Alonso Zapata
Number of games in database: 335
Years covered: 1977 to 2006
Current FIDE rating: 2478
Highest rating achieved in database: 2580
Overall record: +106 -109 =120 (49.6%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Sicilian (80)      B90 B33 B83 B57 B56  Ruy Lopez (42)      C77 C65 C69 C84 C60  French Defense (18)      C05 C03 C07 C08 C06  Sicilian Najdorf (17)      B90 B92 B93  French Tarrasch (16)      C05 C03 C07 C08 C06  Sicilian Scheveningen (15)      B83 B80 B84 B82 B85	With the Black pieces:  Sicilian (73)      B46 B47 B42 B43 B40  King's Indian (34)      E63 E92 E94 E61 E86  Sicilian Taimanov (25)      B46 B47 B49 B48  Sicilian Kan (20)      B42 B43  Old Indian (14)      A53 A55  English (7)      A15 A17 A10

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   A Zapata vs Anand, 1988 1-0

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ALONSO ZAPATA (born Aug-22-1958) Colombia [what is this?] Alonso Zapata Ramirez was born on the 22nd of August 1958 in Colombia. Awarded the IM title in 1980 he became a GM in 1984. Tournament results include 2nd at Havana 1983, 1st at Bayamo 1984 and 2nd= at Dortmund 1984.

page 1 of 14; games 1-25 of 335  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Yusupov vs A Zapata   1-0 47 1977 Wch U20 A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4 2. Nunn vs A Zapata   1-0 32 1978 Buenos Aires olm B40 Sicilian 3. A Zapata vs Geller   0-1 33 1978 Bogota C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed 4. A Zapata vs Dzindzichashvili   0-1 68 1980 04, Manhattan CC B01 Scandinavian 5. Murey vs A Zapata   1-0 36 1980 Malta B42 Sicilian, Kan 6. C Van Tilbury vs A Zapata 1-0 34 1980 Radio Rebelde E73 King's Indian 7. A Zapata vs Ftacnik   ½-½ 13 1980 Cienfuegos B50 Sicilian 8. A Zapata vs J Benjamin   1-0 40 1980 02, Manhattan CC B06 Robatsch 9. Alburt vs A Zapata   1-0 69 1980 07, Manhattan CC E73 King's Indian 10. A Zapata vs Humberto Morales   ½-½ 42 1980 Bayamo B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 11. A Zapata vs G Timoshchenko   ½-½ 42 1981 Bayamo B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen 12. M Sisniega vs A Zapata   ½-½ 40 1981 Bayamo A89 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with Nc6 13. A Zapata vs Igor Ivanov   0-1 42 1982 Luzern olm ;BIG B84 Sicilian, Scheveningen 14. Myagmarsuren vs A Zapata   ½-½ 48 1982 Lucerne olm A04 Reti Opening 15. A Zapata vs V Zaltsman   ½-½ 60 1983 New York B67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7 16. A Zapata vs J Benjamin   1-0 36 1983 WchT U26 C08 French, Tarrasch, Open, 4.ed ed 17. Shamkovich vs A Zapata   0-1 56 1983 New York (USA) B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 18. Igor Ivanov vs A Zapata   ½-½ 42 1983 New York Kavkasian E63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation 19. K Spraggett vs A Zapata   1-0 51 1983 NY Kavkasian E63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation 20. A Zapata vs Hebden   1-0 74 1983 New York C77 Ruy Lopez 21. Alburt vs A Zapata   0-1 46 1983 New York (USA) A40 Queen's Pawn Game 22. A Zapata vs K Burger   1-0 40 1983 USA B11 Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4 23. Psakhis vs A Zapata   1-0 32 1983 Cienfuegos A E76 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack 24. Dlugy vs A Zapata   1-0 48 1983 New York E61 King's Indian 25. A Zapata vs Miles   0-1 51 1984 Thessaloniki (ol) 38/272 B72 Sicilian, Dragon  page 1 of 14; games 1-25 of 335

Feb-29-04    ConLaMismaMano: Remarkable player this GM Alonso Zapata from Colombia, in the recent Carlos Torre Memorial, he reached the semifinals against players with much more elo than him. This shows that the ELO, many times means nothing. Nov-20-04    Strategic Joker: yups , he resides in Puerto Rico currently and hes gonna be my coach :) and amazing strong player who esaly defeats master and IM where i live May-19-05    DCP23: He beat Anand in EIGHT moves once. Jul-24-05    alexandrovm: how old was Anand in that game? Very fast game indeed Jul-24-05    chancho: He's getting good coin training chess players in Puerto Rico. Sep-15-05    Queens Gambit: I dont see how in Gods name Anand-Zapata can be in notable games of him, that was a horrible blunder of Anand, not a great game of Alonso, i will start making a nice collection of Alonso Zapata to show here that he has some great games. Sep-15-05    Queens Gambit: I want to ask you something <Strategic Joker> already start training with Alonso???? if yes, i would like to hear somehting from the training. May-22-06    pawn to QB4: Hi Queens Gambit - let's be having the Zapata collection already! While trying Opening Explorer (to find out how my game yesterday should have gone) I came across this corker: A Zapata vs Y Gonzalez, 2001. Maybe the purists will compare it to a game from a simul but I thought it lots of fun. Jul-01-06    BIDMONFA: Alonso Zapata ZAPATA, Alonso http://www.bidmonfa.com/zapata_alon... _

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