Walter Arencibia Rodríguez (born July 21, 1967) is a

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grandmaster. He learned chess at the age of eight and has won various tournaments, including the 1986

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, for which he automatically gained the International Master title. Also in 1986, Rodríguez won the

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. 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 in 2006 and 2011. He has represented

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in nine Chess Olympiads from 1986 to 2006.

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Walter Arencibia's official website
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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