Antoms, Guntars

Guntars Antoms, a 66-year-old Latvian International Master, is rated 2303 and ranked 14th among Latvian players, and in the top 2% worldwide. He plays around 5 rated games per year and had 6 career breaks: 35 months (2002–2005), 17 months (2005–2006), 47 months (2006–2010), 16 months (2016–2017), 30 months (2019–2022, COVID-19 included) and 23 months (2022–2024). His peak of 2486 was reached at age 41 (Jul 2001, Latvian #7 at the time); he spent 14 months in Latvian top 10.

Awarded IM in 2001 (age 41).