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GM Emre Can

Emre Can

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Full name

Emre Can

Born

1/1/1990 (age 34)‎

Place of birth

Federation

Türkiye

Rating

Bio

Emre Can is a Turkish chess grandmaster who qualified for the 2021 FIDE World Cup.

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Alapin Sicilian Defense (37 games)

Queen's Gambit Declined: Catalan Opening (19 games)

Catalan Opening: Closed (13 games)

King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation (12 games)

Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defense (12 games)

Black Pieces

Sicilian Defense: Canal Attack (14 games)

Pirc Defense (14 games)

Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defense (13 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf Variation (12 games)

Alapin Sicilian Defense (11 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Emre Can (2551) Sidhant Mohapatra (2379)	1-0	25	2024
Emre Can (2551) Tania Sachdev (2393)	1-0	47	2024
Emre Can (2549) Hovik Hayrapetyan (2432)	1-0	35	2024
Emre Can (2549) Mukhammadzokhid Suyarov (2429)	1-0	55	2024
Emre Can (2549) Santiago Avila Pavas (2514)	1-0	62	2024
Emre Can (2549) Yanbin Wang (2415)	1-0	109	2024
Emre Can (2540) Emirhan Tarlabasi (2308)	1-0	39	2024
Emre Can (2540) Diyap Buyukasik (2225)	1-0	30	2024
Emre Can (2540) Esat Baglan (2357)	1-0	49	2024
Emre Can (2543) Adrian-Simion Secheres (2342)	1-0	45	2024

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