Dominguez Perez, Leinier Age 41

Source: zimbio.com

Title
Grandmaster
Live Rating
2741.0
Live Rank
#13
FIDE Rating
2741
World Rank
#13
United States of America Rank
#5
FIDE Peak Rating
2768 - May 2014 (Age 30)
FIDE Peak Rank
#8 (2752) - Jan 2024 (Age 40)
Rapid
2699 World #21, Peak 2826 (Dec 2017)
Blitz
2656 World #50, Peak 2796 (Jan 2017)
Born
23 Sep 1983
Havana, Cuba
FIDE ID 3503240
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Active Years:
1996 - 2024
Total Games:
2261
Wins:
733 (32%)
Losses:
409 (19%)
Draws:
1119 (49%)
Total score:
57%
Performance :
Performance for the last active 12 months:
2674
White:
C67 Ruy Lopez (68 games)
B90 Sicilian Defense (63 games)
C54 Italian Game (53 games)
Black:
B90 Sicilian Defense (60 games)
D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted (43 games)
C42 Russian Game (39 games)

Is it possible to imagine a top-10 player who has never won a major event, never seriously competed for the World Crown, sometimes didn't even play for years, yet is still respected and valued by everyone? His name is Leinier Dominguez and in 2008 he even became a world champion, but... in blitz only.

Dominguez was born on September 23, 1983 in Havana. He learned to play chess at the age of 7, but due to the lack of a strong chess tradition in Cuba, he didn't have the opportunity to make a serious name for himself for quite some time. Considered the top young talent, he achieved his first grandmaster norm at 15 and received the GM title at 17. Just a year later, Leinier won the Cuban Championship (he has five such victories in total) and a major open tournament in Esbjerg. His first notable success came when he reached the quarterfinals of the 2004 World Knockout Championship, where he lost to Radjabov in the tie-break.

In the following years, the Cuban marked his presence with rare but impressive victories – in Havana, Barcelona, and Biel until he made headlines by winning the 2008 World Blitz Championship in Almaty. Dominguez only managed to qualify at the last moment but scored 11.5/15 and outperformed Ivanchuk, Svidler and Grischuk. He never achieved such heights again, although he continued to play strongly in rapid, once reaching the 3rd position in the world.

Dominguez's next major success came in 2013 when he won the FIDE Grand Prix stage in Thessaloniki, and in 2016, he shared 2nd-4th places in Dortmund. At the 2016 Chess Olympiad in Baku, representing the Cuban team, he achieved the 2nd best result on the first board. In total, Leinier led his national team eight times before switching to representing the USA in 2018. He made this decision after becoming Caruana's second in the World Championship match against Carlsen. In 2007, he was Leko's second and informally he has provided analytical support to many of the world's top chess players. Additionally, he authored several popular books and, for a time, recorded lectures for an educational channel.

Dominguez came close to winning the U.S. Championship twice, finishing 2nd in 2019 and 3rd in 2022. And in 2023, stepping in at the last moment to replace Ding Liren, who had withdrawn, he managed to secure second place at the Sinquefield Cup without any preparation.

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Games

#White PlayerRatingBlack PlayerRatingResultMovesSiteDate 
1Liang, Awonder2677Dominguez Perez, Leinier27410-149Saint Louis23 Oct 2024
2Dominguez Perez, Leinier2741Caruana, Fabiano27961/2-1/257Saint Louis22 Oct 2024
3Sevian, Samuel2689Dominguez Perez, Leinier27410-142Saint Louis21 Oct 2024
4Dominguez Perez, Leinier2741Oparin, Grigoriy26621/2-1/265Saint Louis19 Oct 2024
5Dominguez Perez, Leinier2741Mishra, Abhimanyu26301-067Saint Louis17 Oct 2024
6Robson, Ray2693Dominguez Perez, Leinier27411-058Saint Louis16 Oct 2024
7Dominguez Perez, Leinier2741Aronian, Levon27381/2-1/243Saint Louis14 Oct 2024
8Niemann, Hans Moke2733Dominguez Perez, Leinier27411-036Saint Louis13 Oct 2024
9Dominguez Perez, Leinier2741Shankland, Samuel L26771/2-1/249Saint Louis12 Oct 2024
10Dominguez Perez, Leinier2741So, Wesley27511/2-1/243Saint Louis11 Oct 2024
11Yu, Yangyi2703Dominguez Perez, Leinier27481/2-1/248Budapest22 Sep 2024
12Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar2778Dominguez Perez, Leinier27481-060Budapest21 Sep 2024
13Dominguez Perez, Leinier2748Sjugirov, Sanan26441-050Budapest20 Sep 2024
14Dominguez Perez, Leinier2748Maurizzi, Marc Andria25951/2-1/252Budapest19 Sep 2024
15Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios2550Dominguez Perez, Leinier27480-131Budapest18 Sep 2024
16Flores, Diego2546Dominguez Perez, Leinier27481-035Budapest15 Sep 2024
17Dominguez Perez, Leinier2748Ponomariov, Ruslan26541/2-1/230Budapest14 Sep 2024
18Siddharth, Jagadeesh2514Dominguez Perez, Leinier27480-157Budapest12 Sep 2024
19Dominguez Perez, Leinier2748Delgado Rosas, Alex Antonio21571-033Budapest11 Sep 2024
20Caruana, Fabiano2793Dominguez Perez, Leinier27481/2-1/290Saint Louis16 Aug 2024
21Dominguez Perez, Leinier2748Nepomniachtchi, Ian27670-169Saint Louis16 Aug 2024
22Abdusattorov, Nodirbek2762Dominguez Perez, Leinier27481/2-1/252Saint Louis16 Aug 2024
23Dominguez Perez, Leinier2748Nakamura, Hikaru28021-060Saint Louis16 Aug 2024
24Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu2749Dominguez Perez, Leinier27481-040Saint Louis16 Aug 2024
25Dominguez Perez, Leinier2748So, Wesley27511/2-1/225Saint Louis16 Aug 2024
26Aronian, Levon2729Dominguez Perez, Leinier27481-044Saint Louis16 Aug 2024
27Dominguez Perez, Leinier2748Vachier Lagrave, Maxime27211-039Saint Louis16 Aug 2024
28Dominguez Perez, Leinier2748Firouzja, Alireza27510-154Saint Louis16 Aug 2024
29Dominguez Perez, Leinier2748Caruana, Fabiano27931-048Saint Louis15 Aug 2024
30Nepomniachtchi, Ian2767Dominguez Perez, Leinier27481/2-1/271Saint Louis15 Aug 2024
31Dominguez Perez, Leinier2748Abdusattorov, Nodirbek27620-152Saint Louis15 Aug 2024
32Nakamura, Hikaru2802Dominguez Perez, Leinier27481-037Saint Louis15 Aug 2024
33Dominguez Perez, Leinier2748Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu27491-049Saint Louis15 Aug 2024
34So, Wesley2751Dominguez Perez, Leinier27481-048Saint Louis15 Aug 2024
35Dominguez Perez, Leinier2748Aronian, Levon27290-151Saint Louis15 Aug 2024
36Vachier Lagrave, Maxime2721Dominguez Perez, Leinier27481/2-1/243Saint Louis15 Aug 2024
37Firouzja, Alireza2751Dominguez Perez, Leinier27481-054Saint Louis15 Aug 2024
38Vachier Lagrave, Maxime2721Dominguez Perez, Leinier27481-047Saint Louis14 Aug 2024
39Dominguez Perez, Leinier2748Nakamura, Hikaru28021/2-1/237Saint Louis14 Aug 2024
40Dominguez Perez, Leinier2748Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu27491-079Saint Louis14 Aug 2024
41So, Wesley2751Dominguez Perez, Leinier27481/2-1/265Saint Louis13 Aug 2024
42Dominguez Perez, Leinier2748Nepomniachtchi, Ian27670-141Saint Louis13 Aug 2024
43Aronian, Levon2729Dominguez Perez, Leinier27481/2-1/247Saint Louis13 Aug 2024
44Dominguez Perez, Leinier2748Firouzja, Alireza27511/2-1/257Saint Louis12 Aug 2024
45Caruana, Fabiano2793Dominguez Perez, Leinier27480-138Saint Louis12 Aug 2024
46Dominguez Perez, Leinier2748Abdusattorov, Nodirbek27621/2-1/229Saint Louis12 Aug 2024
47Dominguez Perez, Leinier2749Durarbayli, Vasif26270-137Saint Louis21 Mar 2024
48Dominguez Perez, Leinier2749Bok, Benjamin26201-044Saint Louis21 Mar 2024
49Harsha, Bharathakoti2567Dominguez Perez, Leinier27491/2-1/255Saint Louis21 Mar 2024
50Dominguez Perez, Leinier2749Kevlishvili, Robby25241/2-1/294Saint Louis21 Mar 2024
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