Walter Arencibia Rodríguez is a Cuban chess Grandmaster and former youth World Champion. He was born in Guantánamo on 21st May 1967. Arencibia first came to international prominence when he won the World Junior Chess Championship in 1986. Since then, he has won multiple chess tournaments and represented Cuba in ten Chess Olympiads.
Arencibia has been a Grandmaster since 1990 and is currently one of the most esteemed players from Cuba. A productive author as well, Walter has written numerous articles and books related to chess. He is married to WIM Yuleikys Meneses Pacheco Herrera and has a daughter, Camila Arencibia.