Zenón Franco Ocampos facts for kids
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal family name is Franco and the second or maternal family name is Ocampos.
Quick facts for kids Zenón Franco Ocampos |
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Zenón Franco Ocampos, Dresden 2008
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| Country |  Paraguay |
| Born | 12 May 1956 Asunción, Paraguay |
| Died | 1 October 2024 (aged 68) Santiago de Compostela, Spain |
| Title | Grandmaster (1990) |
| FIDE rating | 2458 (December 2024) |
| Peak rating | 2542 (July 2004) |
Zenón Franco Ocampos ( 12 May 1956 – 1 October 2024) 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[update], 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.
Franco died in Santiago de Compostela on 1 October 2024, at the age of 68.
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