Dominguez Perez, Leinier Age 41

Source: zimbio.com

Title
Grandmaster
Live Rating
2741.0
Live Rank
#14
FIDE Rating
2741
World Rank
#14
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 
1Dominguez Perez, Leinier2741Le, Tuan Minh25981/2-1/264New York30 Dec 2024
2Naroditsky, Daniel2619Dominguez Perez, Leinier27411-066New York30 Dec 2024
3Dominguez Perez, Leinier2741Aronian, Levon27471/2-1/218New York30 Dec 2024
4Caruana, Fabiano2805Dominguez Perez, Leinier27411/2-1/235New York30 Dec 2024
5Dominguez Perez, Leinier2741Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar28011-041New York30 Dec 2024
6Madaminov, Mukhiddin2501Dominguez Perez, Leinier27410-135New York30 Dec 2024
7Dominguez Perez, Leinier2741Liang, Awonder26871-047New York30 Dec 2024
8Erenburg, Sergey2510Dominguez Perez, Leinier27410-172New York30 Dec 2024
9Dominguez Perez, Leinier2741Nogerbek, Kazybek25271/2-1/274New York30 Dec 2024
10Antipov, Mikhail Al2594Dominguez Perez, Leinier27411-065New York30 Dec 2024
11Dominguez Perez, Leinier2741Dlugy, Maxim25141-059New York30 Dec 2024
12Meier, Georg2599Dominguez Perez, Leinier27411/2-1/225New York30 Dec 2024
13Dominguez Perez, Leinier2741Blohberger, Felix25341-052New York30 Dec 2024
14Dominguez Perez, Leinier2699Grischuk, Alexander26751/2-1/212New York28 Dec 2024
15Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar2694Dominguez Perez, Leinier26991/2-1/234New York28 Dec 2024
16Dominguez Perez, Leinier2699Jacobson, Brandon24591-041New York28 Dec 2024
17Sevian, Samuel2614Dominguez Perez, Leinier26991/2-1/231New York28 Dec 2024
18Dominguez Perez, Leinier2699Esipenko, Andrey26421/2-1/226New York27 Dec 2024
19Sindarov, Javokhir2655Dominguez Perez, Leinier26991/2-1/218New York27 Dec 2024
20Dominguez Perez, Leinier2699Giri, Anish26781/2-1/244New York27 Dec 2024
21Murzin, Volodar2588Dominguez Perez, Leinier26991/2-1/226New York27 Dec 2024
22Dominguez Perez, Leinier2699Sargsyan, Shant26011/2-1/232New York26 Dec 2024
23Safarli, Eltaj2611Dominguez Perez, Leinier26990-151New York26 Dec 2024
24Dominguez Perez, Leinier2699Niemann, Hans Moke26181-080New York26 Dec 2024
25Ibarra Jerez, Jose Carlos2555Dominguez Perez, Leinier26990-141New York26 Dec 2024
26Dominguez Perez, Leinier2699Amar, Elham24941-044New York26 Dec 2024
27Liang, Awonder2677Dominguez Perez, Leinier27410-149Saint Louis23 Oct 2024
28Dominguez Perez, Leinier2741Caruana, Fabiano27961/2-1/257Saint Louis22 Oct 2024
29Sevian, Samuel2689Dominguez Perez, Leinier27410-142Saint Louis21 Oct 2024
30Dominguez Perez, Leinier2741Oparin, Grigoriy26621/2-1/265Saint Louis19 Oct 2024
31Dominguez Perez, Leinier2741Mishra, Abhimanyu26301-067Saint Louis17 Oct 2024
32Robson, Ray2693Dominguez Perez, Leinier27411-058Saint Louis16 Oct 2024
33Dominguez Perez, Leinier2741Aronian, Levon27381/2-1/243Saint Louis14 Oct 2024
34Niemann, Hans Moke2733Dominguez Perez, Leinier27411-036Saint Louis13 Oct 2024
35Dominguez Perez, Leinier2741Shankland, Samuel L26771/2-1/249Saint Louis12 Oct 2024
36Dominguez Perez, Leinier2741So, Wesley27511/2-1/243Saint Louis11 Oct 2024
37Yu, Yangyi2703Dominguez Perez, Leinier27481/2-1/248Budapest22 Sep 2024
38Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar2778Dominguez Perez, Leinier27481-060Budapest21 Sep 2024
39Dominguez Perez, Leinier2748Sjugirov, Sanan26441-050Budapest20 Sep 2024
40Dominguez Perez, Leinier2748Maurizzi, Marc Andria25951/2-1/252Budapest19 Sep 2024
41Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios2550Dominguez Perez, Leinier27480-131Budapest18 Sep 2024
42Flores, Diego2546Dominguez Perez, Leinier27481-035Budapest15 Sep 2024
43Dominguez Perez, Leinier2748Ponomariov, Ruslan26541/2-1/230Budapest14 Sep 2024
44Siddharth, Jagadeesh2514Dominguez Perez, Leinier27480-157Budapest12 Sep 2024
45Dominguez Perez, Leinier2748Delgado Rosas, Alex Antonio21571-033Budapest11 Sep 2024
46Caruana, Fabiano2793Dominguez Perez, Leinier27481/2-1/290Saint Louis16 Aug 2024
47Dominguez Perez, Leinier2748Nepomniachtchi, Ian27670-169Saint Louis16 Aug 2024
48Abdusattorov, Nodirbek2762Dominguez Perez, Leinier27481/2-1/252Saint Louis16 Aug 2024
49Dominguez Perez, Leinier2748Nakamura, Hikaru28021-060Saint Louis16 Aug 2024
50Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu2749Dominguez Perez, Leinier27481-040Saint Louis16 Aug 2024
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