Toms Kantans's chess openings
GM🇱🇻 LatviaFIDE 25561,579 games
Toms Kantans, Grandmaster from Latvia, has 1,579 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Toms Kantans most often opens with 1.e4 (91% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...c5, the Sicilian Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White800 games · +407 =179 −214 · 62%
As Black779 games · +347 =180 −252 · 56%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening91%726 games · scores 63% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening4%33 games · scores 44% · main line 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 d4 3.g3 Nc6
- 1.c4 English Opening3%27 games · scores 67% · main line 1.c4 c6 2.e4 e5 3.Nf3 Qc7
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense80%281 games · scores 61% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
- 1...d5 Scandinavian Defense11%38 games · scores 50% · main line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6
- 1...e5 Open Game8%27 games · scores 57% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense96%250 games · scores 55% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...f5 Dutch Defense2%4 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 g6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense1%3 games · scores 0% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 b6 3.g3 Bb7
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