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Zenon Franco Ocampos
Z Franco Ocampos 
 

Number of games in database: 745
Years covered: 1975 to 2019
Last FIDE rating: 2457 (2466 rapid)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2542
Overall record: +283 -147 =302 (59.3%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 13 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 English (42) 
    A10 A15 A13 A16 A14
 Queen's Pawn Game (39) 
    A46 D02 D05 E10 A45
 King's Indian (33) 
    E92 E99 E91 E94 E93
 English, 1 c4 e5 (33) 
    A20 A25 A21 A28 A22
 Queen's Indian (25) 
    E12 E14 E15 E17
 Sicilian (18) 
    B43 B92 B83 B51 B39
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (108) 
    B30 B57 B22 B45 B60
 Modern Benoni (35) 
    A70 A61 A56 A62 A64
 Pirc (25) 
    B07 B08 B09
 Queen's Pawn Game (23) 
    A46 E10 A45 D02 E00
 Nimzo Indian (20) 
    E45 E39 E44 E43 E46
 Sicilian Taimanov (18) 
    B45 B48 B47 B46
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Z Franco Ocampos vs A Safranska, 2000 1-0
   Z Franco Ocampos vs J Sequera, 2002 1/2-1/2
   M Sion Castro vs Z Franco Ocampos, 1989 0-1
   Z Franco Ocampos vs A Alawieh, 1992 1-0
   Korchnoi vs Z Franco Ocampos, 1982 1/2-1/2
   Z Franco Ocampos vs N Cobo Prados, 2001 1-0
   Z Franco Ocampos vs F Braga, 1982 1-0
   Z Franco Ocampos vs A Needleman, 2003 1-0
   R Reinaldo Castineira vs Z Franco Ocampos, 2001 0-1
   Z Franco Ocampos vs R Vazquez Igarza, 2001 1/2-1/2

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Elgoibar 1st (1991)
   Social Moncase (1993)
   Malaga Open (2001)
   Piriapolis (1977)
   Buenos Aires Konex-Canon (1988)
   Capablanca Memorial Premier I 36th (2001)
   Lucerne Olympiad (1982)
   Vrnjacka Banja (1983)
   Capablanca Memorial-A (1990)
   Lucerne (1989)
   Mislata Open (1993)
   Haifa Olympiad (1976)
   Spanish Championship (1998)
   Dresden Olympiad (2008)
   Baku Olympiad (2016)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   2001 Capablanca memorial (premier - I) by gauer
   2001 Capablanca memorial (premier - I) by trh6upsz
   Wijk aan Zee 1983 B by EmperorAtahualpa

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 Paraguayan Championship
   Bachmann vs Z Franco Ocampos (Nov-26-19) 1/2-1/2
   Z Franco Ocampos vs G Vazquez (Nov-25-19) 1/2-1/2
   P Jodorcovsky Werjivker vs Z Franco Ocampos (Nov-24-19) 1/2-1/2
   Z Franco Ocampos vs A Benitez Galeano (Nov-23-19) 1-0
   Z Franco Ocampos vs R Cantero (Nov-22-19) 1-0

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ZENON FRANCO OCAMPOS
(born May-12-1956, died Oct-01-2024, 68 years old) Paraguay

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Zenón Franco Ocampos was awarded the title of International Grandmaster in (1991) and was known as a chess author.

Franco was Paraguayan champion in 1976 and Pan-American champion at San Pedro de Jujuy 1981. In the 1982 Chess Olympiad at Lucerne, he won the gold medal at board one by scoring 11 of 13. Franco finished equal first at Buenos Aires in 1988. In the 1990 Chess Olympiad at Novi Sad, he shared the gold medal on board one, with nine points from 12 games. Living in Spain since the 90s, he was the coach of GM Francisco Vallejo Pons. Franco was married to Yudania Hernandez Estevez.

As of 2007, Franco was the top-ranked player and only GM in Paraguay (now, there are three GMs: Franco, Axel Bachmann and Jose Cubas). He has written several books on chess for Gambit Publications under the name Zenon Franco. He was also a FIDE Senior Trainer.

Wikipedia article: Zenón Franco Ocampos

Last updated: 2024-10-06 17:37:19

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 page 1 of 30; games 1-25 of 745  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Z Franco Ocampos vs H Perez Garcia 0-1281975Buenos Aires Open Torre BlancaC50 Giuoco Piano
2. E Preissmann vs Z Franco Ocampos  1-0511976Haifa OlympiadB53 Sicilian
3. Z Franco Ocampos vs J Vaglio Munoz  ½-½211976Haifa OlympiadC00 French Defense
4. Z Franco Ocampos vs Chandler  1-0611976Haifa OlympiadB47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation
5. G Botterill vs Z Franco Ocampos  ½-½411976Haifa OlympiadB30 Sicilian
6. N Stull vs Z Franco Ocampos  0-1231976Haifa OlympiadA57 Benko Gambit
7. Z Franco Ocampos vs C Cuartas  0-1411976Haifa OlympiadA45 Queen's Pawn Game
8. Z Franco Ocampos vs L Ogaard  1-0441976Haifa OlympiadA45 Queen's Pawn Game
9. J Rooze vs Z Franco Ocampos  0-1881976Haifa OlympiadB31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation
10. Z Franco Ocampos vs J Bademian Orchanian  1-0471976Haifa OlympiadC77 Ruy Lopez
11. E Torre vs Z Franco Ocampos  1-0601976Haifa OlympiadB45 Sicilian, Taimanov
12. P Ramirez vs Z Franco Ocampos  0-1471976Haifa OlympiadB22 Sicilian, Alapin
13. V Liberzon vs Z Franco Ocampos ½-½621976Haifa OlympiadB45 Sicilian, Taimanov
14. R A Redolfi vs Z Franco Ocampos  1-0471977La Falda opB30 Sicilian
15. Z Franco Ocampos vs C Guimard  ½-½411977YMCAC04 French, Tarrasch, Guimard Main line
16. J Rubinetti vs Z Franco Ocampos  0-1401977YMCAD90 Grunfeld
17. Panno vs Z Franco Ocampos  ½-½391977YMCAA16 English
18. Z Franco Ocampos vs R Garcia  ½-½471977YMCAC00 French Defense
19. Z Franco Ocampos vs R Sanguineti  ½-½181977YMCAA45 Queen's Pawn Game
20. J Szmetan vs Z Franco Ocampos  1-0651977YMCAB30 Sicilian
21. Z Franco Ocampos vs H Rossetto  0-1471977YMCAC00 French Defense
22. Z Franco Ocampos vs H Garcia  1-0371977PiriapolisB28 Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation
23. F Casas vs Z Franco Ocampos  0-1441977PiriapolisA16 English
24. Z Franco Ocampos vs D Diano  1-0471977PiriapolisB02 Alekhine's Defense
25. D Rivera vs Z Franco Ocampos  0-1371977PiriapolisB60 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer
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Mar-31-05  Stangg: w00t,he teh player of teh day
Mar-31-05
Premium Chessgames Member
  WTHarvey: Here are some crucial positions from Zenon's games not given here: http://www.wtharvey.com/fran.html
Nov-18-05  soberknight: Zenon Franco-Ocampos: Good pun by offramp, but I can do better:

Castling is my middle name!
My first name is a noble gas! (Xenon)

May-12-06  BIDMONFA: Zenon Franco-Ocampos

FRANCO, Zenon
http://www.bidmonfa.com/franco_zeno...
_

Sep-16-06  Knight13: A new book came out of this guy.... Copyrighted 2005. It's called "Chess Self-Improvement." It presents 50 games that has parts to let you guess which move is the best, and earn points or lose points to determine your strengh. So it's basicly a training book, or some of you might call it the QUIZ book.
Nov-30-07  Phoenix: "Chess Self-Improvement" is a great book, in fact. I highly recommend it.
Nov-30-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  WannaBe: Cool, if <Phoenix> recommends it, I'm gonna get it! =)
Dec-03-07  Phoenix: Ok! I should warn you then, the games are NOT for the faint of heart!
Nov-29-08  whiteshark: He also wrote <Winning Chess Explained - <How chess games are won and lost in practice.>>

Zenon Franco is a grandmaster from Paraguay who now lives in Spain. He is an experienced chess trainer, his most notable pupil being Paco Vallejo, now one of the world's top grandmasters, whom he taught from 1995 to 1999. --> Francisco Vallejo-Pons

May-12-10  wordfunph: chess books by GM Zenon Franco-Ocampos..

+ Chess Explained - The English Opening
+ Chess Explained - The Modern Benoni
+ Chess Self-Improvement
+ Grandmaster Secrets - Counter-Attack!
+ The Art of Attacking Chess
+ The Giant Chess Puzzle Book
+ Winning Chess Explained

Oct-23-12  Abdel Irada: I wonder whether there's any etymological relationship between this player's first name and the ancient Greek /xenos/, meaning "strange," "foreign" or "unknown."

If there is, his opponents may think he's a real gas ... unless they suffer from Zenophobia.

Oct-23-12  blitzpatzer: Zenon = "Living"
Oct-23-12  Abdel Irada: Hmm. Then I wonder if any of his opponents suffer from fear of living. ;-)
May-16-16  diagonal: Zenón Franco Ocampos is author in the growing <Everyman’s Move By Move> series, he examined in detail Anand's chess career to date, and also wrote the volume on Spassky, and Rubinstein (newly published in 2016).
Oct-20-18  AdolfoAugusto: Someone commented that GM Zenón Franco Ocampos was a trainer.

I would like to contact him and see if hes available for online tutoring.

If someone has his email, please contact me.

adolfoabalderas@yahoo.com

Oct-01-24  vonKrolock: From damasyreyes.es earlier today <" Zenón Franco, grandmaster and writer, legend of Spanish chess, dies at 68  Federico Marín Bellón
5 hours ago ">

...
<" The same day that the 10th Ibero-American Championship ended – we postponed coverage of its outcome with sorrow – we received the news of the death of grandmaster Zenón Franco (Paraguay, 1956). He was “an absolute legend of Spanish-speaking chess,” says David Martínez. “It is a shame to have lost one of the best Latin American players in history. We had many battles on the board, although in recent years he stood out a lot as an author,” writes Miguel Illescas, the only player who surpassed him in the 1999 Spanish Championship. “A very kind, cultured man, always with a smile on his face, as well as a great player. He was also a great historian of our game,” adds Juan Manuel Bellón on his Facebook account. "> ... <" Indeed, after his great career on the boards, Zenón Franco remained linked to the game as a journalist and writer. He had a widely followed column in ABC Color, a newspaper from Asunción (Paraguay) that confirmed the death of the chess player. His last note, on Capablanca's performance at the 1939 Buenos Aires Olympiad, dates back just two weeks ago. He also wrote nearly 40 books, published in seven languages, many of them under his own label, Zenonchess Ediciones. The one dedicated to Miguel Najdorf was considered by FIDE to be the second best of 2021. Just a few days ago, Zenón celebrated the appearance of its edition in Russian. He also collaborated in numerous magazines, such as 'El Rey', 'Ajedrez de Estilo', 'Gambito', 'Jaque' and the Italian 'Torre & Cavallo'. ">

Quoted from, and more here:

https://damasyreyes.es/muere-68-ano...

Oct-04-24  Gottschalk: Adiós, Zenon.

Gracias por sus notas y libros.
https://www.tabladeflandes.com/zeno...

Descanse en paz

Oct-04-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  plang: I have many of his books - he was an excellent analyst.
Oct-04-24  Gottschalk: Profile in Chessbase (with photo):
https://players.chessbase.com/en/pl...
Oct-04-24  Gottschalk: Chess News (Chessbase):

https://en.chessbase.com/post/zenon...

Oct-07-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  Fusilli: I am saddened by this news. When I was growing up in Argentina, he won a lot of open tournaments there.
Oct-07-24  stone free or die: <“Hace 10 días (el 21 de setiembre) hizo un paro cardíaco en su casa mientras tomaba mate con su esposa; entró en terapia intensiva y lastimosamente, falleció hace media hora más o menos”, indicó a ABC Color Ezequiel Gómez Ocampo, primo hermano del fallecido.>

https://www.abc.com.py/nacionales/2...

According to the above he suffered a heart attack while drinking "mate" with his wife.

I'm not sure, but I believe "mate" is "yerbal mate", a <a traditional South American caffeine-rich infused herbal drink.>

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mate_...

Oct-07-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  Fusilli: <stone> Yes, that is indeed what <mate> is. Very popular in Paraguay, Eastern Argentina (the region called "el litoral" there), the Pampas, Uruguay, and (I think) parts of Southern Brazil.

Here's a nice one by GM Franco Ocampos:

White to play (move 44)


click for larger view

Z Franco Ocampos vs S Schweber, 1979

Oct-07-24  stone free or die: Kinda strangulation problem ultimately.

What would the <CT> tagging be? Discovered Attack + Sacrifice maybe?

* * * * *

(Pedantic aside - do you know about the positional "query string" parameters for the game link?

https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gi- d=2246161&m=44 (&m=44)

Z Franco Ocampos vs S Schweber, 1979 (&m=44)

When you click on that link you get the board set up just before that move (&m=44 for White's 44th move, &m=44.5 for Black's))

* * * * *

PPS - I wish <CG> would show the appended extra to the game link so that you know it's not a link to the start of the game.

I also wish <CG> didn't do the automatic line splitting - which mangles the plaintext url above (i.e. no hyphens).

Oct-07-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  Fusilli: <stone> <do you know about the positional "query string" parameters for the game link?>

I do now! Thanks for the tip.

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