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Kantans, Jekabs
🇱🇻FIDE 11629304· Male· Latvia· Born in 2011
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Jekabs Kantans, a 15-year-old Latvian player, is rated 1633 — just 8 short of his peak of 1641 (Mar 2026, age 15). He is rising rapidly, having gained +152 Elo over the past 12 months. 24 rated games in the past year (≈13/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Int. Graz Open 2026 - B, 2025. gada Rigas jauniesu atklatas meistarsacikstes saha, and Rigas cempionats 2025 clasic. Also played 9 rapid (including Latvian 2025 Team Rapid Chess Championship) and 4 blitz events (including IV Chess Festival Cesis 2025 - Blitz) recently.
At junior level, he reached #20, #30, #13 and #3 nationally in U16, U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
1633
Standard
Rpd1650·Blz1520
All-time high
1641
−8 pts below
Mar 2026 · age 15
Mar 2026 · age 15
Activity
17
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
24 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#134,568
#134,568 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
12 entries2026
20th Latvian U16 player
at age 15 · rated 1641
Apr 2026
Crossed 1600
at age 15
Mar 2026
All-time peak 1641
at age 15 · −8 from today
Mar 2026
2025
Re-crossed 1500
at age 14
Sep 2025
2024
Crossed 1500
at age 13
Aug 2024
Best 12-month gain (+379 Elo)
1094 → 1473
May 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+159
1474 → 1633
Tournaments
4
27 games
Score
13.5/ 2750.0%
10W7D10L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
4 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 4/9 | #85 | 1750 | +87.6 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 4.5/7 | #40 | 1770 | 0.0 |
Swiss | Sep 2025 | 0.5/2 | #28 | 1550 | -5.2 |
Swiss | Aug 2025 | 4.5/6 | #18 | 1841 | +73.6 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsAnsis Kantans
🇱🇻LAT·1857
+2 −9 =9
20 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsRicards Martins Lusts
🇱🇻LAT·1666
+4 −1 =3
8 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsNils Vorobjovs
🇱🇻LAT·1593
+2 −2 =3
7 games·last met Oct 2025
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vsOleg Kalinin
🇱🇻LAT·1748
+0 −3 =3
6 games·last met May 2026
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vsRomans Tolmacevs
🇱🇻LAT·1987
+0 −6 =0
6 games·last met Oct 2025
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Rankings
/
Latvia
#182
out of 965 players
Europe
#91,520
in continent
World
#134,560
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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