Holden Hernández Carmenate is a Cuban-American chess grandmaster.

[2] In September 2012, Hernández won the Óliver González Chess Memorial ahead of Martyn Kravtsiv and Andrey Vovk.

[3] In December 2013, Hernández transferred federations from Cuba to the United States.

[4] In February 2015, Hernández tied for first in the Texas Southwest Class Masters with Gata Kamsky, Yaroslav Zherebukh, and Anton Kovalyov, but lost to Kamsky on tiebreaks.

[5] Hernández studied at the University of Texas at Dallas, where he was the captain of the chess team.