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Meelis Kanep
M Kanep 
Photo by Frank Hoppe 

Number of games in database: 413
Years covered: 1994 to 2024
Last FIDE rating: 2377 (2263 rapid, 2271 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2537
Overall record: +110 -73 =156 (55.5%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 74 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Queen's Pawn Game (51) 
    A45 E10 D02 A40 D04
 Slav (25) 
    D11 D12 D14 D15 D19
 Queen's Gambit Declined (24) 
    D30 D37 D35 D31 D38
 King's Indian (15) 
    E63 E61 E91 E94 E90
 Queen's Indian (13) 
    E15 E17 E16
 Grunfeld (12) 
    D87 D86 D97 D78 D85
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (89) 
    B32 B90 B22 B51 B80
 Sicilian Najdorf (26) 
    B90 B92 B96 B95 B93
 King's Indian (15) 
    E91 E61 E62 E85 E71
 Sicilian Scheveningen (12) 
    B80 B81 B85 B84
 English (11) 
    A13 A15 A14 A11
 Slav (10) 
    D15 D11 D12 D10
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   M Kanep vs D Kolbus, 2011 1-0
   M Kanep vs K Kulaots, 2005 1-0
   M Kanep vs Jobava, 2000 1-0
   M Kanep vs M Soot, 2003 1-0
   J Nyback vs M Kanep, 2001 0-1
   M Soot vs M Kanep, 2010 0-1

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   EST-chT (2001)
   Estonian Championship International (2001)
   European Junior Championship (2002)
   World Junior Championship (2003)
   Gibraltar Masters (2012)
   Keres Memorial Open (1998)
   European Championship (2007)
   Aeroflot Open-B (2005)
   Bled Olympiad (2002)
   Gibraltar Masters (2013)
   Gibraltar Masters (2011)
   Pro Chess League (2018)
   European Team Championship (2019)
   Chennai Olympiad (2022)
   Budapest Olympiad (2024)

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 Budapest Olympiad
   L Draskovic vs M Kanep (Sep-22-24) 1/2-1/2
   M Kanep vs Amin Kabilov (Sep-21-24) 1-0
   T Arunnuntapanich vs M Kanep (Sep-19-24) 1/2-1/2
   M Kanep vs K Cupid (Sep-18-24) 1-0
   H Yun vs M Kanep (Sep-16-24) 0-1

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MEELIS KANEP
(born May-27-1983, 41 years old) Estonia

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Grandmaster. Estonian champion in 2004, 2005 and 2007. Winner of the Keres Memorial in Tallinn in 2005.

Wikipedia article: Meelis Kanep


Try our new games table.

 page 1 of 17; games 1-25 of 420  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Ganguly vs M Kanep  1-0271994Wch U12B84 Sicilian, Scheveningen
2. R Markus vs M Kanep  0-1591994Wch U12B95 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6...e6
3. Grischuk vs M Kanep  1-0441995EU-ch U12B53 Sicilian
4. Ganguly vs M Kanep  1-0321995Wch U12 DisneyB32 Sicilian
5. Y Rantanen vs M Kanep  ½-½231999Tampere opB95 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6...e6
6. M Kanep vs J Firstov  1-0611999EST-ch sfA45 Queen's Pawn Game
7. R Bar vs M Kanep  ½-½151999World Championship U18B96 Sicilian, Najdorf
8. M Kanep vs J Fluvia Poyatos  1-0441999World Championship U18E17 Queen's Indian
9. E Postny vs M Kanep  ½-½361999World Championship U18D02 Queen's Pawn Game
10. M Kanep vs L Bruzon Batista  ½-½211999World Championship U18D98 Grunfeld, Russian
11. A Danilovic vs M Kanep  1-0211999World Championship U18B90 Sicilian, Najdorf
12. F Handke vs M Kanep  1-0401999World Championship U18D46 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
13. M Kanep vs D Genocchio  1-0361999World Championship U18A79 Benoni, Classical, 11.f3
14. A Horvath vs M Kanep  1-0351999World Championship U18B95 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6...e6
15. K Kulaots vs M Kanep  ½-½152000Polva opD31 Queen's Gambit Declined
16. M Kanep vs K Kulaots  1-0302000SaaremaaB07 Pirc
17. M Kanep vs Jobava 1-0322000Wch U18A45 Queen's Pawn Game
18. M Kanep vs A Volokitin  0-1412000Wch U18A45 Queen's Pawn Game
19. M Kanep vs V Muutnik  ½-½282001EST-chTA53 Old Indian
20. B Lelumees vs M Kanep  0-1312001EST-chTA22 English
21. M Kanep vs M Tsiganova 1-0272001EST-chTD45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
22. T Rauk vs M Kanep  0-1242001EST-chTD47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
23. M Kanep vs V Garber  1-0322001EST-chTD45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
24. I Krupenski vs M Kanep  ½-½692001EST-chTA06 Reti Opening
25. M Kanep vs A Vaher  1-0492001EST-chTA45 Queen's Pawn Game
 page 1 of 17; games 1-25 of 420  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
Nov-05-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  Tabanus: GM Meelis Kanep, Estonia, born 27 May 1983. Now rated 2518, http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?...

IM in 2002, GM in 2006. Estonian champion in 2004, 2005 and 2007. Rating peak 2535 in April 2008

Played in the olympiads 2002 (1st reserve), 2004 (board 4), 2006 (board 2) and 2008 (board 2). Winner of Keres Memorial in Tallinn 2005

Biography:
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meelis... (in German) http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meelis... (in Polish)

Pictures:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped... http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_s7ojaJgTA...

Draw against GM Lazaro Bruzon at age 16:

[Event "Wch U18"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar"]
[Date "1999.10.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kanep, Meelis"]
[Black "Bruzon, Lazaro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2191"]
[BlackElo "2528"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 Bg4 8.Be2 Nc6 9.d5 Bxf3 10.gxf3 Na5 11.Qd3 c5 12.Be3 Nd7 13.f4 Rb8 14.O-O b5 15.e5 Nc4 16.b3 Nxe3 17.fxe3 a6 18.Rad1 Qa5 19.Ne4 Rfd8 20.Rc1 c4 21.bxc4 1/2-1/2

Jan-26-12  BIDMONFA: Meelis Kanep

KANEP, Meelis
http://www.bidmonfa.com/kanep_meeli...
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May-27-17
Premium Chessgames Member
  offramp: His name looks like it is a London (Vizayanagaram) (1883) of something.

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