Isan Reynaldo Ortiz Suárez (born 30 March 1985 in

Guantánamo Guantánamo (, , ) is a municipality and city in southeast Cuba and capital of Guantánamo Province. Guantánamo is served by the Caimanera port near the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, site of a U.S. naval base. The area produces sugarcane and cotton ...

) is a Cuban

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grandmaster. He is a three-time Cuban Chess Champion.

Chess career

He was awarded the Grandmaster title in 2011. Ortiz Suárez won the

Cuban Chess Championship In the second part of the 19th century, Celso Golmayo Zúpide had been generally accepted as Cuban champion since his 1862 match defeat of Félix Sicre. In 1912–1937 Cuban Championship as Copa Dewar occurred. Maria Teresa Mora was the first ...

in 2013, 2014, and 2015. He was the runner-up in the

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in 2013. At the

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he knocked out

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in the first round, then he lost to

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in round two and therefore was eliminated from the competition. Ortiz Suárez played for the Cuban team in the

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s of 2012 and 2014, and

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of 2015. In the 2014 Chess Olympiad he won the silver medal on board four thanks to his rating performance of 2766 after five wins, two draws and a loss.41st Olympiad Tromso 2014 Open - Cuba
Chess-Results

References

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Isam Ortiz Suarez
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