Leinier Domínguez

Leinier Domínguez

at the Dresden Olympiad, 2008
Full name Leinier Domínguez Pérez
Country  Cuba
Born September 23, 1983 (1983-09-23) (age 28)
Havana, Cuba
Title Grandmaster
FIDE rating 2712
(No. 32 in the November 2011 FIDE World Rankings)
Peak rating 2726 (May 2011)

Leinier Domínguez Pérez (born September 23, 1983 in Havana, Cuba) is a Cuban chess Grandmaster.

He won the Cuban Chess Championship in 2002, 2003 and 2006.

During the 2004 FIDE World Chess Championship he reached the quarter finals, losing to Teimour Radjabov in the tie-break.[1]

His best tournament result was Barcelona 2006, where he scored 8/9 and finished first, ahead of Vassily Ivanchuk, with a performance rating of 2932.[2]

In 2008, he won the CPA chess tournament and the 43rd Capablanca In Memoriam tournament.[3] In the same year he tied for first with Evgeny Alekseev (but lost him in tie-break) at Biel (6.5/10), ahead of Magnus Carlsen.[4]

On November 8, 2008 he won the World Blitz Championship 2008, held at Almaty in Kazakhstan, with 11.5 points out of 15, ahead of Vassily Ivanchuk, Peter Svidler, Alexander Grischuk and many other top grandmasters.[5]

On the November 2011 FIDE Elo rating list, he has a rating of 2712.

Notable games

References

  1. ^ 2004 FIDE World Chess Championship
  2. ^ Magistral Ciutat de Barcelona- Casino Barcelona 2006: CRÓNICAS/NOTAS DE PRENSA
  3. ^ ChessBase.com - Chess News - Dominguez Perez wins the 43rd Capablanca Memorial
  4. ^ International Chess Festival Biel - Home
  5. ^ Cuba's Leinier Dominguez Becomes World's Blitz Chess Champion

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Awards
Preceded by
Vassily Ivanchuk
World Blitz Chess Champion
2008
Succeeded by
Magnus Carlsen