In the early 2000s, Leonel Figueredo Losada was one of the most promising young Cuban chess players. He participated in international chess tournaments held in Cuba.
In August 2019 Leonel Figueredo Losada changed his chess federation to Mexico.[1]
In 2022 Leonel Figueredo Losada ranked in 6th place in American Continental Chess Championship and after Cuban Grandmaster Yasser Quesada declined to play replacement his in the Chess World Cup.[2]
In 2023, in Baku Leonel Figueredo Losada participated in single-elimination Chess World Cup and lost in 1st round to Azerbaijani Grandmaster Vasif Durarbayli.[3]
In 2021, he was awarded the FIDE International Master (IM) title.
