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IM Kanan Izzat

Full name

Kanan Izzat

Born

Jan 1, 1996 (age 27)‎

Place of birth

Federation

Azerbaijan

Retired

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation (11 games)

Catalan Opening: Open Defense, Classical Line (9 games)

Alapin Sicilian Defense (6 games)

Queen's Gambit Declined: Catalan Opening (5 games)

English Opening: Caro-Kann Defensive System (4 games)

Black Pieces

Sicilian Defense: Taimanov, Bastrikov Variation (10 games)

Caro-Kann Defense: Advance, Botvinnik-Carls Defense (7 games)

English Opening: Anglo-Indian, Anglo-Grünfeld Defense (6 games)

Alapin Sicilian Defense (4 games)

Caro-Kann Defense: Advance, Tal Variation (3 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Kanan Izzat (2495) Robert W Smith (2233)	1-0	47	2019
Kanan Izzat (2481) Sean Christian Goh (1981)	1-0	32	2019
Kanan Izzat (2481) Hughston Parle (1959)	1-0	53	2019
Kanan Izzat (2481) Ross Lam (2035)	1-0	39	2019
Kanan Izzat (2495) Darryl K Johansen (2345)	0-1	26	2019
Kanan Izzat (2481) Daniel Howard Fernandez (2466)	0-1	64	2019
Kanan Izzat (2495) Vasily Papin (2491)	½-½	14	2019
Kanan Izzat (2487) Zachary Loh (2193)	1-0	27	2018
Kanan Izzat (2487) Gary W Lane (2401)	1-0	80	2018
Kanan Izzat (2487) Gary McNamara (2134)	1-0	59	2018

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