González grew up in Cuba and began playing chess in the second grade, later playing for the national team. He defected from Cuba to the United States in 1999 and began living in Florida, where he taught chess at Nova Southeastern University and Pine Crest School.[2]
In March 2004, he transferred chess federations from Cuba to the United States.[3] Prior to this, he was the top ranked chess player in Cuba.[4] In 2004, he achieved norms at the Mashantucket Open and at the Lindsborg Open. In 2007, he achieved his final norm at the Banyoles International Open, where he finished first and tied with José González García, Mihail Marin and Levan Aroshidze.[5] Afterwards, he joined Miami Dade College's chess team as the captain.[6][7] In 2008, he was awarded the Grandmaster title.
In May 2018, he provided training for the Bahamas Chess Federation's members for the 43rd Chess Olympiad.[8]
He served as the captain of the Bahamas Chess Federation's open section team for the 44th Chess Olympiad in 2022.[9][10]
In October 2022, he won the Michigan Chess Association men's championships.[11][12]
renier, gonzález, born, 1972, cuban, american, chess, grandmaster, gonzález, left, with, axel, bachmann, 2009countrycuba, until, 2004, united, states, since, 2004, born, 1972, november, 1972, matanzas, cubatitlegrandmaster, 2008, fide, rating2435, 2024, peak, . Renier Gonzalez born 1972 is a Cuban American chess grandmaster Renier GonzalezGonzalez left with Axel Bachmann in 2009CountryCuba until 2004 United States since 2004 Born 1972 11 21 November 21 1972 age 51 1 Matanzas CubaTitleGrandmaster 2008 FIDE rating2435 May 2024 Peak rating2560 January 1996 Chess career editGonzalez grew up in Cuba and began playing chess in the second grade later playing for the national team He defected from Cuba to the United States in 1999 and began living in Florida where he taught chess at Nova Southeastern University and Pine Crest School 2 In March 2004 he transferred chess federations from Cuba to the United States 3 Prior to this he was the top ranked chess player in Cuba 4 In 2004 he achieved norms at the Mashantucket Open and at the Lindsborg Open In 2007 he achieved his final norm at the Banyoles International Open where he finished first and tied with Jose Gonzalez Garcia Mihail Marin and Levan Aroshidze 5 Afterwards he joined Miami Dade College s chess team as the captain 6 7 In 2008 he was awarded the Grandmaster title In May 2018 he provided training for the Bahamas Chess Federation s members for the 43rd Chess Olympiad 8 He served as the captain of the Bahamas Chess Federation s open section team for the 44th Chess Olympiad in 2022 9 10 In October 2022 he won the Michigan Chess Association men s championships 11 12 Personal life editGonzalez resides in Jonesville Michigan References edit FIDE Title Application GM Iuspa Abbott Paola November 20 2006 Cubans duel at the chessboard 2005 U S Chess Championship Epstein David April 2 2007 A TWO YEAR COLLEGE IN MIAMI IS THE MOST UNLIKELY SUPERPOWER IN COLLEGE CHESS Jordanov Jordan August 24 2007 BANYOLES 2007 LEVAN AROSHIDZE WINNER IM RENIER GONZALEZ GETS GM NORM MDC Routs NYU May 2008 Hale Constance October 5 2007 Grandmasters in Guayaberas Team named for 43rd World Chess Olympiad May 11 2018 Federation names teams for 44th Chess Olympiad in India June 23 2022 French Simba June 23 2022 BCF ratifies 10 member team for Chess Olympiad Michigan Chess Association Select a tournament Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Renier Gonzalez amp oldid 1219300987, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
