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Omar Almeida Quintana
O Almeida Quintana 
Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons 

Number of games in database: 658
Years covered: 1999 to 2025
Last FIDE rating: 2483 (2491 rapid, 2509 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2593
Overall record: +230 -118 =306 (58.6%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 4 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Slav (45) 
    D15 D17 D12 D18 D14
 Queen's Indian (39) 
    E12 E13 E17 E15 E16
 Semi-Slav (36) 
    D45 D44 D43
 King's Indian (34) 
    E60 E71 E90 E92 E84
 Queen's Pawn Game (26) 
    A45 E10 D02 A46 A40
 Queen's Gambit Declined (26) 
    D38 D37 D30 D35 D39
With the Black pieces:
 Robatsch (61) 
    B06
 Pirc (46) 
    B07 B08 B09
 Sicilian (37) 
    B30 B33 B60 B42 B61
 Queen's Pawn Game (28) 
    A41 A40 A46 A45
 King's Indian (28) 
    E62 E91 E94 E95 E90
 Modern Benoni (20) 
    A60 A67 A65 A70 A73
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   O Almeida Quintana vs P Zarnicki, 2002 1-0
   T Hillarp Persson vs O Almeida Quintana, 2006 1/2-1/2
   L Perez Rodriguez vs O Almeida Quintana, 2001 0-1

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Cuban Championship (2001)
   Paris Championship (2008)
   Cuban Championship (2020)
   Iberoamericano Championship (2023)
   VIII Iberoamerican Championship Mexico (2022)
   Panama Open (2011)
   9th Semana Santa Alicante (2025)
   FIDE Online Olympiad (2020)
   Batumi Olympiad (2018)
   Chennai Olympiad (2022)
   Budapest Olympiad (2024)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   2001 Capablanca memorial (premier - II) by gauer
   2004 Capablanca memorial (group II) by gauer

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 Semana Santa Open
   E Mamedov vs O Almeida Quintana (Apr-21-25) 1/2-1/2
   O Almeida Quintana vs M Smirnov (Apr-20-25) 1/2-1/2
   O Almeida Quintana vs F Ilinca (Apr-20-25) 1-0
   V Prraneeth vs O Almeida Quintana (Apr-19-25) 1/2-1/2
   G Masague Artero vs O Almeida Quintana (Apr-18-25) 0-1

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OMAR ALMEIDA QUINTANA
(born Oct-28-1981, 43 years old) Cuba

[what is this?]

Grandmaster (2006) and FIDE Trainer (2016). ICC: elhabanero.

Wikipedia article: Omar Almeida Quintana

Last updated: 2021-12-04 19:03:38

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 page 1 of 27; games 1-25 of 662  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. R Gonzalez vs O Almeida Quintana  ½-½551999CUB-chB30 Sicilian
2. O Almeida Quintana vs F M Gomez Fontal  1-0472001Cuban ChampionshipA57 Benko Gambit
3. R O Perez Garcia vs O Almeida Quintana  1-0422001Cuban ChampionshipB05 Alekhine's Defense, Modern
4. O Almeida Quintana vs M Gongora  1-0362001Cuban ChampionshipD39 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation
5. R Vazquez Igarza vs O Almeida Quintana  ½-½392001Cuban ChampionshipB30 Sicilian
6. O Almeida Quintana vs S Garcia Martinez  1-0332001Cuban ChampionshipE71 King's Indian, Makagonov System (5.h3)
7. Dominguez Perez vs O Almeida Quintana 1-0472001Cuban ChampionshipA04 Reti Opening
8. O Almeida Quintana vs O Garcia Carey  1-0302001ch-CUB WithdrawalE11 Bogo-Indian Defense
9. O Almeida Quintana vs L Bruzon Batista  ½-½492001Cuban ChampionshipD37 Queen's Gambit Declined
10. A Abreu Delgado vs O Almeida Quintana  ½-½742001Cuban ChampionshipB05 Alekhine's Defense, Modern
11. O Almeida Quintana vs J Nogueiras  ½-½162001Cuban ChampionshipD15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
12. O Almeida Quintana vs N Delgado Ramirez  0-1272001Cuban ChampionshipE12 Queen's Indian
13. R Vera vs O Almeida Quintana 1-0272001Cuban ChampionshipD35 Queen's Gambit Declined
14. R Leyva Proenza vs O Almeida Quintana  0-1362001Cuban ChampionshipB30 Sicilian
15. O Almeida Quintana vs R Quesada  ½-½452001Cuban ChampionshipE12 Queen's Indian
16. O Almeida Quintana vs I Herrera  1-0412001Cuban ChampionshipE12 Queen's Indian
17. F de la Paz Perdomo vs O Almeida Quintana  ½-½132001Cuban ChampionshipB33 Sicilian
18. O Almeida Quintana vs J Arizmendi Martinez  1-0532001XXXVI Capablanca Mem Premier IIE90 King's Indian
19. J Bellon Lopez vs O Almeida Quintana  1-0442001XXXVI Capablanca Mem Premier IIA45 Queen's Pawn Game
20. O Almeida Quintana vs I Herrera  0-1752001XXXVI Capablanca Mem Premier IIE12 Queen's Indian
21. F M Gomez Fontal vs O Almeida Quintana  0-1472001XXXVI Capablanca Mem Premier IID03 Torre Attack (Tartakower Variation)
22. O Almeida Quintana vs D O Acosta  ½-½582001XXXVI Capablanca Mem Premier IID67 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line
23. A Wohl vs O Almeida Quintana  0-1392001XXXVI Capablanca Mem Premier IIB30 Sicilian
24. O Almeida Quintana vs Y Gonzalez Vidal  ½-½102001XXXVI Capablanca Mem Premier IIB76 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack
25. C S Matamoros Franco vs O Almeida Quintana  0-1402001XXXVI Capablanca Mem Premier IIE62 King's Indian, Fianchetto
 page 1 of 27; games 1-25 of 662  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
Jul-13-07  BIDMONFA: Omar Almeida

ALMEIDA, Omar
http://www.bidmonfa.com/almeida_oma...
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Jan-22-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  Tabanus: GM Omar Almeida Quintana, Cuba, born 1981. Now rated 2538, http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?...

IM in 2001. GM in 2006. ICC: elhabanero

Biography:
http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_A... (in Polish)

Pictures:
http://www.chessbase.com/espanola/i... http://iulianceausescu.files.wordpr... http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2477...

Placed 3rd in the Cuban championship 12-20 January 2010: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr294...

May-12-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  Tabanus: 3rd place today the Spanish open tournament Vila de Salou 4-12 May 2010,

http://www.chess-results.com/tnr336...

Aug-14-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  Tabanus: 3rd place in San Juan Open (Spain) 26 July - 1 August 2010:

http://www.chess-results.com/tnr342...

Aug-15-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  Tabanus: And 3rd in Ciutat de Badalona (Spain) 2-10 August 2010:

http://www.chess-results.com/tnr325...

Oct-28-14  waustad: With a nick like elhabanero, one might think of heat, but it probably just means he's from La Habana.
Dec-13-23
Premium Chessgames Member
  MissScarlett: < Cuban chess grandmaster Omar Almeida Quintana broke a national record by playing 32 simultaneous matches>

https://news.yahoo.com/chess-grandm...

Maybe they never heard of Jose Raul Capablanca.

His record was 103. But maybe they mean a Cuban in Cuba.

Dec-13-23  VerySeriousExpert: @MissScarlett
Thank you. Or, it maybe, they mean Cuba since 1959 only.

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