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Alonso Zapata
A Zapata 
Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.  

Number of games in database: 1,009
Years covered: 1976 to 2020
Last FIDE rating: 2297 (2386 rapid, 2311 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2580
Overall record: +395 -270 =321 (56.3%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 23 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (227) 
    B90 B33 B56 B32 B42
 Ruy Lopez (105) 
    C77 C84 C90 C69 C78
 French Defense (59) 
    C05 C07 C03 C09 C04
 French Tarrasch (57) 
    C05 C07 C03 C09 C04
 Sicilian Najdorf (51) 
    B90 B92 B91 B93
 Caro-Kann (34) 
    B18 B17 B15 B13 B11
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (208) 
    B46 B42 B47 B40 B43
 King's Indian (116) 
    E94 E63 E70 E92 E90
 Sicilian Taimanov (68) 
    B46 B47 B48 B49
 Sicilian Kan (51) 
    B42 B43
 Old Indian (31) 
    A53 A55
 English (24) 
    A15 A10 A16 A17
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   A Zapata vs Anand, 1988 1-0
   A Zapata vs D Lima, 2001 1-0
   A Zapata vs Ftacnik, 1992 1-0
   P Nikolic vs A Zapata, 1985 0-1
   A Zapata vs Benjamin, 1983 1-0
   A Zapata vs Ljubojevic, 1984 1-0
   A Zapata vs Miles, 1987 1-0
   A Zapata vs Azmaiparashvili, 1994 1-0
   A Zapata vs Van Wely, 1995 1-0
   A Zapata vs Anand, 1992 1/2-1/2

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: [what is this?]
   FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament (1999)

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Bayamo (1984)
   Biel-B (1988)
   Sao Paulo Latin American Cup Open (1992)
   Medellin (1987)
   Amsterdam OHRA (1986)
   Guarapuava Latin American Cup Open (1992)
   World Junior Championship (1977)
   Radio Rebelde-B (1986)
   112th US Open (2011)
   Valletta Olympiad (1980)
   Thessaloniki Olympiad (1984)
   Buenos Aires Olympiad (1978)
   World Junior Championship 1976/77 (1976)
   Lucerne Olympiad (1982)
   Bled Olympiad (2002)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   Eduardo Bermudez's favorite colombian players by Eduardo Bermudez
   2001 Capablanca memorial (premier - II) by gauer
   Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens 1987 by suenteus po 147
   2010 Pan-Am Continental by gauer

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 Charlotte Open
   B Jacobson vs A Zapata (Jan-02-20) 1-0
   A Zapata vs S Homa (Jun-08-19) 1-0
   J G Ludwig vs A Zapata (Jun-06-18) 1/2-1/2
   A Zapata vs B Jacobson (Jan-15-18) 1-0
   D Kadric vs A Zapata (Jan-12-18) 1/2-1/2

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ALONSO ZAPATA
(born Aug-28-1958, 66 years old) Colombia

[what is this?]
Alonso Zapata Ramirez was awarded the IM title in 1978 and the GM title in 1984. Tournament results include 2nd at Havana 1983, 1st at Bayamo 1984 and 2nd= at Dortmund 1984. He won the Medellin it (1987) Cali Zonal (1990) was Latin-American champion (1991), winner of Linares, Mexico [brasilbase-1] (1992), Latin-American champion [brasilbase-2] (1993).

He was Colombian national champion in 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1995 (jointly), 1996, 2002, 2004 and 2008.

reference:
http://www.ajedrezencolombia.com/ca...

Wikipedia article: Alonso Zapata


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 page 1 of 41; games 1-25 of 1,009  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. W Tonoli vs A Zapata  ½-½451976World Junior Championship 1976/77B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation
2. A Zapata vs J Hebert  0-1371976World Junior Championship 1976/77C09 French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line
3. H Salazar Jacob vs A Zapata  0-1381976World Junior Championship 1976/77B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3
4. A Zapata vs A Groszpeter  0-1401976World Junior Championship 1976/77B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation
5. A Zapata vs A Duer  1-0371976World Junior Championship 1976/77B33 Sicilian
6. O Foisor vs A Zapata  1-0391976World Junior Championship 1976/77E81 King's Indian, Samisch
7. A Zapata vs T Binham  0-1461976World Junior Championship 1976/77C05 French, Tarrasch
8. T Klauner vs A Zapata  0-1291976World Junior Championship 1976/77E67 King's Indian, Fianchetto
9. A Zapata vs R Oltra Caurin  0-1441976World Junior Championship 1976/77B78 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long
10. T Upton vs A Zapata  0-1501977World Junior Championship 1976/77B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation
11. A Zapata vs W Ahad  0-1721977World Junior Championship 1976/77C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed
12. E Rayner vs A Zapata  ½-½221977World Junior Championship 1976/77B42 Sicilian, Kan
13. A Zapata vs F Lo Kim Lin  1-0441977World Junior Championship 1976/77C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed
14. A Groszpeter vs A Zapata  0-1371977World Junior ChampionshipB22 Sicilian, Alapin
15. A Yusupov vs A Zapata 1-0471977World Junior ChampionshipA05 Reti Opening
16. A Zapata vs M Sisniega  0-1561977World Junior ChampionshipB45 Sicilian, Taimanov
17. C Barry vs A Zapata  0-1371977World Junior ChampionshipB40 Sicilian
18. R Vera vs A Zapata  0-1291977World Junior ChampionshipB40 Sicilian
19. P Pazos Gambarrotti vs A Zapata  0-1281977World Junior ChampionshipB42 Sicilian, Kan
20. A Zapata vs N Grinberg  0-1211977World Junior ChampionshipB07 Pirc
21. A Zapata vs C Ionescu  ½-½421977World Junior ChampionshipB43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3
22. K Georgiev vs A Zapata  0-1361977World Junior ChampionshipB43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3
23. A Zapata vs P Popovic  1-0321977World Junior ChampionshipB56 Sicilian
24. A Zapata vs E Omuku  1-0461977World Junior ChampionshipC60 Ruy Lopez
25. J Szmetan vs A Zapata  ½-½401978BogotaE63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation
 page 1 of 41; games 1-25 of 1,009  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
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
Premium Chessgames Member
  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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Aug-22-08  Danya: Happy 50th birthday!!!
Sep-27-08  Sularus: <DCP23: He beat Anand in EIGHT moves once.> It was SIX moves.
Aug-22-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  Phony Benoni: And here's the game: A Zapata vs Anand, 1988
Aug-22-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  egilarne: One of the few games I know by heart :)
Aug-22-09  WhiteRook48: and the one that distracted anand from the petrov
Aug-22-09  solskytz: Allons-y, Alonso!
May-08-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  Tabanus: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alonso...

http://www.scr-kuppenheim.de/extra/...
http://www.thechessdrum.net/tournam...

Aug-15-11  wordfunph: from the book Playing to Win by James Plaskett, Alonso Zapata was voted Colombian Sportsman of the Year in 1977 for his bronze medal in the World Junior Chess Championship.
Aug-22-12  brankat: Happy Birthday GM Zapata!
May-06-13  vanwely: Got to meet GM Zapata today in Atlanta. He won the Georgia State Championship.
Jun-28-14  diagonal: His bio needs a little refresher:

Alonso Zapata is <twice winner of the traditional Capablanca Memorial> (most often, but not always played at Havana). Zapata won shared 1st at <Cienfuegos 1980> with Lubomír Ftácnik and at <Matanzas 1994> joint with Loek van Wely and Tony Miles. Zapata tied for 3rd-4th at Havana 1983 (that Capablanca Mem was won by Lev Psakhis).

Zapata played tevlve times for Colombia in the Chess Olympiads (1978–1992, 1996–1998, 2002 and 2012, eight times on board one and three times on board two). Hopefully, we will see him again at Tromsø 2014.

He finished second, Sub-Champion behind Artur Yusupov, in the 16th World Junior Chess Championship at Innsbruck 1977.

Jan-20-17  ColeTrane: Los caracoles zapatistas....
Nov-03-18
Premium Chessgames Member
  HeMateMe: He gave guys the boot...

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