Kan, Ilia




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1928  70  2416 (39) 37
1929  30  2463 (38) 17
1930  19  2478 (39) 11
1931  18  2500 (32) 57
1932  24  2481 (38) 12
1933  23  2492 (36) 21
1934  25  2493 (33) 32
1935  20  2503 (31) 38
1936  19  2502 (29) 49
1937  29  2483 (30) 52
1938  27  2482 (37) 12
1939  34  2462 (34) 33
1940  49  2443 (38) 21
1941  48  2442 (43) 5
1942  36  2451 (40) 16
1943  31  2461 (39) 14
1944  55  2424 (36) 24
1945  70  2409 (32) 46
1946  74  2402 (40) 28

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Kan, Ilia Abramovich  
Born: 4 May 1909
Died: 12 Dec. 1978
 
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
   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

Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Abramov, L.Y. - Kan, I.A. 1940         (f)     5   -   3
Ufimtsev, A.G. - Kan, I.A. 1945         (f)     8   -   3
Goldenov, B.P. - Kan, I.A. 1946         (f)     8   -   3

Tournament data

Moscow 1928 (1)     9th Moscow City Championship     8.5  /  17
Moscow 1928 (3)     3rd Russian Socialist Federated Soviet Republic Championship     7.5  /  13
Serpukhov 1928     Serpukhov Tournament     5.5  /  7
Odessa 1929 (3)     6th Soviet Union Championship - Quarter-Finals, Section 3     6.5  /  8
Odessa 1929 (5)     6th Soviet Union Championship - Semi-Finals, Section 1     3.5  /  5
Odessa 1929 (7)     6th Soviet Union Championship - Final     0.5  /  4
Moscow 1930 (1)     Moscow Tournament     4.5  /  7
Leningrad 1930 (2)     6th Leningrad - Moscow Team Match    
  Kan, I.A. - Botvinnik, M.M.     0 - 2    
Leningrad 1930 (4)     Leningrad - Moscow Match of Metal Workers Teams    
  Kan, I.A. - Botvinnik, M.M.     1 - 1    
Moscow 1931 (2)     7th USSR Championship Semi-Finals - Group 2     7  /  9
Moscow 1931 (10)     7th USSR Championship     9.5  /  17
Moscow 1931 (11)     Championship of Red Army House     10  /  10
Moscow 1931 (13)     12th Moscow Championship     8  /  11
Moscow 1931 (18)     12th Moscow Championship Semi-finals - Group 2     8  /  11
Moscow 1932 (1)     Moscow Masters' Tournament     6.5  /  12
Moscow 1933 (2)     Moscow - Leningrad Trade Union Team Match    
  Kan, I.A. - Lisitsin, G.M.     2 - 0    
Leningrad 1933 (3)     8th U.S.S.R. Championship     10  /  19
Leningrad 1934 (1)     Moscow - Leningrad Trade Union Match    
  Kan, I.A. - Rabinovich, I.L.     0.5 - 1.5    
Leningrad 1934 (3)     Leningrad International Tournament     6  /  11
Moscow 1934 (2)     14th Moscow Championship     12  /  19
Leningrad 1935 (1)     9th U.S.S.R. Championship     10  /  19
Moscow 1935 (1)     Moscow International Tournament     10.5  /  19
Moscow 1936 (2)     Moscow International Tournament     7.5  /  18
Moscow 1936 (3)     16th Moscow Championship     12  /  17
Leningrad 1936 (5)     All-Union Young Masters Tournament     8  /  14
Kiev 1937 (1)     Moscow - Ukraine Match    
  Kan, I.A. - Bohatirchuk, F.P.     0 - 1    
  Kan, I.A. - Konstantinopolsky, A.M.     0.5 - 0.5    
Moscow 1937 (1)     Moscow International Tournament     4.5  /  7
Tbilisi 1937 (1)     10th U.S.S.R. Championship     9  /  19
Leningrad 1937 (2)     Moscow - Leningrad Team Match    
  Kan, I.A. - Romanovsky, P.A.     0.5 - 1.5    
Moscow 1937 (2)     17th Moscow Championship     10.5  /  16
Moscow 1937 (3)     Masters versus Candidate Masters Tournament     4  /  6
Moscow 1938 (3)     11th U.S.S.R. Championship - Extra Semi-final     7.5  /  12
Moscow and Leningrad 1939     Moscow-Leningrad Training Tournament     8  /  16
Leningrad 1939 (1)     11th U.S.S.R. Championship     7.5  /  17
Moscow 1940 (1)     19th Moscow Championship     8.5  /  13
Rostov-on-Don 1941 (4)     13th USSR Championship Semi-Final - Group 3     2.5  /  5
Moscow 1942 (3)     22nd Moscow Championship     9  /  16
Sverdlovsk 1943     Sverdlovsk Tournament     8  /  14
Omsk 1944     13th U.S.S.R. Championship - Semi-Final     5.5  /  13
Kiev 1944     Bolshevik Championship     5.5  /  11
Moscow 1945 (2)     14th USSR Championship - Semi-Final     10.5  /  15
Moscow 1945 (3)     14th USSR Championship     5  /  18
Moscow 1945 (4)     6th Trade Unions Team Championship - Final, Bolshevik 1 - Zenit    
  Kan, I.A. - Taimanov, M.E.     1 - 1    
Moscow 1946 (4)     15th U.S.S.R. Championship Semi-Final     11  /  17


Player information updated: 31 Jan. 2025