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Renier González
González (left) with Axel Bachmann in 2009
Country	Cuba (until 2004) United States (since 2004)
Born	(1972-11-21) November 21, 1972 (age 52) Matanzas, Cuba
Title	Grandmaster (2008)
FIDE rating	2435 (December 2024)
Peak rating	2560 (January 1996)

Renier González (born 1972) is a Cuban-American chess grandmaster.

Chess career

González grew up in Cuba and began playing chess in the second grade, later playing for the national team. He defected from Cuba to the United States in 1999 and began living in Florida, where he taught chess at Nova Southeastern University and Pine Crest School.

In March 2004, he transferred chess federations from Cuba to the United States. Prior to this, he was the top ranked chess player in Cuba. In 2004, he achieved norms at the Mashantucket Open and at the Lindsborg Open. In 2007, he achieved his final norm at the Banyoles International Open, where he finished first and tied with José González García, Mihail Marin and Levan Aroshidze. Afterwards, he joined Miami Dade College's chess team as the captain. In 2008, he was awarded the Grandmaster title.

In May 2018, he provided training for the Bahamas Chess Federation's members for the 43rd Chess Olympiad.

He served as the captain of the Bahamas Chess Federation's open section team for the 44th Chess Olympiad in 2022.

In October 2022, he won the Michigan Chess Association men's championships.

Personal life

González resides in Jonesville, Michigan.

References

1. "FIDE Title Application (GM)".
2. Iuspa-Abbott, Paola (November 20, 2006). "Cubans duel at the chessboard".
3. "2005 U.S. Chess Championship".
4. Epstein, David (April 2, 2007). "A TWO-YEAR COLLEGE IN MIAMI IS THE MOST UNLIKELY SUPERPOWER IN COLLEGE CHESS".
5. Jordanov, Jordan (August 24, 2007). "BANYOLES 2007 – LEVAN AROSHIDZE WINNER. IM RENIER GONZALEZ GETS GM NORM".
6. "MDC Routs NYU". May 2008.
7. Hale, Constance (October 5, 2007). "Grandmasters in Guayaberas".
8. "Team named for 43rd World Chess Olympiad". May 11, 2018.
9. "Federation names teams for 44th Chess Olympiad in India". June 23, 2022.
10. French, Simba (June 23, 2022). "BCF ratifies 10-member team for Chess Olympiad".
11. "Michigan Chess Association".
12. "Select a tournament".

• Living people
• 1972 births
• Cuban chess players
• American chess players
• Chess Grandmasters
• Sportspeople from Matanzas
• Cuban emigrants to the United States
• 21st-century Cuban people