Zenón Franco Ocampos

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Zenón Franco Ocampos


Born
in Asunción, Paraguay
May 12, 1956

Died
October 01, 2024


Zenón Franco Ocampos was 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, Franco was the top-ranked player and only GM in Paraguay (now, there are two GMs: Axel Bachmann and José Cubas). He wrote several books on chess for Gambit Publications under the name Zenón Franco.

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Morphy: Move by Move

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The Giant Chess Puzzle Book

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Rubinstein

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The Art of Attacking Chess

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Chess Self-Improvement

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Spassky: Move by Move

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Winning Chess Explained

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Chess Explained: The Modern...

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Anand: Move by Move

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“games)
Chapter 2: Initiative and Attack (7 games)
Chapter 3: Ruy Lopez (7 games)
Chapter 4: Sicilian Defence (5 games)
Chapter 5: Exchange Variation against the Grünfeld (3 games)
Chapter 6: Sämisch Variation against the King’s Indian (3 games)
Chapter 7: Queen’s Gambit (3 games)
Chapter 8: King’s Gambit (3 games)
Chapter 9: Leningrad Variation against the Nimzo-Indian (2 games)
Zenón Franco,
Ponteareas, October 2015”
Zenon Franco, Spassky: Move by Move