Juan Manuel Bellón López

Juan Manuel Bellón López, 2010
Association	Spain (until 2017) Sweden (since 2017)
Born	May 8, 1950 Valencia
title	International Master (1974) Grand Master (1978)
Current  Elo rating	2339 (April 2020)
Best Elo rating	2510 (July 1991)
Tab at the FIDE (English)

Juan Manuel Bellón López ( Spanish Juan Manuel Bellón López ; born May 8, 1950 in Valencia ) is a Spanish chess player . He has been playing for Sweden since 2017.

He was able to win the Spanish championship five times: 1969, 1971, 1974, 1977 and 1982. He played for Spain at eleven chess Olympiads: 1970 to 1988 and 1992 . He also took part twice in the European team championships (1970 and 1989).

The Spanish team championship won Bellón in the seasons 1974 and 1975 with CA Schweppes Madrid , 1980 bis 1984 , 1987 , 1989 and 1995 with CE VULCA Barcelona , he played in Spain also in 1979 for de CA Caja Ahorros Málaga , 1999 CA Palm Oasis Maspalomas , 2000 for CA Centro Goya Villa de Teror , 2003 and 2007 for CA Llanera Alzira and 2008 for CE Binissalem . In the Swedish Elitserien he played in the seasons 1998/99, 1999/2000, 2002/03 and 2003/04 for the Stockholm club SK Passanten , in the season 2005/06 for the Linköpings Allmäna Schacksällskap , from 2013 to 2016 for the SK Team Viking , with whom he became champion in 2015 , and since 2018 for the Stockholm club Wasa SK . In the German Bundesliga , Bellón played for SK Turm Emsdetten from 2008 to 2011 , in the British Four Nations Chess League in the 2005/06 season for Wood Green's second team , and in the 2009/10 season for the champions Wood Green Hilsmark Kingfisher and from 2010 to 2014 for their second team.

He is married to the Grand Master Pia Cramling . Their daughter Anna Cramling Bellon (* 2002) is also a chess player and holds the title of FIDE Women's Champion (WFM).

Elo development

Web links

Commons : Juan Manuel Bellón López  - Collection of Images

• Replayable chess games by Juan Manuel Bellón López on chesstempo.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ OlimpBase :: Spanish Team Chess Championship :: Juan Manuel Bellón López. In: OlimpBase. Retrieved March 21, 2020 . 
2. ↑ Numbers according to FIDE Elo lists. Data sources: fide.com (period since 2001), olimpbase.org (period 1971 to 2001)