Leinier Domínguez
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Cuban-American chess player
Key facts
- Born
- Leinier Domínguez Pérez , ( 1983-09-23 ) September 23, 1983 (age 42) , Havana , Cuba
- Country
- Cuba (until 2018), United States (since 2018)
- Title
- Grandmaster (2001)
- Fide rating
- 2732 (June 2026)
- Peak rating
- 2768 (May 2014)
- Ranking
- No. 18 (June 2026)
- Peak ranking
- No. 8 (January 2024)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Domínguez
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Havana
- Occupation
- chess player
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Participant in
- 42nd Chess Olympiad
- Sport
- chess
- Country for sport
- United States
- Official website
- chessleinier.com
- Image
- LeinierDominguez12.jpg
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- Commons category
- Leinier Domínguez
- date of birth
- 1983-09-23
- title of chess person
- International Master
- social media followers
- 2574
- Elo rating
- 2738
- birth name
- Leinier Domínguez Pérez
- ranking
- 13
- second family name in Spanish name
- Pérez
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Encyclopedic overview
Leinier Domínguez Pérez (born September 23, 1983) is a Cuban and American chess grandmaster. A five-time Cuban champion, Domínguez was the world champion in blitz chess in 2008. He competed in the FIDE World Chess Championship in 2002 and 2004, and the FIDE World Cup in 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2019, 2021, and 2023.
Career
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