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Francisco Vallejo Pons
F Vallejo Pons 
Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.  
Number of games in database: 1,736
Years covered: 1991 to 2022
Last FIDE rating: 2710 (2656 rapid, 2615 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2724

Overall record: +435 -201 =551 (59.9%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 549 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (213) 
    B90 B20 B30 B23 B33
 Ruy Lopez (103) 
    C77 C65 C67 C95 C78
 French Defense (70) 
    C11 C10 C18 C03 C15
 Caro-Kann (45) 
    B12 B11 B18 B10 B17
 Sicilian Najdorf (40) 
    B90 B96 B94 B99 B91
 Slav (37) 
    D12 D11 D10 D15 D17
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (118) 
    B90 B33 B30 B42 B22
 French Defense (95) 
    C18 C01 C07 C12 C11
 Ruy Lopez (72) 
    C67 C65 C64 C70 C80
 Queen's Pawn Game (67) 
    D02 A40 A50 A46 E10
 Semi-Slav (62) 
    D45 D47 D44 D43 D48
 Slav (46) 
    D12 D17 D10 D18 D11
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Svidler vs F Vallejo Pons, 2004 0-1
   F Vallejo Pons vs Romero Holmes, 2002 1-0
   F Vallejo Pons vs Nepomniachtchi, 2008 1-0
   Topalov vs F Vallejo Pons, 2006 0-1
   de Firmian vs F Vallejo Pons, 2003 0-1
   Kramnik vs F Vallejo Pons, 2005 0-1
   I Andrade vs F Vallejo Pons, 1992 0-1
   F Vallejo Pons vs Kasparov, 2004 1/2-1/2
   F Vallejo Pons vs Naiditsch, 2007 1-0
   F Vallejo Pons vs Leitao, 2005 1-0

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

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Spanish Championship (2002)
   Capablanca Memorial Elite 36th (2001)
   Cuernavaca Young Masters (2006)
   11th BCC Thailand Open (2011)
   Dresden Olympiad (2008)
   European Team Championship (2001)
   European Championship (2011)
   Corus Group B (2009)
   World Cup (2005)
   Gibraltar Masters (2011)
   Aeroflot Open (2007)
   Bundesliga 2010/11 (2010)
   Tromso Olympiad (2014)
   Calvia Olympiad (2004)
   Bled Olympiad (2002)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   2001 Capablanca memorial (elite) by gauer
   2001 Capablanca memorial (elite) by trh6upsz
   1993 WYCC (open) U-12 by gauer
   Dos Hermanas 2001 by suenteus po 147
   1991 World Junior chess championship by gauer
   1992 WYCC (open) U-10 by gauer

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 Chessable Masters Div 3
   P Michalik vs F Vallejo Pons (Apr-03-23) 0-1, rapid
   F Vallejo Pons vs Iturrizaga Bonelli (Apr-03-23) 0-1, rapid
   Iturrizaga Bonelli vs F Vallejo Pons (Apr-03-23) 1-0, rapid
   F Vallejo Pons vs P Michalik (Apr-03-23) 1/2-1/2, rapid
   F Vallejo Pons vs Khusnutdinov (Dec-30-22) 1-0, blitz

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FRANCISCO VALLEJO PONS
(born Aug-21-1982, 40 years old) Spain

[what is this?]
GM Francisco ("Paco") Vallejo Pons won the 2000 U-18 World Youth Chess Championship and is Spain's top player. He scored 4 wins & 5 draws on 2nd board in the 2010 Olympiad. He has 30 wins & 25 draws overall in 67 games played as high as top board in the 6 Olympiads since 2000. Spanish champion in 2006 and 2009. He recently came =1st (2nd on count back) with Vugar Gashimov in the category 18 Reggio Emilia (2010), scoring 6/9. He came 5th in the 12th European Individual Championship (2011), thereby qualifying for the World Cup (2011) where he defeated Peruvian prodigy, GM Jorge Cori in the first round before losing in the second round to Cuban GM Lazaro Bruzon in the 25 minutes rapid-game tiebreaker after drawing the 2 game classical mini-match. He finished 2011 strongly with a win in the 21st Annual North American Open, but a poor performance (4/9) at Aeroflot Open (2012) plunged his rating below 2700. However, he immediately regained form in the 13th European Individual Championship (2012), scoring 8/11 to place =2nd (8th on tiebreak) to qualify for the World Cup 2013. In June 2012, he defeated Veselin Topalov in the XXV Ciudad de Leon: Topalov vs Vallejo (2012) by a margin of 3.5-2.5 (+3 -2 =1). At the European Individual Championships (2013), he again scored 8/11, this time sharing =1st although he placed 6th on tiebreak. At the World Cup (2013), he defeated 3-time Argentine champion, GM Diego Flores in the first round, but was eliminated when he lost in the round 2 tiebreaker games to Vietnamese #1 GM Le Quang Liem.

Live ratings: http://www.2700chess.com/

Wikipedia article: Francisco Vallejo Pons


 page 1 of 75; games 1-25 of 1,856  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. J Bellon Lopez vs F Vallejo Pons  1-0231991Palma de Mallorca OpenE11 Bogo-Indian Defense
2. F Vallejo Pons vs J C Moingt 0-1171991Palma de Mallorca OpenB70 Sicilian, Dragon Variation
3. S Tudorie vs F Vallejo Pons  0-1371991Wch U10B22 Sicilian, Alapin
4. F Vallejo Pons vs Ganguly  1-0271991Wch U10C46 Three Knights
5. N F Nur vs F Vallejo Pons  0-1901991Wch U10B33 Sicilian
6. F Vallejo Pons vs H Mas  0-1481991Wch U10B70 Sicilian, Dragon Variation
7. F Vallejo Pons vs S Michel  1-0251991Wch U10B03 Alekhine's Defense
8. F Vallejo Pons vs R Y Rusev 1-0391991Wch U10C45 Scotch Game
9. P Klimsa vs F Vallejo Pons  0-1271991Wch U10A07 King's Indian Attack
10. A Leroy vs F Vallejo Pons  1-0261991Wch U10A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack
11. F Vallejo Pons vs E Berg 1-0251991Wch U10C15 French, Winawer
12. F Vallejo Pons vs A Nunez 1-0421992HavanaC45 Scotch Game
13. I Andrade vs F Vallejo Pons 0-1231992Wch U10B20 Sicilian
14. F Vallejo Pons vs D Kjartansson  1-0521992Wch U10B23 Sicilian, Closed
15. F Vallejo Pons vs V Jalinskas 1-0471992Wch U10C11 French
16. N Das vs F Vallejo Pons  0-1221992Wch U10A07 King's Indian Attack
17. F Vallejo Pons vs McShane  1-0621992Wch U10C15 French, Winawer
18. F Vallejo Pons vs Ganguly  0-1321992Wch U10C45 Scotch Game
19. L Aronov vs F Vallejo Pons  0-1441992Wch U10B33 Sicilian
20. F Vallejo Pons vs Said Aktouf  1-0331992Wch U10C15 French, Winawer
21. L Hua vs F Vallejo Pons  1-0301992Wch U10A83 Dutch, Staunton Gambit
22. F Vallejo Pons vs J Caselas Cabanas  1-02619922nd Principe de Asturias rapidB06 Robatsch
23. D Roiz Baztan vs F Vallejo Pons 0-12019922nd Principe de Asturias rapidB33 Sicilian
24. F Vallejo Pons vs Bologan  0-13219922nd Principe de Asturias rapidB58 Sicilian
25. F Vallejo Pons vs C Ferron Garcia  1-0601993Vendrell opC63 Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense
 page 1 of 75; games 1-25 of 1,856  PGN Download
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Dec-14-12  waustad: He's doing quite well in the Bundesliga so maybe he'll reconsider. maybe he just needs to take a year off like van Wely did. Being the Bilbao punching bag can't be all that much fun, but like van Wely, except for Tata A or Bilbao sorts of tournaments he'd be a formidable player.
Jun-10-13  Layson: Murmurs of a Vallejo Pons retirement have been grossly exagerated, it seems. He's been playing everywhere for 2 months now.
Apr-14-14  waustad: He's playing in the Bangkok Open now and is one of the leaders so far starting out at 4/4. The top boards are on chessbomb, and probably elsewhere, for those up at that hour. http://chess-results.com/tnr130151....
May-15-14
Premium Chessgames Member
  offramp: Vallejo means Valley and Pons means bridge. A bridge in a valley.
May-15-14  torrefan: and Paco means nail.
Aug-10-14  cplyakap: Beat Kramnik.Congratz.
Aug-10-14  Mr. V: Congratulations on beating Kramnik in the Olympiad! Kramnik vs Vallejo-Pons, 2014
Aug-10-14  Mr. V: Does anybody here know his peak world ranking under FIDE ratings? Thanks!
Aug-21-14
Premium Chessgames Member
  Penguincw: Happy 32nd birthday to GM (and former Super GM) Francisco Vallejo-Pons. Currently, he's at 2698, so the 2700 club shouldn't be too far away.

BTW: This article (http://www.chess.com/news/magnus-ca...) says that Vallejo Pons retired from competitive chess, yet he's still playing in many tournaments, including the recent Olympiad and probably the upcoming Bilbao tournament. So has he retired or semi-retired or what?

Aug-21-14  waustad: <Penguincw>I think he said that in frustration after getting slaughtered at Linares yet again. He was the local hope against the very best and didn't do well. It was a little like Ivanchuk "retiring" after losing to Caruana. I think at the time he left the out of saying that the'd complete obligations in leagues and he did better there, so he continued with his playing career.
Aug-21-14  Refused: <waustad: <Penguincw>I think he said that in frustration after getting slaughtered at Linares yet again. He was the local hope against the very best and didn't do well. It was a little like Ivanchuk "retiring" after losing to Caruana. I think at the time he left the out of saying that the'd complete obligations in leagues and he did better there, so he continued with his playing career.>

Wasn't Ivanchuk's ragequit/retirement after he lost to So at the World Cup a few years ago. I am actually fairly sure, that is was So and not Caruana.

Aug-22-14  waustad: <refused> That wouldn't surprise me at all. I have remembered wrong before this and I could easily have done it again.
Aug-26-14  waustad: It is nice to see that he's left handed! http://en.chessbase.com/Portals/4/f...
Aug-26-14
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: <waustad> They's a few of us like that in the chess world--other strong players include Joel Benjamin.

Iffen Ah coulda thrown 100, maybe Ah woulda pitched instead!

Aug-31-14
Premium Chessgames Member
  Penguincw: Congratz to Vallejo for playing 11 solid games in August to gain 14 rating points and re-enter the 2700 club, the sixth time in his career he's re-entered this club. :|

He's also doing pretty well at the Spanish Championship, starting out 5/5 and currently 6.5/7, as he's already increased his rating by 8.7 points. Never hurts to pick up these easy points (taking advantage of 4 whites against 2407 opposition).

Feb-01-15  Caissanist: Interesting that Vallejo chose to fly 3500 km to Moscow rather than making a quick drive to Gibraltar. He says that he wants to spend some time in Russia and study Russian: http://www.chessdom.com/francisco-v... .
Apr-19-15
Premium Chessgames Member
  Penguincw: Francisco Vallejo Pons has a decent tournament at the Bangkok Chess Club Open (2015) (if one excludes his last round loss, he had a pretty good tournament). He scored 6.5/9 (+5,-1,=3) and finishes in a 14-way tie for 5th (but 5th overall), although as the 2nd seed, he definitely expected better.

Rating wise, he lost 2 points to move from 2696 to 2694 (not including the 8 points he lost from Aeroflot).

Aug-21-15  tzar: Vallejo's best moments are well past...his game against Javier Moreno in the Spanish Team Championship 2015 is one of the worst comedy of errors I have seen for a GM in the last years...and Vallejo won the game!!!!
Mar-07-16  knighttoefour: What a fine quote of the day by Vallejo Pons:

"It's a very beautiful feeling when you don't see a big difference between winning or losing, just enjoying the pleasure of playing chess."

I haven't the slightest notion of what he is talking about, but it sounds simply splendid!

Mar-08-16  dehanne: Judging from some Aeroflot pics, he's sure aging horribly.
Sep-09-17  SugarDom: Go Vallejo Pons, bring down the haughty. 2 draws in classical is enough.
Sep-09-17  Amulet: Si <puliskarakter> hehehe nagago na.
Mar-24-18  Caissanist: A lot of us love to complain about our taxes, but it could be worse: https://www.chess.com/news/view/hun... . Poor guy, amazing that this kind of thing can happen in a supposedly developed country.
Apr-08-18
Premium Chessgames Member
  Fusilli: <Caissanist> Yeah, it's also on the news on CG's home page today: https://www.casino.org/news/spanish....

That's so unfair, poor Paco.

Apr-08-18
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  MissScarlett: We've been here before: Michael John Basman (kibitz #100)

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