Tandem Simultaneous Exhibition by GM Reinaldo Vera and GM Luis Manuel Perez of Cuba at the RA Chess Club in Ottawa.

May 25th, 2023 at 6:45 PM

Courtside B. RA Centre, 2451 Riverside Drive, Ottawa.

Time control is 90 min +30 seconds a move.

Cost $25, less $5 for RA members.

Reinaldo Vera got his grandmaster title in 1988. He won the Cuban Championship in 1997 and 2001. GM Vera was a member of the Cuban national chess team for more than two decades. GM Vera is a graduate of Havana University and has written for many chess magazines, including New in Chess, Jaque and Peon de Rey. He is also a FIDE Senior Trainer, and the coach to the Cuban national chess team.

GM Vera is the author of two books in the Gambit Chess Explained series, (2007) The Meran Semi-Slav and (2008) The Nimzo-Indian.

Luis Manuel Perez got his grandmaster title in 2008. GM Perez is known in Cuba as one of the country's best blitz players. GM Perez was 2018 Cuban blitz champion.