IM Kanan Garayev Full name Kanan Garayev Born 2002 (age 24) Place of birth Federation Azerbaijan Profiles #1491 World Ranking 2323 Classical 2221 Rapid 2225 Blitz Rating Bio Most Played Openings White Pieces Alapin Sicilian Defense (7 games) Catalan Opening: Closed (5 games) Queen's Gambit Declined: Catalan Opening (4 games) French Defense: Tarrasch, Closed, Main Line (4 games) King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation (3 games) Black Pieces Queen's Gambit Declined (6 games) English Opening: Two Knights Variation (3 games) French Defense: Chigorin Variation (3 games) English Opening: Agincourt Defense (3 games) French Defense: Tarrasch, Open, Euwe-Keres Line (3 games) Games Players Result Moves Year Kanan Garayev (2928) Robert-Gabriel Sava (2691) 1-0 70 2026 Kanan Garayev (2930) Wojciech Przybylski (2624) 1-0 42 2026 Kanan Garayev (2324) Read Samadov (2510) 0-1 38 2026 Kanan Garayev (2928) Casper Liu (2723) 0-1 37 2026 Jan-Krzysztof Duda (3211) Kanan Garayev (2931) 1-0 43 2026 Rudik Makarian (3125) Kanan Garayev (2932) 1-0 43 2026 Javier Ruiz Vazquez (2532) Kanan Garayev (2928) 0-1 34 2026 Read Samadov (2510) Kanan Garayev (2324) ½-½ 44 2026 Kanan Garayev (2340) Tabriz Idrisov (2073) 1-0 55 2025 Kanan Garayev (2340) Agshin Alizada (2115) 1-0 57 2025 Show All Games