Ilya Kan
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Ilya Abramovich Kan (born 4 May 1909 – died 12 December 1978) a Russian chess master.
He played ten times in USSR championships. In 1929, he took 3rd in Odessa (6th URS-ch; Boris Verlinsky won). In 1931, he took 7th in Moscow (7th URS-ch; Mikhail Botvinnik won). In 1933, he took 9th in Leningrad (8th URS-ch; Botvinnik won). In 1934/35, he tied for 9-12th in Leningrad (9th URS-ch; Grigory Levenfish and Ilya Rabinovich won). In 1937, he took 13th in Tbilisi (10th URS-ch; Levenfish won). In 1939, he tied for 13-14th in Leningrad (11th URS-ch; Botvinnik won). In 1945, he took 17th in Moscow (14th URS-ch; Botvinnik won). In 1947, he tied for 13-15th in Leningrad (15th URS-ch; Paul Keres won). In 1952, he took 18th in Moscow (20th URS-ch; Botvinnik and Mark Taimanov won). In 1955, he took 17th in Moscow (22nd URS-ch; [Vassily Smyslov]] and Efim Geller won).
In 1931, he took 2nd, behind Nikolai Riumin, in Moscow–ch. In 1933/34, he took 5th in Moscow–ch (Riumin won). In 1934, he took 5th in Leningrad (Botvinnik won). In 1935, he tied for 6-7th in Moscow (2nd it; Botvinnik and Salo Flohr won). In 1936, he tied for 7-10th in Moscow (3rd it; José Raúl Capablanca won). In 1936, he tied for 1st-2nd with Vladimir Alatortsev in Moscow–ch. In 1937, he took 4th in Moscow–ch (Alatortsev and Sergey Belavenets won). In 1937, he took 2nd, behind Reuben Fine, in Moscow.
Awarded the IM title in 1950.
