Dominguez Perez, Leinier Age 40

Source: zimbio.com

Title
Grandmaster
Live Rating
2748.8
Live Rank
#12
FIDE Rating
2748
World Rank
#13
United States of America Rank
#4
FIDE Peak Rating
2768 - May 2014 (Age 30)
FIDE Peak Rank
#8 (2752) - Jan 2024 (Age 40)
Rapid
2699 World #23, Peak 2826 (Dec 2017)
Blitz
2656 World #51, Peak 2796 (Jan 2017)
Born
23 Sep 1983
Havana, Cuba
FIDE ID 3503240
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Active Years:
1996 - 2024
Total Games:
2242
Wins:
726 (32%)
Losses:
405 (18%)
Draws:
1111 (50%)
Total score:
57%
Performance :
Performance for the last active 12 months:
2697
White:
C67 Ruy Lopez (68 games)
B90 Sicilian Defense (60 games)
C54 Italian Game (50 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 
51Dominguez Perez, Leinier2739Niemann, Hans26741/2-1/293Saint Louis, United States17 Oct 2023
52Robson, Ray2689Dominguez Perez, Leinier27391/2-1/234Saint Louis, United States16 Oct 2023
53Dominguez Perez, Leinier2739Tang, Andrew25231-038Saint Louis, United States15 Oct 2023
54Xiong, Jeffery2693Dominguez Perez, Leinier27391/2-1/232Saint Louis, United States13 Oct 2023
55Dominguez Perez, Leinier2739Aronian, Levon27421/2-1/233Saint Louis, United States12 Oct 2023
56Mishra, Abhimanyu2591Dominguez Perez, Leinier27391/2-1/262Saint Louis, United States11 Oct 2023
57Dominguez Perez, Leinier2739Shankland, Sam27111-073Saint Louis, United States10 Oct 2023
58Sevian, Sam2698Dominguez Perez, Leinier27391/2-1/220Saint Louis, United States8 Oct 2023
59Dominguez Perez, Leinier2739Swiercz, Dariusz26401/2-1/237Saint Louis, United States7 Oct 2023
60Caruana, Fabiano2782Dominguez Perez, Leinier27391/2-1/250Saint Louis, United States6 Oct 2023
61So, Wesley2769Dominguez Perez, Leinier27391/2-1/226Saint Louis, United States5 Oct 2023
62Dominguez Perez, Leinier2739Harikrishna, Pentala27111/2-1/222Dusseldorf28 Aug 2023
63Anand, Viswanathan2754Dominguez Perez, Leinier27391/2-1/219Dusseldorf28 Aug 2023
64Lubbe, Nikolas2501Dominguez Perez, Leinier27390-175Dusseldorf28 Aug 2023
65Dominguez Perez, Leinier2739Abdusattorov, Nodirbek27251/2-1/228Dusseldorf28 Aug 2023
66Dominguez Perez, Leinier2739Jobava, Baadur25741-029Dusseldorf27 Aug 2023
67Aravindh, Chithambaram VR2645Dominguez Perez, Leinier27391/2-1/244Dusseldorf27 Aug 2023
68Dominguez Perez, Leinier2739Caruana, Fabiano27821/2-1/272Dusseldorf27 Aug 2023
69Orlov, Andrey2503Dominguez Perez, Leinier27390-152Dusseldorf27 Aug 2023
70Dominguez Perez, Leinier2739Baklan, Vladimir25501-030Dusseldorf26 Aug 2023
71Dominguez Perez, Leinier2739Rabiega, Robert24681-037Dusseldorf26 Aug 2023
72Donchenko, Alexander2684Dominguez Perez, Leinier27391-036Dusseldorf26 Aug 2023
73Krastev, Alexander2411Dominguez Perez, Leinier27391-032Dusseldorf26 Aug 2023
74Caruana, Fabiano2782Dominguez Perez, Leinier27391-094Baku16 Aug 2023
75Dominguez Perez, Leinier2739Caruana, Fabiano27821/2-1/271Baku15 Aug 2023
76Sarana, Alexey2685Dominguez Perez, Leinier27391/2-1/236Baku13 Aug 2023
77Dominguez Perez, Leinier2739Sarana, Alexey26851-034Baku12 Aug 2023
78Dominguez Perez, Leinier2739Wojtaszek, Radoslaw26761-036Baku11 Aug 2023
79Wojtaszek, Radoslaw2676Dominguez Perez, Leinier27391/2-1/230Baku11 Aug 2023
80Wojtaszek, Radoslaw2676Dominguez Perez, Leinier27391/2-1/244Baku11 Aug 2023
81Dominguez Perez, Leinier2739Wojtaszek, Radoslaw26761/2-1/238Baku11 Aug 2023
82Dominguez Perez, Leinier2739Wojtaszek, Radoslaw26761/2-1/230Baku10 Aug 2023
83Wojtaszek, Radoslaw2676Dominguez Perez, Leinier27391/2-1/279Baku9 Aug 2023
84Guseinov, Gadir2661Dominguez Perez, Leinier27391/2-1/264Baku6 Aug 2023
85Dominguez Perez, Leinier2739Guseinov, Gadir26611-041Baku5 Aug 2023
86Dominguez Perez, Leinier2739Janik, Igor25481-038Baku3 Aug 2023
87Janik, Igor2548Dominguez Perez, Leinier27390-132Baku2 Aug 2023
88Wei, Yi2722Dominguez Perez, Leinier27391-050Dubai1 Jul 2023
89Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi2712Dominguez Perez, Leinier27391/2-1/243Dubai30 Jun 2023
90Radjabov, Teimour2747Dominguez Perez, Leinier27391/2-1/236Dubai29 Jun 2023
91Dominguez Perez, Leinier2739Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar27021/2-1/236Dubai28 Jun 2023
92Dubov, Daniil2727Dominguez Perez, Leinier27061-047Dubai27 Jun 2023
93Dominguez Perez, Leinier2706Wei, Yi27161-044Dubai26 Jun 2023
94Dominguez Perez, Leinier2706Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi26651/2-1/228Dubai25 Jun 2023
95Dominguez Perez, Leinier2739Radjabov, Teimour27471-040Dubai24 Jun 2023
96Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar2702Dominguez Perez, Leinier27391/2-1/254Dubai23 Jun 2023
97Dominguez Perez, Leinier2739Dubov, Daniil27161/2-1/228Dubai22 Jun 2023
98Theodorou, Nikolas2584Dominguez Perez, Leinier27430-1111Saint Louis26 Mar 2023
99Dominguez Perez, Leinier2743Caruana, Fabiano27660-180Saint Louis26 Mar 2023
100Dominguez Perez, Leinier2743Bok, Benjamin26071-056Saint Louis26 Mar 2023
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