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GM Toms Kantans

Toms Kantans

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Full name

Toms Kantans

Born

1/1/1994 (age 30)‎

Place of birth

Federation

Latvia

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 (2627) Bojan Maksimovic (2895)	1-0	58	2024
Toms Kantans (2619) Slobodan J Filipovic (2412)	1-0	33	2024
Toms Kantans (2400) Grzegorz Nasuta (2510)	1-0	56	2024
Toms Kantans (2398) Ioan-Cristian Chirila (2554)	1-0	43	2024
Toms Kantans (2670) Mohamed Tissir (2506)	1-0	29	2024
Toms Kantans (2672) Antoni Gallego Bergada (2207)	1-0	45	2024
Toms Kantans (2682) Roberto Martin Del Campo C (2474)	1-0	45	2024
Toms Kantans (2686) Alexei Shirov (2847)	1-0	39	2024
Toms Kantans (2675) Egor Baskakov (2867)	1-0	63	2024
Toms Kantans (2437) Jakhongir Vakhidov (2604)	1-0	35	2024

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