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Kantans, Toms
GM🇱🇻FIDE 11602945· Male· Latvia· Born in 1994
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Toms Kantans, a 32-year-old Latvian Grandmaster, is rated 2560 — his current career high and ranked 1st among Latvian players, and 263rd worldwide. He is progressing steadily with +43 Elo over the past 12 months. 91 rated games in the past year (≈92/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Extraliga 2025-2026 r9-11, 2. Schachbundesliga 2025-2026 Stichkampf Aufstieg, and Finnish championship league 2025-2026 14-15. Also played 1 rapid (including Coach Aivars Stasans 4th Memorial Rapid Cup) and 1 blitz events (including Lince Andujar Blitz Chess Open) recently. He reached World #263 in May 2026 and has been in Latvian top 3 for 58 months and counting.
Awarded GM in 2017 (age 23), IM in 2014 (age 20), and FM in 2010 (age 16). At junior level, he reached World #30 in U20, World #78 in U18, World #41 in U16, World #80 in U14 and #3 nationally in U12.
Current rating
2560
Standard
Rpd2417·Blz2399
All-time high
2560
at best
Apr 2026 · age 32
Apr 2026 · age 32
Activity
86
games / yr avg. · ≈7/mo
91 past 12 mo · ≈8/mo
classical only
Very active
classical only
Very active
Signature stat
#1
#1 · Latvian players · of 374
National top 3 since Mar 2025
National top 3 since Mar 2025
Career timeline
29 entries2026
58 months in national top 3 (ongoing)
longest streak 22 months · since Sep 2015
May 2026
Peak World rank: #263
at age 32 · rated 2560
May 2026
Peak Latvian rank: #1
at age 32 · rated 2560
May 2026
All-time peak 2560
at age 32
Apr 2026
2025
Re-crossed 2500
at age 31
Feb 2025
2023
Re-crossed 2500
at age 29
Jul 2023
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Best result
61st International Akiba Rubinstein Chess Festival - INWEA DEVELOPMENT OPENperf 2765 (+230) · 8.5/9 · #1
Top opponent
Evolution
+32
2528 → 2560
Tournaments
21
91 games
Score
60/ 9165.9%
59W17D15L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
19 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Mar 2026 | 1.5/2 | #28 | 2587 | +1.1 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/1 | #1 | 3286 | +4.2 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 2/2 | #6 | 3163 | +5.6 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 2/2 | #5 | 3263 | +8.0 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0/1 | #88 | 1581 | -7.1 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 2.5/3 | #10 | 2711 | +5.5 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1.5/3 | #17 | 2462 | -3.1 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 2/2 | #4 | 3179 | +5.6 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 1.5/3 | #17 | 2423 | -4.9 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 1/2 | #27 | 2547 | 0.0 |
Hot streak: 4 tournaments without losing Elo.
Most-Played Opponents
vsArturs NeiksansGM
🇱🇻LAT·2559
+6 −20 =16
42 games·last met May 2026
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vsNikita MeshkovsGM
🇱🇻LAT·2540
+7 −7 =26
40 games·last met May 2026
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vsNormunds MiezisGM
🇱🇻LAT·2418
+12 −8 =10
30 games·last met May 2026
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vsMatiss MustapsFM
🇱🇻LAT·2373
+15 −3 =11
29 games·last met May 2026
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vsArturs BernotasFM
🇱🇻LAT·2315
+11 −7 =9
27 games·last met May 2026
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Rankings
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Latvia
#1
out of 966 players
Europe
#146
in continent
World
#263
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
Latvia
| 1 | 2,560 | |
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