Yuniesky Quesada

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Quesada and the second or maternal family name is Pérez.

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. He won the Cuban Chess Championship in 2008 and 2011.^[1]

Yuniesky Quesada
Quesada at the 2008 Chess Olympiad
Full name	Yuniesky Quesada Pérez
Country	Cuba (until 2019) United States (since 2019)
Born	(1984-07-31) July 31, 1984 (age 41) Santa Clara, Cuba
Title	Grandmaster (2005)
FIDE rating	2591 (August 2025)
Peak rating	2655 (July 2014)
Peak ranking	No. 96 (July 2014)

In April 2015, Quesada won the Philadelphia Open edging out Ioan-Cristian Chirila on tiebreak score.^[2]

Family

His younger brother, Yasser Quesada Pérez, is also a Grandmaster.