Toms Kantāns
Toms Kantāns (born 16 January 1994) is a Latvian chess grandmaster (2017). Biography. Kantāns started playing chess at the age of six. He has been a Latvian Youth Chess Champion in different age groups, and regularly participated in the European Youth and World Youth Chess Championships in different age groups. In 2007, he won silver medal in European Union Youth Championship in the U14 age group, but in 2008 in this same tournament won bronze medal. Since 2009, Toms Kantans has regularly participated in the Latvian Chess Championships. Best results – 2nd place (2015, 2017) and 3rd place (2010 , 2014). He is multiple winner of Latvian Team Chess Championship with Riga Technical University team (2010, 2012, 2015). Kantāns played for Latvia team: In 2014, he was awarded the FIDE International Master (IM) title and received the FIDE International Grandmaster (GM) title three years later. Personal life. In 2015, Kantāns married Polish chess master Anna Iwanow (born 1995).