Career
He was awarded the Grandmaster title in 2011. He was the runner-up in the American Continental Chess Championship in 2013. At the Chess World Cup 2013 he knocked out Judit Polgár in the first round, then he lost to Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in round two and therefore was eliminated from the competition.
Ortiz Suárez played for the Cuban team in the Chess Olympiads of 2012 and 2014, and World Team Chess Championship of 2015.
