Jorge Roberto Elias Reyes is a Cuban chess grandmaster.
Chess career In February 2025, he won the Cuban Chess Championship with an undefeated score of 7/10. This was the first time since 1999 that the national championship was won by an IM rather than a GM.
In January 2026, he tied for 3rd place with seven other players (including five grandmasters) in the Temuco International Chess Tournament. Later that month, he had a perfect start in the first six rounds of the Floripa Open, co-leading with grandmaster André Diamant. He finished the tournament with 8/10, earning his final GM norm.
He was awarded the Grandmaster title in 2026, after achieving his norms at the: Guillermo Garcia in Memoriam in May 2023 LVII Capablanca in Memoriam Open in May 2024 Brazil Chess Series Floripa in January 2026
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