Carlos Antonio Hevia Alejano

{{Short description|Cuban chess grandmaster (born 1991)}}

{{Family name hatnote|Hevia|Alejano|lang=Spanish}}

{{Infobox chess player

| country = Cuba

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1991|10|30}}

| birth_place = Havana, Cuba

| title = Grandmaster (2015){{cite web|url=https://ratings.fide.com/crt/main223741.pdf|title=FIDE Title Application (GM)}}

| peakrating = 2549 (July 2012)

| FideID = 3508811

}}

Carlos Antonio Hevia Alejano is a Cuban chess grandmaster.

Chess career

In December 2014, he played for the Cuban team in the ITT Millonario de Navidad in Bogota.{{cite web|url=http://www.cubanews.acn.cu/sports/2074-cuban-chess-players-to-play-in-colombia|title=Cuban Chess Players to Play in Colombia|date=December 5, 2014}}

In February 2017, he played in the Southwest Class Championship, where he was defeated by rising grandmaster Sam Sevian.{{cite web|url=https://new.uschess.org/news/youth-dominate-8th-southwest-class-championship|title=Youth Dominate at the 8th Southwest Class Championship|date=March 30, 2017|first=David|last=Hater}}

In April 2018, he was part of the winning UT Rio Grande Valley team that played in the President's Cup, alongside Vladimir Belous, Kamil Dragun, Andrey Stukopin, and Hovhannes Gabuzyan.{{cite web|url=https://riograndeguardian.com/utrgv-chess-team-wins-national-championship/|title=UTRGV chess team wins national championship|date=April 3, 2018|first=Dayna|last=Reyes}}

In November 2019, he had a perfect score after two rounds of the King's Island Open.{{cite web|url=https://new.uschess.org/news/stukopin-petesch-tie-first-kings-island-open|title=Stukopin and Petesch Tie for First at King's Island Open|date=November 22, 2019|first=David|last=Hater}}

In January 2021, he represented the UT Dallas team at the 2020–21 Pan-American Intercollegiate Chess Championship, where he lost to Jason Shi.{{cite web|url=https://www.caltech.edu/about/news/caltech-chess-team-scores-division-win-second-year-running|title=Caltech Chess Team Scores Division Win Second Year Running|date=January 28, 2021}}

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