Emre Can (chess player)

Emre Can (Turkish pronunciation: [ˈemɾe ˈdʒan] (born January 21, 1990) is a Turkish Grandmaster of chess. He earned FIDE titles as FIDE Master (FM) in 2006, International Master (IM) in 2007 and Grand Master (GM) on July 25, 2010.[1]

Emre Can
Emre Can at the 2008 World Junior Chess Championship in Gaziantep, Turkey
Country Turkey
Born (1990-01-21) January 21, 1990
İzmir, Turkey
TitleGrandmaster
FIDE rating2569 (August 2020)

He was born in İzmir, Turkey on January 21, 1990.[1][2] Emre Can is student of Information technology at Kadir Has University in Istanbul.[3]

He began with chess playing at the age of seven. In 1999, Emre Can participated at the chess championship held in Antalya, Turkey becoming second in his age group. In 2000, he took part at the World Youth Chess Championship held in Oropesa del Mar, Spain.[4] At the age of 16, he won the first title in his age category among 102 players from 19 countries at the 13th Youth Chess Olympiad held in Novi Sad, Serbia on July 1–9.[5] He has a fourth place at the European U-18 Chess Championship. In 2011, he became the Turkish chess champion.[3]

Achievements
Turkish Chess Championship
  • 2006 - 5th[1]
  • 2011 - champion[3]
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References
  1. "FIDE Chess Profile-Can, Emre". World Chess Federation. Retrieved 2013-07-11.
  2. Akman, Özgür (2010-01-31). "Emre Can: Satrancın İzmirli sihirbazı". Sabah (in Turkish). Retrieved 2013-07-11.]]
  3. "Kadir Has Üniversitesi Öğrencisi Emre Can 2010-2011 Türkiye Satranç Şampiyonu Oldu" (in Turkish). Doğan Haber Ajansı. 2011-02-17. Retrieved 2013-07-11.
  4. "Kalbimiz seninle". Hürriyet Ege (in Turkish). 2000-10-12. Retrieved 2013-07-11.
  5. "Liseli Can, Dünya satranç şampiyonu". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2006-07-12. Retrieved 2013-07-11.


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