Irisberto Herrera
Encyclopedia
Irisberto Herrera, is a Spanish
-Cuba
n chess
grandmaster
. On the January 2008 FIDE list his Elo rating was 2458.
In 1986 he won Cuban Junior Chess and in 1996 he and Julio Becerra
tied in the Cuban Chess Championship
.
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
-Cuba
Cuba
The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
n chess
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
grandmaster
International Grandmaster
The title Grandmaster is awarded to strong chess players by the world chess organization FIDE. Apart from World Champion, Grandmaster is the highest title a chess player can attain....
. On the January 2008 FIDE list his Elo rating was 2458.
In 1986 he won Cuban Junior Chess and in 1996 he and Julio Becerra
Julio Becerra
Julio Becerra Rivero is an American International Grandmaster of chess, who lives in Miami, FL. He plays for the Miami Sharks in the U.S. Chess League.Defected to the U.S. in 1999 and was MVP in the U.S. Chess League in 2006....
tied in the Cuban Chess Championship
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...
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