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Dominguez Perez, Leinier

contemporary era

Leinier Dominguez Perez is a Cuban-American grandmaster who has consistently ranked among the world's top 10-15 players, winning five Cuban national championships and the 2008 World Blitz Championship. After serving as Fabiano Caruana's second during the 2018 World Championship match, he transferred federations to represent the United States.

Total Games

2878

Wins

1084

Draws

1129

Losses

665

37.7% wins39.2% draws23.1% losses

Most Played Openings

B90 - Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation200C67 - Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Berlin Wall142C53 - Italian Game: Bird's Attack84C65 - Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense81C42 - Petrov's Defense80B12 - Caro-Kann Defense79C50 - Italian Game61C11 - French Defense: Steinitz Variation60C88 - Ruy Lopez: Closed47D27 - Queen's Gambit Accepted: Furman Variation47

Most Faced Opponents

Caruana,F86 gamesSo,W79 gamesVachier Lagrave,M74 gamesAronian,L73 gamesMamedyarov,S52 gamesNakamura,Hi50 gamesTopalov,V45 gamesGrischuk,A45 gamesNepomniachtchi,I43 gamesIvanchuk,V39 games

Featured Games

FCGFCG
1-0

Mamedyarov,S vs Dominguez Perez,L

Saint Louis Rapid 2019

2019

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FCGFCG
1-0

Dominguez Perez, Lenier vs Werle, Jan

Wch U14

1997

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FCGFCG
1-0

Dominguez Perez,L vs Mamedyarov,S

Saint Louis Blitz 2018

2018

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FCGFCG
0-1

Nakamura,Hi vs Dominguez Perez,L

Saint Louis Blitz 2017

2017

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FCGFCG
0-1

Dominguez Perez,L vs Firouzja,Alireza

Saint Louis Blitz 2024

2024

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FCGFCG
1-0

Caruana,F vs Dominguez Perez,L

Saint Louis Rapid 2025

2025

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FCGFCG
1-0

Dominguez Perez,L vs Rapport,R

10th Sinquefield Cup

2023

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FCGFCG
1-0

Dominguez Perez,L vs Praggnanandhaa,R

Saint Louis Blitz 2024

2024

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FCGFCG
1-0

Dominguez Perez,L vs Nepomniachtchi,I

Saint Louis Rapid 2020

2020

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FCGFCG
1-0

Rapport,R vs Dominguez Perez,L

Saint Louis Blitz 2019

2019

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Games (2878)

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Sowinski,Pawel vs Dominguez Perez,L
0-1
Titled Tue 23rd Apr Early 2024 B23
Sarana,A vs Dominguez Perez,L
1-0
Titled Tue 23rd Apr Early 2024 D40
Shapiro,V vs Dominguez Perez,L
0-1
Titled Tue 23rd Apr Late 2024 A37
Dominguez Perez,L vs Zakirov,Musa
1-0
Titled Tue 23rd Apr Early 2024 B90
Dominguez Perez,L vs Adla,D
1-0
Titled Tue 23rd Apr Late 2024 C78
Matinian,N vs Dominguez Perez,L
1-0
Titled Tue 23rd Apr Late 2024 B51
Dominguez Perez,L vs Le Tuan Minh
1/2-1/2
Titled Tue 23rd Apr Early 2024 B29
Hamitevici,V vs Dominguez Perez,L
0-1
Titled Tue 23rd Apr Early 2024 A00
Dominguez Perez,L vs Vaz,Ethan
1-0
Titled Tue 23rd Apr Early 2024 B90
Goltsev,Dmitry vs Dominguez Perez,L
1/2-1/2
Titled Tue 23rd Apr Late 2024 B92
Dominguez Perez,L vs Karas,Marek
1/2-1/2
Titled Tue 23rd Apr Late 2024 C11
Dominguez Perez,L vs Zhizmer,Y
1-0
Titled Tue 23rd Apr Late 2024 B01
Timmermans,M vs Dominguez Perez,L
0-1
Titled Tue 23rd Apr Late 2024 A00
Dominguez Perez,L vs Srihari,L R
1-0
Titled Tue 23rd Apr Early 2024 C79
Reinecke,Katharina vs Dominguez Perez,L
0-1
Titled Tue 23rd Apr Late 2024 B51
Dominguez Perez,L vs Matinian,N
1-0
Titled Tue 23rd Apr Early 2024 B47
Barp,Alberto vs Dominguez Perez,L
0-1
Titled Tue 23rd Apr Late 2024 E10
Dominguez Perez,L vs Andreikin,D
1-0
Titled Tue 23rd Apr Early 2024 C63
Thorhallsson,Simon vs Dominguez Perez,L
0-1
Titled Tue 16th Apr Early 2024 B92
Rogov,Matfey vs Dominguez Perez,L
0-1
Titled Tue 16th Apr Early 2024 B90
Dominguez Perez,L vs Matinian,N
0-1
Titled Tue 16th Apr Early 2024 B47
Dominguez Perez,L vs De Winter,Arthur
1-0
Titled Tue 16th Apr Early 2024 B56
Titus,Andrew vs Dominguez Perez,L
0-1
Titled Tue 16th Apr Early 2024 B90
Dominguez Perez,L vs Gokhale,Rishabh Chandrashekhar
1-0
Titled Tue 16th Apr Early 2024 C53
Szpar,Milosz vs Dominguez Perez,L
1-0
Titled Tue 16th Apr Early 2024 B22
Yuan,Qingyu vs Dominguez Perez,L
0-1
Titled Tue 16th Apr Early 2024 B51
Dominguez Perez,L vs Mindlin,A
1/2-1/2
Titled Tue 16th Apr Early 2024 C84
Arutinian,D vs Dominguez Perez,L
1/2-1/2
Titled Tue 16th Apr Early 2024 A35
Dominguez Perez,L vs Manukyan,SaA
1-0
Titled Tue 9th Apr Early 2024 B78
Dominguez Perez,L vs Aradhya,Garg
1/2-1/2
Titled Tue 9th Apr Early 2024 C84
Dominguez Perez,L vs Piorun,K
1-0
Titled Tue 9th Apr Early 2024 B12
Florescu,C vs Dominguez Perez,L
1/2-1/2
Titled Tue 9th Apr Early 2024 D38
Andreikin,D vs Dominguez Perez,L
1-0
Titled Tue 9th Apr Early 2024 D30
Dinu,DD vs Dominguez Perez,L
1/2-1/2
Titled Tue 9th Apr Early 2024 B54
Dominguez Perez,L vs Macovei,Andrei
1-0
Titled Tue 9th Apr Early 2024 B12
Palencia,W vs Dominguez Perez,L
0-1
Titled Tue 9th Apr Early 2024 D41
Kleiman,J vs Dominguez Perez,L
0-1
Titled Tue 9th Apr Early 2024 B22
Dominguez Perez,L vs Samunenkov,Ihor
1-0
Titled Tue 9th Apr Early 2024 B12
Dominguez Perez,L vs Spitzl,Vinzent
1-0
Titled Tue 9th Apr Early 2024 B90
Dominguez Perez,L vs Quesada Perez,Yu
1/2-1/2
American Cup Blitz 2024 2024 B01
Dominguez Perez,L vs Kevlishvili,Robby
1/2-1/2
American Cup Blitz 2024 2024 B90
Abrahamyan,T vs Dominguez Perez,L
0-1
American Cup Blitz 2024 2024 B90
Dominguez Perez,L vs Bok,B
1-0
American Cup Blitz 2024 2024 C92
Harsha,B vs Dominguez Perez,L
1/2-1/2
American Cup Blitz 2024 2024 A14
Dominguez Perez,L vs Durarbayli,Vasif
0-1
American Cup Blitz 2024 2024 C11
Hakobyan,Aram vs Dominguez Perez,L
0-1
American Cup Blitz 2024 2024 E28
Dominguez Perez,L vs Shankland,S
0-1
American Cup Elim 2024 B90
Dominguez Perez,L vs Shankland,S
1-0
American Cup Elim 2024 B33
Shankland,S vs Dominguez Perez,L
1-0
American Cup Elim 2024 D02
Dominguez Perez,L vs Shankland,S
1-0
American Cup Elim 2024 B90
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