Yuniesky Quezada
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Yuniesky Quezada Pérez is a Cuba
n chess
grandmaster
. He was the fourth Cuban chess player that surpass the 2600 Elo rating mark on the July 2010 FIDE list.
He won the Cuban Chess Championship
in 2008 and 2011.
Cuba
The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
n chess
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
grandmaster
International Grandmaster
The title Grandmaster is awarded to strong chess players by the world chess organization FIDE. Apart from World Champion, Grandmaster is the highest title a chess player can attain....
. He was the fourth Cuban chess player that surpass the 2600 Elo rating mark on the July 2010 FIDE list.
He won the Cuban Chess Championship
Cuban Chess Championship
In the second part of the 19th century, Celso Golmayo Zúpide had been generally accepted as Cuban champion since his 1862 match defeat of Félix Sicre. In 1912–1937 Cuban Championship as Copa Dewar occurred...
in 2008 and 2011.