Yasser Quesada Pérez (born 1992) is a Cuban chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster (GM) by

FIDE The International Chess Federation or World Chess Federation, commonly referred to by its French acronym FIDE ( Fédération Internationale des Échecs), is an international organization based in Switzerland that connects the various national c ...

in 2017, the 27th player from Cuba to earn the title. He won the 2022

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 ...

. He qualified to play in the Chess World Cup 2021, where he defeated

Leandro Krysa Leandro Krysa (born 7 November 1992) is an Argentine chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster (GM) by FIDE in 2017. He played in the Chess World Cup 2017 The Chess World Cup 2017 was a 128-player single-elimination chess tourna ...

in the first round, but was defeated by Pentala Harikrishna in the second round. He qualified to play in the Chess World Cup 2023, but declined to participate.

Family

His older brother,

Yuniesky Quesada Yuniesky Quesada Pérez (born July 31, 1984) is a Cuban-American chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 2005. Quesada is the fourth Cuban to surpass the 2600 Elo rating mark, which he did on the FIDE list of July 2010. ...

, is also a Grandmaster.

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chess games at 365Chess.com * 1992 births Living people Chess Grandmasters Cuban chess players Sportspeople from Villa Clara Province {{Cuba-chess-bio-stub