Walter Arencibia Rodríguez (born July 21, 1967) is a
Cuban chess
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grandmaster.
He learned chess at the age of eight and has won various tournaments, including the 1986
World Junior Chess Championship
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, for which he automatically gained the
International Master
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title. Also in 1986, Rodríguez won the
Pan American Junior Chess Championship. He was awarded the title of
Grandmaster in 1990. Other tournament victories include the Cuban Youth Championships in 1985, and equal first in the
Canadian Open Chess Championship
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in 2006 and 2011. He has represented
Cuba
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in nine
Chess Olympiads
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from 1986 to 2006.
References
External links
Walter Arencibia's official website
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Walter Arencibiachess games at 365Chess.com
1967 births
Living people
Chess Grandmasters
Cuban chess players
World Junior Chess Champions
Chess Olympiad competitors
Place of birth missing (living people)
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