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GM Toms Kantans

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

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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
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