GM Emre Can Photo: Maria Emelianova/Chess.com. Full name Emre Can Born 1990 (age 36) Place of birth Federation Türkiye Profiles #247 World Ranking 2526 Classical 2499 Rapid 2468 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) Piotr Kejna (2310) 1-0 46 2026 Emre Can (2541) Zoey Tang (2366) 1-0 31 2026 Emre Can (2546) Sinisa Drazic (2239) 1-0 21 2026 Emre Can (2546) Ufuk Sezen Arat (2372) 1-0 32 2026 Emre Can (2541) Timothe Razafindratsima (2504) 0-1 35 2026 Emre Can (2541) Mai Narva (2413) 0-1 53 2026 Emre Can (2546) Roman Dehtiarov (2452) 0-1 34 2026 Show All Games