GM Emre Can Photo: Maria Emelianova/Chess.com. Full name Emre Can Born 1990 (age 36) Place of birth Federation Türkiye Profiles #216 World Ranking 2541 Classical 2502 Rapid 2467 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 (2541) Stephen R Mannion (2202) 1-0 34 2026 Emre Can (2541) Axel Thouard (2171) 1-0 38 2026 Emre Can (2541) Gabriel Flom (2423) 1-0 56 2026 Emre Can (2541) Timothe Razafindratsima (2504) 0-1 35 2026 Emre Can (2541) Pranav Anand (2606) ½-½ 44 2026 Gunnar Andersen (2254) Emre Can (2541) 0-1 35 2026 Bartlomiej Niedbala (2377) Emre Can (2541) 0-1 74 2026 Quentin Loiseau (2391) Emre Can (2541) 0-1 32 2026 Michal Fiedorek (2288) Emre Can (2541) ½-½ 29 2026 Emre Can (2895) Egehan Yildiz (2502) 1-0 38 2025 Show All Games