GMLuis Ernesto Quesada Perez

Luis Ernesto Quesada Pérez was born in Ciego de Ávila, Cuba, in 1999 and became a grandmaster in 2018. He opened the 2020 Prague international open with six consecutive wins. In the 2023 Cuban championship he shared the second-highest score, placing fourth after tiebreaks. He then finished third in the Capablanca Memorial behind Jonas Buhl Bjerre and Alexandr Fier. At the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games, he won silver in the rapid competition on board two. He also qualified for that year's World Cup, where Emre Can eliminated him in the first round.