In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Domínguez and the second or maternal family name is Pérez.
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.
In December 2018, Domínguez Pérez transferred federations to represent the United States.[12]
Through February and March 2022, Domínguez played in the FIDE Grand Prix 2022. In the first leg, he won his pool with a 4/6 result by also defeating Wesley So in rapid tiebreakers. In the third leg, he finished third in Pool B with a result of 3/6, finishing eighth in the standings with nine points.
In April 2022 he participated in the American Cup. He won the 2nd place in the 2019 U.S. Chess Championship and 3rd place in the 2022 U.S. Chess Championship.[13]
Domínguez won 2nd place in the 2023 Sinquefield Cup. He served as a replacement for Ding Liren, who withdrew from the competition in the weeks leading up to the event.[14]
Notable gamesedit
Magnus Carlsen vs Leinier Dominguez-Perez, Biel 2008, Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Adams Attack (B90), ½–½
Alexander Onischuk vs Leinier Dominguez-Perez, Biel, 2008, Gruenfeld Defense: Russian, Hungarian Variation (D97), 0-1
Evgeny Alekseev vs Leinier Dominguez-Perez, Biel 2008, Sicilian Defense: Najdorf, Zagreb Variation (B91), 0-1
Leinier Dominguez-Perez vs Alexander Morozevich, Corus 2009, Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, English Attack (B90), 1-0
Referencesedit
^"The Week in Chess 401". theweekinchess.com. Retrieved September 25, 2017.
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In this Spanish name the first or paternal surname is Dominguez and the second or maternal family name is Perez Leinier Dominguez Perez born September 23 1983 is a Cuban and American chess grandmaster A five time Cuban champion Dominguez 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 Leinier DominguezDominguez in 2012Full nameLeinier Dominguez PerezCountryCuba until 2018 United States since 2018 Born 1983 09 23 September 23 1983 age 40 Havana CubaTitleGrandmaster 2001 FIDE rating2748 May 2024 Peak rating2768 May 2014 RankingNo 13 May 2024 Peak rankingNo 8 January 2024 Contents 1 Career 2 Notable games 3 References 4 External linksCareer editDominguez won the Carlos Torre Repetto Memorial in Merida Yucatan Mexico in 2001 He won the Cuban Chess Championship in 2002 2003 2006 2012 and 2016 Also in 2002 he shared first place with Lazaro Bruzon in the North Sea Cup in Esbjerg Denmark 1 During the FIDE World Chess Championship 2004 he reached the quarterfinals losing to Teimour Radjabov in the tie break 2 In the same year Dominguez Perez won the Capablanca Memorial for the first time 3 He won this tournament also in 2008 and 2009 In 2006 Dominguez won the Magistral Ciutat de Barcelona tournament in Barcelona scoring 8 9 points ahead of Vasyl Ivanchuk with a performance rating of 2932 4 In 2008 he won the CPA chess tournament and the 43rd Capablanca Memorial tournament 5 In the same year he tied for first with Evgeny Alekseev at the Biel Chess Festival ahead of Magnus Carlsen Dominguez Perez finished second after losing the playoff 6 On November 8 2008 Dominguez Perez won the World Blitz Championship held at Almaty in Kazakhstan scoring 11 points out of 15 ahead of Vassily Ivanchuk Peter Svidler Alexander Grischuk and many other top grandmasters 7 In June 2013 he won the FIDE Grand Prix event in Thessaloniki as a clear first in a field of twelve elite players among them Fabiano Caruana Veselin Topalov and Alexander Grischuk 8 In 2016 Dominguez Perez shared 2nd 4th places at the Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting with Vladimir Kramnik and Fabiano Caruana 9 Later in the same year he won the individual silver medal playing board one for the Cuban team in the 42nd Chess Olympiad in Baku 10 He was a second for Fabiano Caruana in the 2018 World Chess Championship 11 In December 2018 Dominguez Perez transferred federations to represent the United States 12 Through February and March 2022 Dominguez played in the FIDE Grand Prix 2022 In the first leg he won his pool with a 4 6 result by also defeating Wesley So in rapid tiebreakers In the third leg he finished third in Pool B with a result of 3 6 finishing eighth in the standings with nine points In April 2022 he participated in the American Cup He won the 2nd place in the 2019 U S Chess Championship and 3rd place in the 2022 U S Chess Championship 13 Dominguez won 2nd place in the 2023 Sinquefield Cup He served as a replacement for Ding Liren who withdrew from the competition in the weeks leading up to the event 14 Notable games editMagnus Carlsen vs Leinier Dominguez Perez Biel 2008 Sicilian Defense Najdorf Variation Adams Attack B90 Alexander Onischuk vs Leinier Dominguez Perez Biel 2008 Gruenfeld Defense Russian Hungarian Variation D97 0 1 Evgeny Alekseev vs Leinier Dominguez Perez Biel 2008 Sicilian Defense Najdorf Zagreb Variation B91 0 1 Leinier Dominguez Perez vs Alexander Morozevich Corus 2009 Sicilian Defense Najdorf Variation English Attack B90 1 0References edit The Week in Chess 401 theweekinchess com Retrieved September 25 2017 2004 FIDE World Chess Championship The Week in Chess 498 theweekinchess com Retrieved September 25 2017 Magistral Ciutat de Barcelona Casino Barcelona 2006 CRoNICAS NOTAS DE PRENSA Archived from the original on March 3 2009 Retrieved August 17 2007 ChessBase com Chess News Dominguez Perez wins the 43rd Capablanca Memorial Biel R10 Alekseev catches Dominguez wins tiebreak ChessBase July 31 2008 Retrieved October 11 2015 Cuba s Leinier Dominguez Becomes World s Blitz Chess Champion THESSALONIKI FIDE GRAND PRIX TOURNAMENT Colodro Carlos July 19 2016 Dortmund R7 Kramnik ends on a high chess24 com Retrieved September 25 2017 USA and China take gold in Baku Chess Olympiad Chessom 2016 09 13 Retrieved 2018 12 20 The Work of seconds usually remains invisible Player transfers in 2018 FIDE https www uschesschamps com 2022 us championships pairings results Retrieved October 19 2022 Sinquefield Cup Round 9 Caruana Wins Sinquefield Cup November 30 2023 External links editOfficial website Leinier Dominguez Perez rating card at FIDE nbsp Leinier Dominguez Perez rating and tournament record at US Chess Federation Leinier Dominguez Perez player profile and games at Chessgames com Leinier Dominguez Perez player profile at Chess com Leinier Dominguez Perez Chess Olympiad record at OlimpBase org Lenier Dominguez FIDE rating history at OlimpBase org Lenier Dominguez chess games at 365Chess com Achievements Preceded byVassily Ivanchuk World Blitz Chess Champion2008 Succeeded byMagnus Carlsen Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Leinier Dominguez amp oldid 1212213668, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
