GM Emre Can Photo: Maria Emelianova/Chess.com. Full name Emre Can Born 1990 (age 35) Place of birth Federation Türkiye Profiles #262 World Ranking 2568 Classical 2530 Rapid 2502 Blitz 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 (2895) Egehan Yildiz (2502) 1-0 38 2025 Emre Can (2921) Ashot Nadanian (2790) 1-0 47 2025 Emre Can (2903) Ian Nepomniachtchi (3098) 1-0 63 2025 Emre Can (2900) Shete Sammed Jaykumar (2632) 1-0 44 2025 Emre Can (2562) Marco Dobrikov (2410) 1-0 35 2025 Emre Can (2562) Jan Subelj (2524) 1-0 45 2025 Emre Can (2926) Pranesh M (3022) 0-1 43 2025 Emre Can (2921) David Paravyan (3099) 0-1 28 2025 Emre Can (2562) Tarun Kanyamarala (2389) ½-½ 36 2025 Emre Can (2562) Robert Hovhannisyan (2630) ½-½ 21 2025 Show All Games