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Cuban chess grandmaster (born 1984) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Yuniesky Quesada Pérez (born July 31, 1984) is a Cuban-American chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 2005. Quesada is the fourth Cuban to surpass the 2600 Elo rating mark, which he did on the FIDE list of July 2010. He won the Cuban Chess Championship in 2008 and 2011.[1]
Yuniesky Quesada | |
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Full name | Yuniesky Quesada Pérez |
Country | Cuba (until 2019) United States (since 2019) |
Born | Santa Clara, Cuba | July 31, 1984
Title | Grandmaster (2005) |
FIDE rating | 2591 (September 2024) |
Peak rating | 2655 (July 2014) |
Peak ranking | No. 96 (July 2014) |
In April 2015, Quesada won the Philadelphia Open edging out Ioan-Cristian Chirila on tiebreak score.[2]
His younger brother, Yasser Quesada Pérez, is also a Grandmaster.
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