Walter Arencibia Rodríguez (born July 21, 1967) is a Cuban chess grandmaster. He learned chess at the age of eight and has won various tournaments, including the 1986 World Junior Chess Championship, for which he automatically gained the

International Master FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (''Fédération Internationale des Échecs'') for outstanding performance. The highest such title is Grandmaster (GM). Titles generally require a combination of Elo rating and ...

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 The Canadian Open Chess Championship is Canada's Open chess championship, first held in 1956, and held annually since 1973, usually in mid-summer. It is organized by the Chess Federation of Canada. The event celebrated its 50th rendition in 2013. H ...

in 2006 and 2011. He has represented Cuba in nine

Chess Olympiads The Chess Olympiad is a biennial chess tournament in which teams representing nations of the world compete. FIDE organises the tournament and selects the host nation. Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, FIDE held an Online Chess Olympiad in 2020 and ...

from 1986 to 2006.

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Walter Arencibia's official website
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Walter Arencibia
chess 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) {{Cuba-chess-bio-stub