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Vallejo-Pons 
 
Francisco Vallejo-Pons
Number of games in database: 650
Years covered: 1991 to 2009
Current FIDE rating: 2711
Overall record: +187 -120 =248 (56.0%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      95 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (85) 
    B90 B20 B33 B23 B30
 French Defense (25) 
    C11 C18 C10 C12 C02
 Ruy Lopez (23) 
    C77 C69 C88 C84 C60
 Sicilian Najdorf (19) 
    B90 B91 B97
 Queen's Indian (16) 
    E15 E16 E17 E18 E12
 Caro-Kann (15) 
    B12 B19 B18 B17 B14
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (67) 
    B90 B30 B92 B32 B33
 Semi-Slav (43) 
    D45 D43 D47 D44
 Ruy Lopez (35) 
    C67 C65 C60 C80 C64
 Sicilian Najdorf (31) 
    B90 B92 B97 B99 B91
 French Defense (24) 
    C11 C12 C03 C01 C02
 Queen's Gambit Declined (19) 
    D31 D37 D30 D38
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Vallejo-Pons vs A Romero Holmes, 2002 1-0
   Topalov vs Vallejo-Pons, 2006 0-1
   Svidler vs Vallejo-Pons, 2004 0-1
   DeFirmian vs Vallejo-Pons, 2003 0-1
   Vallejo-Pons vs I Nepomniachtchi, 2008 1-0
   Kramnik vs Vallejo-Pons, 2005 0-1
   Vallejo-Pons vs Kasparov, 2004 1/2-1/2
   Vallejo-Pons vs Leitao, 2005 1-0
   Vallejo-Pons vs Naiditsch, 2007 1-0
   Shirov vs Vallejo-Pons, 2008 0-1

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: [what is this?]
   FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament (2004)

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FRANCISCO VALLEJO-PONS
(born Aug-21-1982) Spain

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 page 1 of 26; games 1-25 of 650  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. Vallejo-Pons vs R Rusev 1-039 1991 Ch World (cadets)C44 King's Pawn Game
2. Vallejo-Pons vs Bacrot ½-½53 1994 WYFWC Szeged B12(9)B01 Scandinavian
3. V Gallego vs Vallejo-Pons  1-042 1994 Madrid, Cat.4D31 Queen's Gambit Declined
4. J Candela Perez vs Vallejo-Pons 1-034 1994 Madrid, Cat.4A80 Dutch
5. Svidler vs Vallejo-Pons  1-058 1994 Linares opB31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation
6. O Yewdokimov vs Vallejo-Pons  0-129 1994 Madrid, Cat.4B23 Sicilian, Closed
7. Vallejo-Pons vs J De La Cruz Lopez  ½-½34 1994 Madrid, Cat.4C10 French
8. Vallejo-Pons vs H Barez  1-041 1994 Madrid, Cat.4C55 Two Knights Defense
9. Vallejo-Pons vs D Elguezabal Varela  0-135 1994 Madrid, Cat.4B56 Sicilian
10. Cecilia Ortiz, J vs Vallejo-Pons  0-128 1994 Madrid, Cat.4B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation
11. M Cuevas-Rodriguez vs Vallejo-Pons 1-023 1994 Madrid, Cat.4D30 Queen's Gambit Declined
12. D Rajkovic vs Vallejo-Pons  1-047 1994 Madrid, Cat.4A80 Dutch
13. Vallejo-Pons vs D Flores  1-027 1994 WYFWC Szeged B12(7)C55 Two Knights Defense
14. Vallejo-Pons vs C Garcia-Palermo  0-128 1994 Madrid, Cat.4B12 Caro-Kann Defense
15. Vallejo-Pons vs G Rojo 1-056 1994 Madrid, Cat.4C18 French, Winawer
16. Aronian vs Vallejo-Pons  ½-½43 1996 Wch U14C12 French, McCutcheon
17. Vallejo-Pons vs F J Sanz Alonso  ½-½32 1996 Ch Spain (team) (final)C55 Two Knights Defense
18. Vallejo-Pons vs Grischuk  1-055 1996 XII WYCF b14C50 Giuoco Piano
19. Vallejo-Pons vs D Lima  0-137 1996 It (cat.9)C55 Two Knights Defense
20. Vallejo-Pons vs R Paramos-Dominguez  1-025 1996 ESP-ttB23 Sicilian, Closed
21. Bacrot vs Vallejo-Pons 1-089 1996 Ch World (cadets) (under 14)A84 Dutch
22. J Garcia-Padron vs Vallejo-Pons  1-042 1996 ESP-ttA80 Dutch
23. H Pecorelli Garcia vs Vallejo-Pons  1-040 1997 Capablanca Premier 2A80 Dutch
24. A Blees vs Vallejo-Pons  1-028 1997 Capablanca Premier 2C05 French, Tarrasch
25. Vallejo-Pons vs Johann Alvarez Marquez  0-138 1997 Capablanca Premier 2B12 Caro-Kann Defense
 page 1 of 26; games 1-25 of 650  PGN Download
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Nov-18-06   Bobak Zahmat: According to the official website of Linares/Moreila tournament Vallejo Pons isnīt invited.

http://www.ajedrezenlinares.com/XXI...

Nov-30-06   capablancakarpov: Congratulations to Paquito. He won today is first Spanish Championship after defeating Gabriel del Rio 1.5-0.5 in the final.
Nov-30-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  veigaman: good year for paco! He won cuernavaca in the begining of the year, he had a great perfomance in amber, chess olimpiad and now in the spanish championship. Also, his ideas were used by topalov playing with blacks in his match with kramnik.

Nov-30-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  Wild Bill: Congratulations to the Spanish National Champion.
Dec-29-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  sisyphus: Paco rises to No. 28 on the January FIDE list, rating 2679. His record was bolstered by his performance in the Spanish Team Championship.
Jan-28-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  positionalgenius: Its nice to see he won't be in this years Linares,dragging it down.
Jan-28-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  suenteus po 147: <positionalgenius> Be careful of what you say. There's a rumor Morozevich will drop out of Linares and the only player willing and able to take his place on short notice would be Vallejo-Pons.
Jan-28-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  veigaman: Vallejo has been understimated a lot for his results in linares, the best chess tournament in my opinion
Jan-28-07
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  positionalgenius: <suenteus po 147>What? Morozevich drop out? Why would he do that?
Jan-28-07
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  veigaman: <suenteus po 147> where did you read that rumour? it would be a pitty
Jan-29-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  suenteus po 147: It was mentioned in TWIC a month or two ago, right around the time Morozevich dropped out of Corus for "personal reasons."
Nov-01-07   pawnofdoom: Vallejo is actually doing pretty well right now at the European Team Championships, playing board 2 behind Shirov. When he gets to play with those 2600s closer to his rating, he does pretty well. its only in those tournaments where almost everyone is 2700+ (like corus) when he gets crushed
Jan-31-08   tiger petrosinian: hola paco. sigue tirando , campeon!!!
Jan-31-08   NakoSonorense: Ya no lo quieren en Linares... :S
Apr-05-08   Tronkete: Todos con Paco! Un saludo a la comunidad Hispanoparlante de Chessgames!

All with Paco! Greetings to the Spanish-speaking community in Chessgames! (And English-speaking :) And any-language speaking as well... :) )

Apr-05-08   Xaurus: Player of the day and only 1 comment, that's a shame!

Is Fransisco the strongest native spanish chess player of today?

Apr-05-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  sisyphus: Paco is back to 2684, just two points shy of his high. He gained nine points on the strength of his +2 performance at Pamplona.
Jun-21-08   Sularus: no bio for this strong player?

pity.

Aug-21-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  brankat: Happy Birthday Francisco!
Dec-25-08   praddy06: New entrant in 2700 club had a live rating of 2709 currently has 2704 with yesterday's loss to Caruna
Dec-31-08   ruyv: <kakhander: Vallejo, will NEVER be in 2700>

<praddy06: New entrant in 2700 club had a live rating of 2709 currently has 2704 with yesterday's loss to Caruna>

Hey <kakhander> you were saying...

Jan-04-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  sisyphus: Paco Vallejo is up to 2702 on the January 2009 FIDE list, 28th in the world. Half his gain came from a strong performance at the Olympiad (9/11 on Board 2), the rest from making a perfect score in three amateur events.

He sat for a long video interview by Leontxo Garcia on ChessBase, November 24: http://fritzserver.biz/2008DresdenR... . One of the bloggers on ChessNinja provided these notes:

<1) After being asked if he considers this is a "sweet moment of his career", likely playing better than ever before, Vallejo says that he feels he is playing much better than the last three years and perhaps this is due to several changes in aspects of his training. He has a new groups of seconds, including the new Spanish Champion David Lariņo.

2) On his work with Topalov, he considers that despite not being the most organized person in general, he is becoming very methodic in his work as a second and proceeds to emphasize how difficult is that kind of job; just remembering all these variants and theoretical analysis is an extremely hard task.

3) When asked if his "controversial" participation in amateur events in France and Italy is considered an strategy to gain ELO points, he answers that his main goal was to regain his confidence, which has been lost in the last years. He claims that his winning percentage was about 20 or 30 percent, which is very low for him, so he wanted to feel again accustomed to win and increase his winning percentage; in othr words, an injection of self-esteem.

4) He also says that he is aware that his status as a chessplayer has disminished in the last time and he is not a "star" in his country like a couple of years ago (when he was invited to Linares, for example). Consequently, he is not in the position of rejecting any invitation to a strong tournament. Then, if he is not playing stronger tournaments right now is simply because he has not been invited to them.

5) After being asked on what does it feel to see former rivals in junior championships like Aronian, Grischuk and Bacrot surpissing him (he won an U-18 World Championship), he feels that he wasn't inferior to them in those times, with the only exception of Bacrot. However, he considers that after being labeled as a future star of the game, he had problems keeping his feet on the ground and thinking in the present instead of dreaming too far ahead. Consequently, he is only trying to focus in the aspects of his game he needs to improve (like time management) as he should have done several years ago.

6) So, besides enjoying the game and working hard in order to be a better chess player right now, he is not pursuing any aspirations of being a top 10 player, or something like that; he is mainly thinking in the present and playing as much games as he can, in the past, he only played a few games each year in specific strong tournaments.

7) When asked on his medal aspirations in the Olympiad, he considered that it would be very petty to have a high percentage and TPR, then stop playing to ensure a medal. He says that the best he could do for him and his country is to play as much as he can if he is in a good form, so he had the intentions of playing every round of the event.

Finally (in the interview), Leonxto Garcia says that he always consider Vallejo as an underrated player, at least in terms of raw talent. Vallejo answers said that even if it is just a number, it would be very liberating if he arrives to 2700 in ELO for the first time and hopefully this would be the start of a great leap in his level and results. Of course, focusing in the present, as he said before.>

Mar-06-09   jon01: Vallejo Pons is a top seed in European Championships 2009, which started yesterday in Budva, Montenegro. However, the official site is down and I couldn't find no information about the event at all.
Oct-02-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  sisyphus: Paco Vallejo is a lefty.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6e-1...

The Spanish Championship is an open swiss this year. The video shows the third round; Paco has Black on Board 1 against veteran IM Victor Vehi, two-time champion of Catalunya.

Oct-04-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  sisyphus: Paco Vallejo won the Spanish Championship today, finishing with 8/9 and a full point ahead of the field.

He needed a win with Black in the last round to place unshared first. He beat IM Sergio Cacho (who was 1994 champion) with the Benko Gambit.

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