Cemil Can Ali Marandi (born 17 January 1998) is a Turkish

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player who received the

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of Grandmaster in 2017.

Biography

Cemil Can Ali Marandi repeatedly participated in

European Youth Chess Championship The European Youth Chess Championship is organized by the European Chess Union (ECU) in groups under 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18 years old. History The first tournament was held in 1991, and the under 8 category was introduced in 2007. Until 2002 t ...

s and

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s, where he set a peculiar record, winning five times European Youth Chess Championships in five different age groups: * In 2008, in U10 age group, * In 2010, in U12 age group, * In 2011, in U14 age group, * In 2014, in U16 age group, * In 2015, in U18 age group. Cemil Can Ali Marandi participated in the World Youth U16 Chess Olympiads four times (2009–2010, 2013–2014), where he won bronze medal in team scoring (2014). Also he participated in the European Boys' U18 Team Chess Championship four times (2011, 2014–2016), where he won gold (2014) and silver (2011) medals in team scoring, as well as gold (2014) medal in individual scoring. Cemil Can Ali Marandi played for Turkey 2 in the

Chess Olympiad The Chess Olympiad is a biennial chess tournament in which teams representing nations of the world compete. FIDE organises the tournament and selects the host nation. Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, FIDE held an Online Chess Olympiad in FIDE Onli ...

: * In 2012, at second board in the

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(+2, =5, -2). Cemil Can Ali Marandi played for Turkey in the

European Team Chess Championship The European Team Championship (often abbreviated in texts and games databases as ''ETC'') is an international team chess event, eligible for the participation of European nations whose chess federations are located in zones 1.1 to 1.9. This more ...

: * In 2011, at third board in the 18th European Team Chess Championship in

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(+1, =3, -2). In 2019, Cemil Can Ali Marandi won the US Thanksgiving Open tied with

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and Peter Prohaszka. In 2013, he was awarded the

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title of

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(IM) and received the Grandmaster (GM) title four year later. In January 2020, Ali Marandi tied for second place with a score of 6.5/9 in the Charlotte Open, held in Charlotte, North Carolina, tying with GM

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, GM Andrew Tang, GM Ulvi Bajarani, and IM Aaron Grabinsky. In December 2021, Ali Marandi tied for 1st place at the 2021 Charlotte Open alongside Grandmasters

Titas Stremavičius Titas Stremavičius (born 15 February 1998) is a Lithuanian chess player who holds the title of Grandmaster (GM, 2019). He is winner of Lithuanian Chess Championship (2021). Biography Titas Stremavičius was multiple participant of European Y ...

, Tanguy Ringoir, Robby Kevlishvili,

, and then-IM

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. In June 2022, he won the Teplice Open with a score of 7.5/9, held in

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. More details can be found at his website, .

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* * * 1998 births Living people Turkish chess players Chess Grandmasters Chess Olympiad competitors University of California, San Diego alumni {{Turkey-chess-bio-stub