Kan, Ilia
Ratings
| Year |
Rank |
Edo |
Dev. |
Games |
| 1928 |
66 |
2424 | (39) | 37 |
| 1929 |
29 |
2471 | (38) | 17 |
| 1930 |
19 |
2487 | (39) | 11 |
| 1931 |
17 |
2509 | (32) | 57 |
| 1932 |
24 |
2490 | (38) | 12 |
| 1933 |
21 |
2501 | (36) | 21 |
| 1934 |
25 |
2502 | (33) | 32 |
| 1935 |
19 |
2512 | (30) | 38 |
| 1936 |
17 |
2511 | (29) | 49 |
| 1937 |
27 |
2492 | (29) | 52 |
| 1938 |
25 |
2491 | (37) | 12 |
| 1939 |
32 |
2471 | (33) | 33 |
| 1940 |
48 |
2452 | (37) | 21 |
| 1941 |
48 |
2450 | (42) | 5 |
| 1942 |
33 |
2459 | (40) | 16 |
| 1943 |
30 |
2469 | (39) | 14 |
| 1944 |
57 |
2430 | (35) | 24 |
| 1945 |
73 |
2412 | (31) | 46 |
| 1946 |
97 |
2401 | (33) | 28 |
| 1947 |
99 |
2393 | (31) | 48 |
| 1948 |
90 |
2388 | (41) | 28 |
Rating table notes
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| Biographical data |
| Name: Kan, Ilia Abramovich |
| Born: 4 May 1909 |
| Died: 12 Dec. 1978 |
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| References |
| Books |
| Di Felice, Chess Results, 1921-1930, page 327 |
| Di Felice, Chess Results, 1931-1935, page 389 |
| Di Felice, Chess Results, 1936-1940, page 359 |
| Di Felice, Chess Results, 1941-1946, page 346 |
| Di Felice, Chess Results, 1947-1950, page 464 |
| Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 203 |
| Soltis, Mikhail Botvinnik, page 41 |
| Soltis, Soviet Chess, page 40, 59 |
| Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 127 |
| Woodger, Reuben Fine, page 351 |
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Match data (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)
Tournament data
| Moscow 1928 (1) |
9th Moscow City Championship |
8.5 | / | 17 |
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| Moscow 1928 (3) |
3rd Russian Socialist Federated Soviet Republic Championship |
7.5 | / | 13 |
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| Serpukhov 1928 |
Serpukhov Tournament |
5.5 | / | 7 |
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| Odessa 1929 (3) |
6th Soviet Union Championship - Quarter-Finals, Section 3 |
6.5 | / | 8 |
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| Odessa 1929 (5) |
6th Soviet Union Championship - Semi-Finals, Section 1 |
3.5 | / | 5 |
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| Odessa 1929 (7) |
6th Soviet Union Championship - Final |
0.5 | / | 4 |
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| Moscow 1930 (1) |
Moscow Tournament |
4.5 | / | 7 |
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| Leningrad 1930 (2) |
6th Leningrad - Moscow Team Match |
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Kan, I.A. - Botvinnik, M.M. |
0 - 2 |
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| Leningrad 1930 (4) |
Leningrad - Moscow Match of Metal Workers Teams |
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|
Kan, I.A. - Botvinnik, M.M. |
1 - 1 |
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| Moscow 1931 (2) |
7th USSR Championship Semi-Finals - Group 2 |
7 | / | 9 |
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| Moscow 1931 (10) |
7th USSR Championship |
9.5 | / | 17 |
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| Moscow 1931 (11) |
Championship of Red Army House |
10 | / | 10 |
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| Moscow 1931 (13) |
12th Moscow Championship |
8 | / | 11 |
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| Moscow 1931 (18) |
12th Moscow Championship Semi-finals - Group 2 |
8 | / | 11 |
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| Moscow 1932 (1) |
Moscow Masters' Tournament |
6.5 | / | 12 |
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| Moscow 1933 (2) |
Moscow - Leningrad Trade Union Team Match |
| | | | | | |
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Kan, I.A. - Lisitsin, G.M. |
2 - 0 |
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| Leningrad 1933 (3) |
8th U.S.S.R. Championship |
10 | / | 19 |
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| Leningrad 1934 (1) |
Moscow - Leningrad Trade Union Match |
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|
Kan, I.A. - Rabinovich, I.L. |
0.5 - 1.5 |
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| Leningrad 1934 (3) |
Leningrad International Tournament |
6 | / | 11 |
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| Moscow 1934 (2) |
14th Moscow Championship |
12 | / | 19 |
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| Leningrad 1935 (1) |
9th U.S.S.R. Championship |
10 | / | 19 |
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| Moscow 1935 (1) |
Moscow International Tournament |
10.5 | / | 19 |
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| Moscow 1936 (2) |
Moscow International Tournament |
7.5 | / | 18 |
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| Moscow 1936 (3) |
16th Moscow Championship |
12 | / | 17 |
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| Leningrad 1936 (5) |
All-Union Young Masters Tournament |
8 | / | 14 |
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| Kiev 1937 (1) |
Moscow - Ukraine Match |
| | | | | | |
|
Kan, I.A. - Bohatirchuk, F.P. |
0 - 1 |
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|
Kan, I.A. - Konstantinopolsky, A.M. |
0.5 - 0.5 |
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| Moscow 1937 (1) |
Moscow International Tournament |
4.5 | / | 7 |
| | | |
| Tbilisi 1937 (1) |
10th U.S.S.R. Championship |
9 | / | 19 |
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| Leningrad 1937 (2) |
Moscow - Leningrad Team Match |
| | | | | | |
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Kan, I.A. - Romanovsky, P.A. |
0.5 - 1.5 |
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| Moscow 1937 (2) |
17th Moscow Championship |
10.5 | / | 16 |
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| Moscow 1937 (3) |
Masters versus Candidate Masters Tournament |
4 | / | 6 |
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| Moscow 1938 (3) |
11th U.S.S.R. Championship - Extra Semi-final |
7.5 | / | 12 |
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| Moscow and Leningrad 1939 |
Moscow-Leningrad Training Tournament |
8 | / | 16 |
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| Leningrad 1939 (1) |
11th U.S.S.R. Championship |
7.5 | / | 17 |
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| Moscow 1940 (1) |
19th Moscow Championship |
8.5 | / | 13 |
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| Rostov-on-Don 1941 (4) |
13th USSR Championship Semi-Final - Group 3 |
2.5 | / | 5 |
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| Moscow 1942 (3) |
22nd Moscow Championship |
9 | / | 16 |
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| Sverdlovsk 1943 |
Sverdlovsk Tournament |
8 | / | 14 |
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| Omsk 1944 |
13th U.S.S.R. Championship - Semi-Final |
5.5 | / | 13 |
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| Kiev 1944 |
Bolshevik Championship |
5.5 | / | 11 |
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| Moscow 1945 (2) |
14th USSR Championship - Semi-Final |
10.5 | / | 15 |
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| Moscow 1945 (3) |
14th USSR Championship |
5 | / | 18 |
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| Moscow 1945 (4) |
6th Trade Unions Team Championship - Final, Bolshevik 1 - Zenit |
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Kan, I.A. - Taimanov, M.E. |
1 - 1 |
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| Moscow 1946 (4) |
15th U.S.S.R. Championship Semi-Final |
11 | / | 17 |
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| Leningrad 1947 (1) |
15th U.S.S.R. Championship |
8 | / | 19 |
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| Moscow 1947 (1) |
26th Moscow Championship |
5.5 | / | 14 |
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| Moscow 1947 (3) |
26th U.S.S.R. Championship - Semi-final |
7.5 | / | 15 |
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| Moscow 1948 (1) |
Riumin Memorial Tournament |
5.5 | / | 8 |
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| Leningrad 1948 (2) |
U.S.S.R. Republics Chamionship |
3.5 | / | 6 |
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| Player information updated: 11 Jun. 2026 |
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