Renier Vázquez Igarza is a Cuban chess Grandmaster and author. He was born on February 8, 1979, in Holguin, Cuba, and became a Grandmaster in 2007. Vázquez Igarza has had a range of successes throughout his career, including winning the Santiago de Cuba Zonal 2.3 tournament in 2007 and the Andorra Open and Barcelona Masters in 2013. In 2015, he won the Ciutat d'Olot Internacional tournament and finished second in the Badalona Open.
Vázquez Igarza has also excelled as a team player, winning the Spanish Team Championship as part of a team in 2010, 2012 and 2014.
He is also a renowned chess author, having written a series of books on different opening moves. His works include 'The Schliemann Defence,' 'The Xilema Sicilian,' and 'The Advance Caro-Kann,' among others.