Best ELO in Cuban History: GM Leinier Dominguez
Cuban Grand Master Leinier Dominguez appears ranked 25 in the FIDE top 100 players list for July 2008, with 2,708 ELO points, the first Cuban player to exceed 2,700.
Dominguez is among the 29 players worldwide who possess ELO ratings above 2,700. The Cuban GM is also the highest ranked Latin American chess player, and placed second in the American Continent, only behind US nationalized Gata Kamsky, 17th with 2,723 ELO points.
Dominguez moved up one step (in April he was in 26th place with 2,695), with excellent performances in recent tournaments in Havana and Sarajevo.
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Is he soon going to surpass José Raúl Capablanca’s historical rating of 2725 and become the strongest player ever in Cuba?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greatest_chess_player_of_all_time
He’s no Capablanca.
Nice guy but no Capablanca. Capablanca is one of the greatest ever.
In the photograph, is that Chuky.
If so, what tournament was he playing in and what was the result of that game?
I found it! It is from their 1st Round game in the 2005 Capablanca Memorial Elite. Lenier Dominguez vs. Vassily Ivanchuk. The position shown in the photograph is after Dominguez 19.f4. The opening is Sicilian Defense: Old Sicilian(B36)
Actually, Capablanca would be about 2825 with ratings inflation factored in.