaya.”
A yau, Dalkıran yana kiyaye wannan saitin da kyau a gefe guda tare da saitin catur na sirri na Atatürk.
