Format
GK
Garayev, Kanan
IM🇦🇿FIDE 13406671· Male· Azerbaijan· Born in 2002
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Kanan Garayev, a 24-year-old Azerbaijani International Master, is rated 2324 and ranked 43rd among Azerbaijani players, and in the top 2% worldwide. He has held steady between 2300 and 2350 for 2 years. 55 rated games in the past year. Recent standard appearances include Azerbaijan Men's Chess Championship-2026, Azerbaijan Chess Championship, I league, Men, and Vugar Gashimov Open - 2025. Also played 2 rapid (including Shamakhi Open 2025, Rapid) and 1 blitz events (including Shamakhi Open 2025, Blitz) recently. His peak of 2406 was reached at age 16 (Oct 2018); he also reached Azerbaijani #25 in Dec 2018.
Awarded IM in 2018 (age 16), FM in 2017 (age 15), and CM in 2015 (age 13). At junior level, he reached World #89 in U18, World #33 in U16, World #24 in U14, World #61 in U12, World #51 in U10 and #4 nationally in U20.
Current rating
2324
Standard
Rpd2221·Blz2225
All-time high
2406
−82 pts below
Oct 2018 · age 16
Oct 2018 · age 16
Activity
33
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
55 past 12 mo · ≈5/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#43
#43 · Azerbaijani players · of 1,084
Career timeline
24 entries2022
4th Azerbaijani U20 player
at age 20 · rated 2358
Mar 2022
2020
Inactive for 17 months
paused at 2331 → returned at 2339
Jan 2020
2019
89th U18 player worldwide
at age 17 · rated 2374
Jan 2019
500 career games
at age 17
Jan 2019
2018
Peak Azerbaijani rank: #25
at age 16 · rated 2406
Dec 2018
IM title awardedIM
at age 16 · 89th FIDE Congress 2018
Oct 2018
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-19
2343 → 2324
Tournaments
5
38 games
Score
21.5/ 3856.6%
14W15D9L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
5 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Knockout | Feb 2026 | 0.5/2 | R32 | 2319 | -0.2 |
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 6.5/9 | #4 | 2385 | +9.6 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 6.5/9 | #13 | 2072 | -2.3 |
Team | Jul 2025 | 3/9 | #119 | 2304 | -5.1 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 5/9 | #11 | 2054 | -21.9 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsRavan AliyevIM
🇦🇿AZE·2363
+8 −4 =16
28 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsKhazar BabazadaIM
🇦🇿AZE·2499
+5 −10 =12
27 games·last met Jul 2025
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vsNail BashirliIM
🇦🇿AZE·2347
+3 −8 =16
27 games·last met Mar 2024
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vsVugar AsadliGM
🇦🇿AZE·2545
+3 −16 =5
24 games·last met Feb 2025
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vsMurad IbrahimliIM
🇦🇿AZE·2461
+5 −9 =7
21 games·last met Mar 2025
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Rankings
/
Azerbaijan
#43
out of 1,299 players
Europe
#2,198
in continent
World
#3,352
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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Europe
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World
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