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Yuniesky Quesada

Yuniesky Quesada
Quesada at the 2008 Chess Olympiad
Full nameYuniesky Quesada Pérez
CountryCuba (until 2019)
United States (since 2019)
Born (1984-07-31) July 31, 1984 (age 40)
Santa Clara, Cuba
TitleGrandmaster (2005)
FIDE rating2591 (November 2024)
Peak rating2655 (July 2014)
Peak rankingNo. 96 (July 2014)

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]

In April 2015, Quesada won the Philadelphia Open edging out Ioan-Cristian Chirila on tiebreak score.[2]

Family

His younger brother, Yasser Quesada Pérez, is also a Grandmaster.

References

  1. ^ "Yuniesky Quesada se corona en campeonato nacional de ajedrez". www.juventudrebelde.cu (in Spanish). February 12, 2011. Retrieved July 28, 2020.
  2. ^ "Yuniesky Quesada Perez wins Philadelphia Open on tie-break". chessdom.com. April 8, 2015. Retrieved June 26, 2018.