Zenón Franco Ocampos
Zenón Franco Ocampos (12 May 1956 – 1 October 2024) was a Paraguayan chess grandmaster (GM). 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.
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Zenón Franco Ocampos
Frank Hoppe · Public domain
- Born
- 12 May 1956
- Birthplace
- Asunción, Paraguay
- Died
- 1 October 2024
- Place of death
- Santiago de Compostela, Spain
- Nationality
- Paraguay
- Occupation
- chess player · writer · journalist
- Fields
- chess
- Languages
- Spanish · English
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Zenón Franco Ocampos (12 May 1956 – 1 October 2024) was a Paraguayan chess grandmaster (GM). 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.
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He wrote several books on chess for Gambit Publications under the name Zenón Franco. Franco died in Vigo on 1 October 2024, at the age of 68.
GM Zenon Franco Ocampos bei der 38. Schacholympiade in Dresden 2008
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• Born — 12 May 1956 • Birthplace — Asunción, Paraguay • Died — 1 October 2024 • Place of death — Santiago de Compostela, Spain • Title — Grandmaster (1990) • Peak Rating — 2542 (July 2004) • Peak Ranking — No. 66 (January 1982) • Fide Id — 2209381
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