Zenón Franco Ocampos

Zenón Franco Ocampos, 2008
Association	Paraguay (until 1995, since 2001) Spain (1995 to 2001)
Born	May 12, 1956 Asunción
title	International Master (1982) Grand Master (1990)
Current  Elo rating	2458 (September 2020)
Best Elo rating	2542 (July 2004)
Tab at the FIDE (English)

Zenón Franco Ocampos (born May 12, 1956 in Asunción ) is a Paraguayan - Spanish chess player .

He won the Paraguayan individual championship in 1976. He played for Paraguay at ten Chess Olympiads : 1976 , 1978 , 1982 , 1988 , 1990 , 2002 , 2006 , 2008 , 2016 , 2018 and once for Spain in 1998 . He also took part in the Pan American Team Championship (1985) in Villa Gesell .

In 1982 he was awarded the title of International Master (IM). The title of Grand Master (GM) was awarded to him in 1990. Since 2012 he has held the title of FIDE senior trainer.

Elo development

Publications

• Chess Self-Improvement. Gambit Publications, 2005, ISBN 1-904600-29-8 .
• Winning Chess Explained. Gambit Publications, 2006, ISBN 1-904600-46-8 .
• How to Defend in Chess. Gambit, 2007, ISBN 978-1-904600-83-1 (with Colin Crouch).
• Chess Explained: The Modern Benoni. Gambit, 2007, ISBN 978-1-904600-77-0 .
• The Art of Attacking Chess. Gambit Publications, 2008, ISBN 1-904600-97-2 .
• Grandmaster Secrets: Counter-Attack !. Gambit Publications, 2009, ISBN 978-1906454098 .
• Anand: Move by Move. Everyman Chess, 2014, ISBN 978-1781941867 .

Web links

Commons : Zenon Franco Ocampos  - Collection of Images

• Replayable chess games by Zenón Franco Ocampos on chesstempo.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Transfers in 2001
2. ↑ Numbers according to FIDE Elo lists. Data sources: fide.com (period since 2001), olimpbase.org (period 1971 to 2001)