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Leinier Dominguez-Perez
Number of games in database: 490
Years covered: 1997 to 2009
Current FIDE rating: 2719
Overall record: +157 -60 =273 (59.9%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (103) 
    B90 B33 B41 B35 B32
 Ruy Lopez (74) 
    C78 C67 C92 C84 C60
 French Defense (36) 
    C18 C11 C10 C16 C13
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (33) 
    C92 C84 C91 C88 C93
 Sicilian Najdorf (26) 
    B90 B93 B92
 French (18) 
    C11 C10 C13
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (90) 
    B90 B92 B22 B52 B96
 Sicilian Najdorf (55) 
    B90 B92 B96 B91 B98
 Queen's Gambit Accepted (29) 
    D27 D20 D23 D28 D24
 Slav (26) 
    D12 D14 D11 D19 D16
 Grunfeld (17) 
    D85 D97 D80 D81 D74
 Semi-Slav (16) 
    D47 D45 D46 D43 D44
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   L Dominguez vs Radjabov, 2004 1-0
   L Dominguez vs Morozevich, 2009 1-0
   L Dominguez vs Ivanchuk, 2006 1-0
   L Dominguez vs E Mortensen, 2002 1-0
   E Alekseev vs L Dominguez, 2008 0-1
   Onischuk vs L Dominguez, 2008 0-1
   L Dominguez vs R Buhmann, 2008 1-0
   L Dominguez vs G Vescovi, 2005 1-0
   Carlsen vs L Dominguez, 2008 1/2-1/2
   Shirov vs L Dominguez, 2009 1/2-1/2

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: [what is this?]
   FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament (2004)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   Match Radjabov! by amadeus

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LEINIER DOMINGUEZ-PEREZ
(born Sep-23-1983) Cuba

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Leinier Dominguez-Perez was born in Havana. He is a three-time Cuban Champion (2002, 2003 and 2006) and won the Magistral Ciutat de Barcelona-Casino (2006) with 8.0/9 (+7 =2 -0) ahead of players like Vassily Ivanchuk, Viktor Bologan and Jan Timman. He was equal first at the 41st Biel International Chess Festival (2008) with 6.5/10 (a 2790 performance) - a half point ahead of Magnus Carlsen - but lost the second blitz game tie-breaker to concede first prize to Evgeny Alekseev. Also in 2008, he captured the World Blitz Championship by scoring 11.5/15 (eight wins, seven draws and no losses) against a world-class field.

Dominguez reached the quarter finals of the 2004 FIDE World Chess Championship before losing to Teimour Radjabov in quick-play tie-breaks.


 page 1 of 20; games 1-25 of 492  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. L Dominguez vs G Sargissian  ½-½54 1997 Wch U14B65 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...Be7 Defense, 9...Nxd4
2. L Dominguez vs Sadvakasov ½-½72 1999 Guillermo Garcia mem-AB93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4
3. R Gonzalez vs L Dominguez  ½-½45 1999 Capablanca mem Premier II 34thB50 Sicilian
4. Navara vs L Dominguez  ½-½39 2000 Wch U18B23 Sicilian, Closed
5. L Dominguez vs W Arencibia  ½-½44 2000 CUB-chB93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4
6. L Dominguez vs A Holmsten  1-043 2000 34th OlympiadB33 Sicilian
7. K Abdel Razik vs L Dominguez  0-148 2000 34th OlympiadD23 Queen's Gambit Accepted
8. W Arencibia vs L Dominguez  ½-½49 2000 Capablanca mem Elite 35thE76 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack
9. L Dominguez vs M Heidenfeld 1-015 2000 34th OlympiadC13 French
10. L Dominguez vs Xiaomin Peng  0-156 2000 34th OlympiadC92 Ruy Lopez, Closed
11. W Elliott vs L Dominguez  0-134 2000 34th OlympiadA45 Queen's Pawn Game
12. L Dominguez vs Harikrishna  ½-½67 2000 34th OlympiadC18 French, Winawer
13. D Sermek vs L Dominguez  ½-½40 2000 34th OlympiadB22 Sicilian, Alapin
14. L Dominguez vs Joao Simoes 1-037 2000 Lisbon Chess FestivalC18 French, Winawer
15. L Dominguez vs DeFirmian 1-051 2000 34th OlympiadB93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4
16. L Dominguez vs Oral  ½-½96 2000 Capablanca mem Elite 35thB47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation
17. M Kazhgaleyev vs L Dominguez  1-037 2000 34th OlympiadD44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
18. D Lima vs L Dominguez  ½-½51 2000 34th OlympiadB92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation
19. T Luther vs L Dominguez  0-132 2001 XXXVI Capablanca Mem EliteB97 Sicilian, Najdorf
20. L Dominguez vs P Kotsur  ½-½67 2001 FIDE WCh KOB32 Sicilian
21. M Godena vs L Dominguez  0-130 2001 Master OpenB22 Sicilian, Alapin
22. A Abreu vs L Dominguez  ½-½23 2001 ch-CUBB93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4
23. D Lima vs L Dominguez  0-146 2001 I American ContinentalE97 King's Indian
24. L Dominguez vs R Perez  ½-½13 2001 ch-CUBC64 Ruy Lopez, Classical
25. E Maghami vs L Dominguez  ½-½32 2001 World TeamsB91 Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation
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Feb-20-09   Jim Bartle: Who could concentrate on chess?
Feb-26-09   mindanalyzer: I don't think Lenier is showing the same level of confidence in Linares than he he did in Corus. It could also be that the field is much stronger.

Not to take anything from GM aryam Abreu, but I still think that he needs a TIER 1 coach; At this super GM level it shows.

Feb-28-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  Billy Vaughan: Dominguez is also the lowest-rated GM in this tournament. I think he's doing OK. He's playing good chess and I wouldn't be surprised to see him pick off a win or two and finish with his head above the water.
Mar-02-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  Billy Vaughan: OK, maybe he isn't doing that OK.
May-15-09   KamikazeAttack: I am fast becoming a fan of this guy. He has played strong chess in recent years and mixed it well with the best.

Perez is here to stay, he has an exclellent understanding of the game.

May-19-09   mindanalyzer: lenier drawminguez :)
May-19-09   mindanalyzer: just kidding :) He has played well and has tried his best, fighting in most of this games. He just needs a bit more time playing the elite so that he can start beating the top 10
May-20-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  firebyrd: <<mindanalyzer>: so it seems that he did not bring Giselle (his cute nuclear physicist girlfriend) to Linares. Why Dominguez?>

<<Jim Bartle> Who could concentrate on chess?>

Oh, nuclear physics aren't really that interesting ...

May-21-09   mindanalyzer: Dominguez plays well against everyone not named Carlsen. Somehow Carlsen has his number (with whites, blacks, ... even red or blue)
Jun-09-09   Troller: Dominguez is showing up on home soil again in the Capablanca Tournament. His main rivals are supposedly Timofeev and Savchenko, so Leinier is the real star - and obvious favourite - of the tournament this year. This site has some information regarding the tournament: http://www.capablanca.co.cu/?q=node...
-but I don't know if there is live coverage anywhere.
Jun-12-09   Troller: Dominguez has taken the lead in La Habana, winning against Timofeev & Savchenko in round 3 and 4.

1. Dominguez 3
2. Meier 2˝
3-4. Khenkin, Savchenko 2
5. Bruzon 1˝
6. Timofeev 1

Rather disappointing so far for second seed Timofeev. I have uploaded some of the games here on cg, hopefully they will soon be available.

Jun-13-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  waustad: <troller> Your source was easier to use than the info I got from http://www.radionuevitas.co.cu/ Chssdom had the first two rounds posted in pgn, but I haven't seen the other rounds anywhere. My conversational Spanish is OK, but I wouldn't trust my translations very far.
Jun-13-09   plimko: The best source on Memorial Capablanca is this for me:

http://www.vanguardia.co.cu/foros/v...

Jun-19-09   Troller: Congratulations on another victory in Capablanca Memorial. There were quite a few very short draws in the tournament, but of course one cannot blame Dominguez for winning a full point ahead of Savchenko. Very nicely done!
Aug-01-09   mojonera: leinier , un tipo cojonudo
Aug-01-09   Khapablanca: "Mojonera:, el nick; y "cojonudo", del machismo latino... todo en un solo y primer mensaje. Vaya record!

Antes de opinar aqui, la gente debia cultivarse primero... En su caso de usted, comience con el vocabulario que los resultados los vera pronto y seran bienvenidos... Vera como a una primera intencion de decir una palabrota sucedera una segunda de decir una mejor. "Magnifico" por lo que dijo, por ejemplo.

Sep-01-09   Thuellin: According to Chessdom, Dominguez will be one of Topalov's seconds for the 2010 WCC match against Anand. Interesting news.

http://www.chessdom.com/news-2009/d...

Sep-02-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  percyblakeney: Maybe Anand vs L Dominguez, 2009 helped getting him the job, Mig wrote that

<Vishy Anand was outprepared by Dominguez in the Cuban's favorite Grunfeld. Even Peter Svidler sounded impressed by Black's new idea with 12..Ng4 and 13..Qb8>

http://www.chessninja.com/dailydirt...

Sep-06-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  Open Defence: I wish he was in Anand's team, this is probably Topalov's plan to counter Anand's preparation in 1.d4 and perhaps make him stick to 1.e4
Oct-15-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  timhortons: ICC handle ledope.
Nov-19-09   Plato: Well, Dominguez didn't come close to defending his world blitz title (not that there's any shame in that, when faced with such an incredible field this year), but he does have the honor of being the only player who didn't lose at least one game to Carlsen in the blitz championship :)
Nov-23-09   mindanalyzer: I am a big fan of Dominguez but from what I have seen he has not played that great this year. He has been constantly struggling against much lower-rated opponents. What could this be?
Nov-23-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  Eyal: There's a short interview with Domiguez on the official site of the World Cup:

http://www.ugra-chess.ru/eng/interv...

Re his winning the blitz world championship 2008, he says <To say the truth, I don't consider myself an excellent specialist in blitz… To my mind just all lucky stars met in the sky at the moment when I became the strongest at the championship.>

Nov-23-09   Plato: Dominguez is a great guy. He's always very humble. I think he's also simply honest in this case. He's a very talented young player and I wish him all the best.
Nov-25-09   mojonera: pobre muchacho admirador del asesino guevara , un frustrado que nunca logro algo positivo , espero que cambies de parecer leinier .
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