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Zehra Topel (born April 13 1987) is a Turkish female chess player. Since 2007 she holds the FIDE title Woman International Master (WIM).Topel was born on April 13 1987 in Shumen Bulgaria to Turkish parents. Her father Cengiz Topel is a chess trainer and her mother Vildan is a nurse. She began with chess playing at the age eight when her mother presented Zehra’s cousin a chess board and her father instructed her.