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Can, Melih Kaan

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FIDEFIDE 6317383· Male· Turkiye· Born in 1998

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Melih Kaan Can, a 28-year-old Turkish Candidate Master, is rated 2120 and sitting in the top 5% of Turkish players, and in the top 6% worldwide. He has slipped back 51 Elo over the past 12 months. 39 rated games in the past year (≈33/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Manisa Metropolitan Municipality 2nd Mesir International Open Chess Tournament - A, Burhaniye Oren International Open Chess Tournament - A, and Kesan Municipality 20th International Open Chess Tournament. Also played 2 rapid (including SERBIA OPEN 2025 - Rapid) and 5 blitz events (including 11th Cesme International Open Blitz Chess Tournament) recently. He took a 27-month break between Mar 2020 and Jul 2022 (COVID-19 included). His peak of 2234 was reached at age 20 (Oct 2018, Turkish #70 at the time).

Awarded CM in 2024 (age 26). At junior level, he reached #6, #5, #3, #7 and #8 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.

Current rating

2120

Standard

Rpd1998·Blz2027

All-time high

2234

−114 pts below
Oct 2018 · age 20

Activity

35

games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo

39 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Active

Signature stat

Top 5%

#189 · Turkish players · of 3,742

Career timeline

22 entries
2024
500 career games
at age 26
Sep 2024
CM title awardedCM
at age 26
Mar 2024
2023
Re-crossed 2100
at age 25
Jul 2023
Re-crossed 2100
at age 25
Jan 2023
2020
Inactive for 27 months
paused at 2105 → returned at 2093
Mar 2020
2019
Re-crossed 2200
at age 21
Apr 2019

Standard rating history

Activity & highlights

Best result
Burhaniye Oren International Open Chess Tournament - A
perf 2283 (+106) · 6.5/9 · #5
Top opponent
vs Nikolaos SpyropoulosIM 2,397
Turkiye Chess Second League - 2025 · Jul 2025 · +5.7 Elo
Evolution
-51
2171 → 2120
Tournaments
5
39 games
Score
20.5/ 3952.6%
15W11D13L

Last 12 months — tournaments

5 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Manisa Metropolitan Municipality 2nd Mesir International Open Chess Tournament - A
Swiss
Apr 20261.5/7#431861-56.8
Burhaniye Oren International Open Chess Tournament - A
Open Swiss
Aug 20256.5/9#52283+28.8
Kesan Municipality 20th International Open Chess Tournament
Open Swiss
Aug 20256.5/9#82009-21.6
Turkiye Chess Second League - 2025
Team
Jul 20253/7#1312270+14.0
Pamukkale International Open Chess Tournament - A
Open Swiss
Jul 20253/7#672104-15.0
Worst Elo result: Manisa Metropolitan Municipality 2nd Mesir International Open Chess Tournament - A (-56.8 Elo, finished #43).

Most-Played Opponents

vsSiar YaranFM
🇹🇷TUR·2326
+3 −2 =5
10 games·last met Jul 2025
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vsBahadir OzenIM
🇹🇷TUR·2347
+0 −5 =3
8 games·last met Aug 2018
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vsEmre Demirbas
🇹🇷TUR·2131
+4 −0 =3
7 games·last met Oct 2022
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vsKerem Can Oztekin
🇹🇷TUR·1912
+5 −0 =1
6 games·last met Aug 2018
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vsArno Garabetyan
🇹🇷TUR·2064
+2 −3 =1
6 games·last met Jul 2014
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Rankings

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Turkiye
#189
out of 3,929 players
Europe
#9,853
in continent
World
#13,613
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Turkiye
1
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2,708
2
🇹🇷Gurel, EdizFollow Ediz GurelTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,641
3
🇹🇷Can, IsikFollow Isik CanTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,565
4
🇹🇷Sanal, VahapFollow Vahap SanalTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,549
4
🇹🇷Yilmaz, MustafaFollow Mustafa YilmazTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,549
6
🇹🇷Dastan, Muhammed BatuhanFollow Muhammed Batuhan DastanTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,538
7
🇹🇷Can, EmreFollow Emre CanTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,526
8
🇹🇷Ali Marandi, Cemil CanFollow Cemil Can Ali MarandiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,514
9
🇹🇷Kilic, ErayFollow Eray KilicTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,511
10
🇹🇷Gokerkan, Cem KaanFollow Cem Kaan GokerkanTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,507
...
189🇹🇷Can, Melih Kaan2,120
Europe
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,840
2
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
3
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
3
🇫🇷Firouzja, AlirezaFollow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
5
🇵🇱Duda, Jan-KrzysztofFollow Jan-Krzysztof DudaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,739
6
🇳🇱Van Foreest, JordenFollow Jorden Van ForeestTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,735
7
🇭🇺Rapport, RichardFollow Richard RapportTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,729
8
🇫🇷Vachier-Lagrave, MaximeFollow Maxime Vachier-LagraveTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,717
8
🇦🇿Mamedyarov, ShakhriyarFollow Shakhriyar MamedyarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,717
10
🇹🇷Erdogmus, Yagiz KaanFollow Yagiz Kaan ErdogmusTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,708
...
9853🇹🇷Can, Melih Kaan2,120
World
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,840
2
🇺🇸Nakamura, HikaruFollow Hikaru NakamuraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,792
3
🇺🇸Caruana, FabianoFollow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,788
4
🇺🇿Abdusattorov, NodirbekFollow Nodirbek AbdusattorovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,780
5
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,776
6
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
7
🇫🇷Firouzja, AlirezaFollow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,754
10
🇨🇳Wei, YiFollow Yi WeiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
...
13613🇹🇷Can, Melih Kaan2,120