Israeli Grandmaster (1999) and coach born in Kyrgyzstan. Kantsler was the Soviet Junior Champion 1979 and the Israeli Blitz Champion 1990.
Best results: shared first in Petah Tiqwa 1996, Beer Sheva 1997, Czerniak Memorial 1996 and 1999, ICF Grand Prix Final A 2001 and Tel Aviv 2007, Petah Tikva IM 2010. He was also second at Tel Aviv Porath Memorial in 1997.
A participant in the 1992 Olympiad for Kyrgyzstan.