José González García

José González García, 2008
Association	Mexico (until 2018) Spain (since 2018)
Born	12 August 1973 Madrid
title	International Master (1996) Grand Master (2006)
Current  Elo rating	2483 (September 2020)
Best Elo rating	2549 (July 1991)
Tab at the FIDE (English)

José González García (born August 12, 1973 in Madrid ) is a Mexican chess player . He has been playing for Spain since 2018.

He won the Mexican individual championship in 1996 in Monterrey . He played for Mexico at seven Chess Olympiads : 1998 to 2006 , 2010 and 2012 .

At the FIDE World Chess Championship in 2004 , he failed in the first round to Vladimir Hakobjan .

In Spain he played for UGA Barcelona .

In 1996 he was awarded the title of International Master (IM). In 2004 and 2005, González García met three standards for the title of Grand Master (GM), but it was not until July 2006 that he exceeded the required Elo rating of 2500.

Elo development

Web links

• Replayable chess games by José González García on chesstempo.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Transfers in 2018
2. ↑ Title Applications 4th quarter PB Meeting, October 14-16, 2005, San Luis, ARG Grandmaster (GM) Gonzalez Garcia, Jose. In: FIDE. Retrieved May 10, 2020 (English). 
3. ↑ Numbers according to FIDE Elo lists. Data sources: fide.com (period since 2001), olimpbase.org (period 1971 to 2001)