Leinier Domiguez Perez (10.05.1983, Cuba). It’s very difficult to estimate chances of this chess-player, because he is not wide famous. This grand master from Cuba is “dark horse” of the tournament. But mostly Leinier Domiguez Perez could be named “power broker”. He is one of the winners of Biel tournament, constant participant of knock-out world championships. He is known as straight-out and tactical sportsman. He created the sensation at the World Championship in Libya in 2004, when beated Ernesto Inarkiev and Vlad Tkachev.  “Capablanca’s successor” doesn’t want to play role of supernumerary on Almaty championship and can make a surprise to his famous opponents.