GM Toms Kantans Photo: Maria Emelianova/Chess.com. Full name Toms Kantans Born 1994 (age 32) Place of birth Federation Latvia Profiles #174 World Ranking 2560 Classical 2417 Rapid 2399 Blitz Rating Bio Bio coming soon. Most Played Openings White Pieces French Defense: Steiner Variation (22 games) Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf Variation (19 games) Sicilian Defense: Canal Attack (17 games) Sicilian Defense: Kan, Maróczy Bind Formation (16 games) Scotch Game: Schmidt, Mieses Variation (15 games) Black Pieces Scandinavian Defense: Mieses-Kotrč, Gubinsky-Melts Defense (18 games) Sicilian Defense: Nimzowitsch, Closed (17 games) Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation (14 games) Scandinavian Defense: Mieses-Kotrč, Gubinsky-Melts, Bronstein Variation (14 games) Sicilian Defense: Nimzowitsch, Advance Variation (13 games) Games Players Result Moves Year Toms Kantans (2486) Jan Krejci (2543) 1-0 37 2025 Toms Kantans (2506) Grigor Grigorov (2904) 1-0 74 2025 Toms Kantans (2506) Jachym Smolik (2325) 1-0 37 2025 Toms Kantans (2739) Bakhtiyar Nugumanov (2442) 1-0 65 2025 Toms Kantans (2742) Wojciech Smieszek (2595) 1-0 39 2025 Toms Kantans (2736) Santiago Lopez Rayo (2587) 1-0 49 2025 Toms Kantans (2734) Yerlan Tleukhanov (2594) 1-0 48 2025 Toms Kantans (2528) Kamil Dzida (2411) 1-0 37 2025 Toms Kantans (2528) Jakub Seemann (2450) 1-0 29 2025 Toms Kantans (2528) Mikkel Manosri Jacobsen (2223) 1-0 35 2025 Show All Games