GMMeelis Kanep

EST Born 1983 Male
FIDE ID
4501047

About Meelis Kanep

Meelis Kanep was born in Võru in 1983. He won the Estonian championship in 2004, 2005 and 2007. He also won the Paul Keres Memorial in Tallinn in 2005 and became a grandmaster in 2006.

FIDE ratings

2351

Classical

Published FIDE

2275

Rapid

Published FIDE

2227

Blitz

Published FIDE

Official classical ranks

World rank
#2698
National rank · EST
#9

Active players · Nov 2026 FIDE list ⓘ

FIDE rating history

Highest recorded rating
2537 Nov 2010
Recorded years
2001–2026
Archived games
556

Based on available monthly lists and saved games.

FIDE rating history

Published rating lists through Nov 2026.

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FIDE tournaments

DateTournamentTypeScore
2026-10-0417th Valter Heuer MemorialBlitz8

All tournament results

Available Games

Published games available in our archive; coverage varies by tournament. Archive last checked: 2026-11-09 (UTC).

Online games are identified from known tournament names, playing sites and PGN mode. Other games are listed as OTB (over-the-board).

# Date Event Site Round White Black Result Moves View
201 2019-12-05 European Rapid 2019 Tallinn EST 5.6 Meelis Kanep Andrey Esipenko 0-1 41 Open
202 2019-12-05 European Rapid 2019 Tallinn EST 4.18 Ralf Schnabel Meelis Kanep 0-1 43 Open
203 2019-12-05 European Rapid 2019 Tallinn EST 3.25 Meelis Kanep Adam Kozak 1-0 44 Open
204 2019-12-05 European Rapid 2019 Tallinn EST 2.26 Ilja Semjonovs Meelis Kanep 0-1 52 Open
205 2019-12-05 European Rapid 2019 Tallinn EST 1.34 Meelis Kanep Oliver Fabregas 1-0 38 Open
206 2019-12-01 20th Puhajarve Rapid Puhajarve EST 33.5 Unidentified player Meelis Kanep 0-1 35 Open
207 2019-12-01 20th Puhajarve Rapid Puhajarve EST 31.4 Olev Schults Meelis Kanep 1-0 65 Open
208 2019-12-01 20th Puhajarve Rapid Puhajarve EST 29.3 Margeir Petursson Meelis Kanep 0-1 54 Open
209 2019-11-30 20th Puhajarve Rapid Puhajarve EST 25.1 Meelis Kanep Erik Blomqvist 0-1 29 Open
210 2019-11-30 20th Puhajarve Rapid Puhajarve EST 23.2 Meelis Kanep Ilja Sirosh 0-1 91 Open
211 2019-11-30 20th Puhajarve Rapid Puhajarve EST 21.5 Meelis Kanep Unidentified player 1/2-1/2 39 Open
212 2019-11-30 20th Puhajarve Rapid Puhajarve EST 17.5 Meelis Kanep Timo Porrasmaa 1-0 25 Open
213 2019-11-29 20th Puhajarve Rapid Puhajarve EST 6.3 Tomi Nyback Meelis Kanep 1-0 22 Open
214 2019-11-29 20th Puhajarve Rapid Puhajarve EST 5.4 Meelis Kanep Nikita Meshkovs 0-1 60 Open
215 2019-11-29 20th Puhajarve Rapid Puhajarve EST 2.2 Alexander Khalifman Meelis Kanep 1/2-1/2 10 Open
216 2019-11-29 20th Puhajarve Rapid Puhajarve EST 1.2 Meelis Kanep Vladislav Kovalev 0-1 34 Open
217 2019-11-24 TCh-FIN 2019-20 Finland FIN 6.1 Meelis Kanep Toivo Keinanen 0-1 51 Open
218 2019-11-23 TCh-FIN 2019-20 Finland FIN 5.1 Vasily Yemelin Meelis Kanep 0-1 25 Open
219 2019-11-02 22nd European Teams Batumi GEO 9.1 Meelis Kanep Tamir Nabaty 0-1 59 Open
220 2019-11-01 22nd European Teams Batumi GEO 8.16 Stefan Beukema Meelis Kanep 0-1 40 Open
221 2019-10-31 22nd European Teams Batumi GEO 7.8 Meelis Kanep Kacper Piorun 1/2-1/2 31 Open
222 2019-10-30 22nd European Teams Batumi GEO 6.15 13900463 Meelis Kanep 0-1 41 Open
223 2019-10-28 22nd European Teams Batumi GEO 5.18 Meelis Kanep Helgi Ass Gretarsson 1/2-1/2 43 Open
224 2019-10-27 22nd European Teams Batumi GEO 4.14 Meelis Kanep Christian Bauer 1-0 41 Open
225 2019-10-24 22nd European Teams Batumi GEO 1.12 Viktor Laznicka Meelis Kanep 1-0 44 Open
226 2019-10-20 TCh-FIN 2019-20 Finland FIN 4.1 Aleksey Goganov Meelis Kanep 1-0 44 Open
227 2019-10-19 TCh-FIN 2019-20 Finland FIN 3.1 Meelis Kanep Dmitry V. Sklyarov 1/2-1/2 25 Open
228 2019-10-13 TCh-LAT 2019 Riga LAT 9.3 Edgars Stepins Meelis Kanep 1/2-1/2 27 Open
229 2019-10-12 TCh-LAT 2019 Riga LAT 8.1 Meelis Kanep Tomas Laurusas 1/2-1/2 19 Open
230 2019-09-15 TCh-FIN 2019-20 Finland FIN 2.1 Mauri Lehtosaari Meelis Kanep 0-1 41 Open
231 2019-09-14 TCh-FIN 2019-20 Finland FIN 1.1 Meelis Kanep Arturs Neiksans 1-0 36 Open
232 2019-07-18 Tal Memorial Blitz 2019 Riga LAT 5.13 Rasmus Svane Meelis Kanep 1-0 64 Open
233 2019-07-17 Tal Memorial Rapid 2019 Riga LAT 7.15 Sergey A. Fedorchuk Meelis Kanep 1-0 35 Open
234 2019-07-17 Tal Memorial Rapid 2019 Riga LAT 11.2 Volodymyr Onyshchuk Meelis Kanep 1/2-1/2 51 Open
235 2019-07-16 Tal Memorial Rapid 2019 Riga LAT 4.18 Meelis Kanep Evgeny Alekseev 0-1 27 Open
236 2019-07-07 53rd Ilmar Raud Olympic Viljandi EST 5.2 Alexei Shirov Meelis Kanep 1-0 35 Open
237 2019-07-07 53rd Ilmar Raud Olympic Viljandi EST 5.1 Meelis Kanep Alexei Shirov 0-1 31 Open
238 2019-07-07 53rd Ilmar Raud Olympic Viljandi EST 4.4 Kirill Chukavin Meelis Kanep 1-0 34 Open
239 2019-07-07 53rd Ilmar Raud Olympic Viljandi EST 4.3 Meelis Kanep Kirill Chukavin 1-0 33 Open
240 2019-07-07 53rd Ilmar Raud Olympic Viljandi EST 4.2 Meelis Kanep Kirill Chukavin 0-1 57 Open
241 2019-07-07 53rd Ilmar Raud Olympic Viljandi EST 4.1 Kirill Chukavin Meelis Kanep 0-1 17 Open
242 2019-07-06 53rd Ilmar Raud Olympic Viljandi EST 3.2 Artem Smirnov Meelis Kanep 0-1 49 Open
243 2019-07-06 53rd Ilmar Raud Olympic Viljandi EST 2.2 Meelis Kanep Georg Aleksander Pedoson 1-0 86 Open
244 2019-07-06 53rd Ilmar Raud Olympic Viljandi EST 2.1 Georg Aleksander Pedoson Meelis Kanep 1/2-1/2 34 Open
245 2019-07-06 53rd Ilmar Raud Olympic Viljandi EST 1.2 Rein Mandmets Meelis Kanep 0-1 26 Open
246 2019-07-06 53rd Ilmar Raud Olympic Viljandi EST 1.1 Meelis Kanep Rein Mandmets 1-0 26 Open
247 2019-04-07 TCh-FIN 2018-19 Finland FIN 11.2 Matvey Galchenko Meelis Kanep 1/2-1/2 21 Open
248 2019-04-06 TCh-FIN 2018-19 Finland FIN 10.2 Meelis Kanep 500038 1-0 28 Open
249 2019-04-05 TCh-FIN 2018-19 Finland FIN 9.2 Meelis Kanep Kalle Kiik 1/2-1/2 87 Open
250 2018-11-11 TCh-FIN 2018-19 Finland FIN 4.2 Toivo Keinanen Meelis Kanep 1-0 53 Open