Zenón Franco Ocampos
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Zenón Franco Ocampos | |
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Country | Paraguay |
Born | 12 May 1956 |
Title | Grandmaster (1990) |
FIDE rating | 2457 (July 2024) |
Peak rating | 2542 (July 2004) |
Zenón Franco Ocampos (Latin American Spanish: [seˈnoɱ ˈfɾaŋko oˈkampos];[a] born 12 May 1956, Paraguay) is a chess grandmaster (GM) from Paraguay. In the 1982 Chess Olympiad at Lucerne, he won the gold medal at board one by scoring 11 of 13. In the 1990 Chess Olympiad at Novi Sad, he shared first place at board one with 9 points in 12 games. As of 2007[update], Ocampos was the top-ranked player and only GM in Paraguay (now, there are three GMs: Zenon Franco, Axel Bachmann and Jose Cubas). He has written several books on chess for Gambit Publications under the name Zenon Franco.
Books
- Franco, Zenon (2005). Chess Self-Improvement. Gambit Publications. ISBN 1-904600-29-8.
- Franco, Zenon (2006). Winning Chess Explained. Gambit Publications. ISBN 1-904600-46-8.
- Franco, Zenon; Crouch, Colin (2007). How to Defend in Chess. Gambit. ISBN 978-1-904600-83-1.
- Franco, Zenon (2007). Chess Explained: The Modern Benoni. Gambit. ISBN 978-1-904600-77-0.
- Franco, Zenon (2008). The Art of Attacking Chess. Gambit Publications. ISBN 978-1-904600-97-8.
- Franco, Zenon (2009). Grandmaster Secrets: Counter-Attack!. Gambit Publications. ISBN 978-1906454098.
- Franco, Zenon (2014). Anand: Move by Move. Everyman Chess. ISBN 978-1781941867.
Notes
References
- 25th Chess Olympiad: Lucerne 1982 at Olimpbase.org
External links
- Zenon Franco-Ocampos player profile and games at Chessgames.com
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