Dominguez Perez, Leinier Age 41


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Title
Grandmaster
Live Rating
2741.0
Live Rank
#15
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
2710 World #15, Peak 2826 (Dec 2017)
Blitz
2650 World #53, Peak 2796 (Jan 2017)
Born
23 Sep 1983
Havana, Cuba
FIDE ID 3503240
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Active Years:
1996 - 2025
Total Games:
2287
Wins:
744 (33%)
Losses:
411 (18%)
Draws:
1132 (49%)
Total score:
58%
Performance :
Performance for the last active 12 months:
2708
White:
C67 Ruy Lopez (68 games)
B90 Sicilian Defense (63 games)
C54 Italian Game (56 games)
Black:
B90 Sicilian Defense (61 games)
D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted (44 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 
51Dominguez Perez, Leinier2748So, Wesley27511/2-1/225Saint Louis16 Aug 2024
52Aronian, Levon2729Dominguez Perez, Leinier27481-044Saint Louis16 Aug 2024
53Dominguez Perez, Leinier2748Vachier Lagrave, Maxime27211-039Saint Louis16 Aug 2024
54Dominguez Perez, Leinier2748Firouzja, Alireza27510-154Saint Louis16 Aug 2024
55Dominguez Perez, Leinier2748Caruana, Fabiano27931-048Saint Louis15 Aug 2024
56Nepomniachtchi, Ian2767Dominguez Perez, Leinier27481/2-1/271Saint Louis15 Aug 2024
57Dominguez Perez, Leinier2748Abdusattorov, Nodirbek27620-152Saint Louis15 Aug 2024
58Nakamura, Hikaru2802Dominguez Perez, Leinier27481-037Saint Louis15 Aug 2024
59Dominguez Perez, Leinier2748Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu27491-049Saint Louis15 Aug 2024
60So, Wesley2751Dominguez Perez, Leinier27481-048Saint Louis15 Aug 2024
61Dominguez Perez, Leinier2748Aronian, Levon27290-151Saint Louis15 Aug 2024
62Vachier Lagrave, Maxime2721Dominguez Perez, Leinier27481/2-1/243Saint Louis15 Aug 2024
63Firouzja, Alireza2751Dominguez Perez, Leinier27481-054Saint Louis15 Aug 2024
64Vachier Lagrave, Maxime2721Dominguez Perez, Leinier27481-047Saint Louis14 Aug 2024
65Dominguez Perez, Leinier2748Nakamura, Hikaru28021/2-1/237Saint Louis14 Aug 2024
66Dominguez Perez, Leinier2748Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu27491-079Saint Louis14 Aug 2024
67So, Wesley2751Dominguez Perez, Leinier27481/2-1/265Saint Louis13 Aug 2024
68Dominguez Perez, Leinier2748Nepomniachtchi, Ian27670-141Saint Louis13 Aug 2024
69Aronian, Levon2729Dominguez Perez, Leinier27481/2-1/247Saint Louis13 Aug 2024
70Dominguez Perez, Leinier2748Firouzja, Alireza27511/2-1/257Saint Louis12 Aug 2024
71Caruana, Fabiano2793Dominguez Perez, Leinier27480-138Saint Louis12 Aug 2024
72Dominguez Perez, Leinier2748Abdusattorov, Nodirbek27621/2-1/229Saint Louis12 Aug 2024
73Dominguez Perez, Leinier2749Durarbayli, Vasif26270-137Saint Louis21 Mar 2024
74Dominguez Perez, Leinier2749Bok, Benjamin26201-044Saint Louis21 Mar 2024
75Harsha, Bharathakoti2567Dominguez Perez, Leinier27491/2-1/255Saint Louis21 Mar 2024
76Dominguez Perez, Leinier2749Kevlishvili, Robby25241/2-1/294Saint Louis21 Mar 2024
77Hakobyan, Aram2619Dominguez Perez, Leinier27490-127Saint Louis21 Mar 2024
78Dominguez Perez, Leinier2749Quesada Perez, Yuniesky25911/2-1/258Saint Louis21 Mar 2024
79Abrahamyan, Tatev2308Dominguez Perez, Leinier27490-131Saint Louis21 Mar 2024
80Robson, Ray2696Dominguez Perez, Leinier27491-050Saint Louis13 Mar 2024
81Dominguez Perez, Leinier2749Robson, Ray26961-047Saint Louis12 Mar 2024
82Dominguez Perez, Leinier2745Pranav, Anand25201/2-1/243Sitges16 Dec 2023
83Golubka, Petr2440Dominguez Perez, Leinier27450-150Sitges15 Dec 2023
84Dominguez Perez, Leinier2745Pranav, KP.18591-034Sitges14 Dec 2023
85Laddha, Shubh Jayesh2337Dominguez Perez, Leinier27451/2-1/241Sitges13 Dec 2023
86Dominguez Perez, Leinier2745Kocsmar, Akos21151-018Sitges12 Dec 2023
87Aronian, Levon2727Dominguez Perez, Leinier27451/2-1/233Saint Louis30 Nov 2023
88Dominguez Perez, Leinier2745Vachier Lagrave, Maxime27341/2-1/224Saint Louis29 Nov 2023
89Dominguez Perez, Leinier2745Rapport, Richard27481-035Saint Louis28 Nov 2023
90Giri, Anish2752Dominguez Perez, Leinier27450-156Saint Louis27 Nov 2023
91Dominguez Perez, Leinier2745So, Wesley27521/2-1/281Saint Louis25 Nov 2023
92Firouzja, Alireza2777Dominguez Perez, Leinier27451/2-1/247Saint Louis24 Nov 2023
93Nepomniachtchi, Ian2771Dominguez Perez, Leinier27451/2-1/287Saint Louis22 Nov 2023
94Dominguez Perez, Leinier2745Caruana, Fabiano27951/2-1/265Saint Louis21 Nov 2023
95Dominguez Perez, Leinier2739Niemann, Hans26741/2-1/293Saint Louis, United States17 Oct 2023
96Robson, Ray2689Dominguez Perez, Leinier27391/2-1/234Saint Louis, United States16 Oct 2023
97Dominguez Perez, Leinier2739Tang, Andrew25231-038Saint Louis, United States15 Oct 2023
98Xiong, Jeffery2693Dominguez Perez, Leinier27391/2-1/232Saint Louis, United States13 Oct 2023
99Dominguez Perez, Leinier2739Aronian, Levon27421/2-1/233Saint Louis, United States12 Oct 2023
100Mishra, Abhimanyu2591Dominguez Perez, Leinier27391/2-1/262Saint Louis, United States11 Oct 2023