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Julio Becerra Rivero
J Becerra Rivero 
Photograph Becerra copyright © 2008 Federación Argentina de Ajedrez  

Number of games in database: 507
Years covered: 1991 to 2024
Last FIDE rating: 2420 (2536 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2614
Overall record: +185 -97 =195 (59.2%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 30 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (105) 
    B43 B31 B30 B81 B52
 Ruy Lopez (50) 
    C78 C90 C97 C91 C96
 French Defense (40) 
    C11 C10 C18 C01 C12
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (28) 
    C90 C91 C97 C92 C96
 French (23) 
    C11 C10 C12 C00
 Sicilian Kan (17) 
    B43 B42
With the Black pieces:
 King's Indian (62) 
    E92 E62 E73 E70 E99
 Sicilian (39) 
    B67 B50 B52 B57 B58
 Ruy Lopez (34) 
    C96 C69 C83 C68 C80
 Caro-Kann (17) 
    B17 B13 B14 B12 B11
 Slav (16) 
    D10 D14 D17 D11 D13
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (16) 
    C96 C95 C85 C97 C92
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   J Becerra Rivero vs J Sarkar, 2007 1-0
   J Becerra Rivero vs Robson, 2009 1-0
   J Becerra Rivero vs M Goss, 2012 1-0
   R Adamson vs J Becerra Rivero, 2004 0-1
   I Krush vs J Becerra Rivero, 2000 0-1
   J Becerra Rivero vs H Spangenberg, 1994 1-0
   Nakamura vs J Becerra Rivero, 2007 0-1
   J Becerra Rivero vs A Shvartsman, 2011 1-0
   J Becerra Rivero vs Shabalov, 2003 1-0
   J Becerra Rivero vs A Zapata, 1997 1-0

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

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Capablanca mem Elite 34th (1999)
   Capablanca Memorial-B (1993)
   Foxwoods Open (2009)
   United States Championship (2007)
   Foxwoods Open (2008)
   Capablanca Memorial Elite (1998)
   5th Pan American Team Championship (1995)
   35th World Open (2007)
   Capablanca Memorial-A (1996)
   United States Chess League (2008)
   Benasque Open (1997)
   112th US Open (2011)
   Moscow Olympiad (1994)
   HB Global Chess Challenge (2005)
   Pro Chess League (2018)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   SPICE Cup 2008 by Black Pawn

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 USA Championship (Seniors)
   J Kraai vs J Becerra Rivero (Jul-25-24) 1-0
   J Becerra Rivero vs Kaidanov (Jul-24-24) 1/2-1/2
   L Christiansen vs J Becerra Rivero (Jul-23-24) 1/2-1/2
   J Becerra Rivero vs V Akopian (Jul-22-24) 1/2-1/2
   I Novikov vs J Becerra Rivero (Jul-20-24) 0-1

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JULIO BECERRA RIVERO
(born Oct-15-1973, 51 years old) Cuba (federation/nationality United States of America)

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Grandmaster (1997) and 6-time Florida chess champion. Cuban Champion in 1995 and 1996. He took 2nd place in the Cuban championship in 1999.

Wikipedia article: Julio Becerra Rivero

Last updated: 2023-10-04 16:39:29

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 page 1 of 21; games 1-25 of 509  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. R Hernandez Onna vs J Becerra Rivero  ½-½81991Cuban ChampionshipE66 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav Panno
2. J Becerra Rivero vs I Herrera  0-1571991Cuban ChampionshipB99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line
3. J Becerra Rivero vs J Borges Matos  0-1441991Cuban ChampionshipB81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack
4. R Calderin Gonzalez vs J Becerra Rivero  ½-½451991Cuban ChampionshipA45 Queen's Pawn Game
5. J E Armas Gutierrez vs J Becerra Rivero  ½-½221991Cuban ChampionshipE92 King's Indian
6. J Becerra Rivero vs H Leyva  1-0381991Cuban ChampionshipB98 Sicilian, Najdorf
7. W Sariego Figueredo vs J Becerra Rivero  0-1301991Cuban ChampionshipB40 Sicilian
8. J Becerra Rivero vs J Arencibia  ½-½151991Cuban ChampionshipC07 French, Tarrasch
9. N Velez Betancourt vs J Becerra Rivero  ½-½91991Cuban ChampionshipA22 English
10. J Becerra Rivero vs R O Perez Garcia  ½-½51991Cuban ChampionshipA49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4
11. M Fuentes vs J Becerra Rivero  ½-½71991Cuban ChampionshipA46 Queen's Pawn Game
12. D Lima vs J Becerra Rivero  0-1661992Capablanca mem-AE90 King's Indian
13. J Becerra Rivero vs A Rodriguez  ½-½341992Fuerteventura opC60 Ruy Lopez
14. J Becerra Rivero vs A Rodriguez  ½-½281992Capablanca mem-AC90 Ruy Lopez, Closed
15. B Lugo vs J Becerra Rivero  0-1301992Havana opB56 Sicilian
16. J Becerra Rivero vs R Alonso Garcia  1-0531993Capablanca Memorial-BC63 Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense
17. J E Armas Gutierrez vs J Becerra Rivero  1-0331993Capablanca Memorial-BE70 King's Indian
18. G Garcia vs J Becerra Rivero  0-1611993Capablanca Memorial-BB59 Sicilian, Boleslavsky Variation, 7.Nb3
19. J Sanchez Almeyra vs J Becerra Rivero  1-0381993Capablanca Memorial-BB67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7
20. A Rodriguez vs J Becerra Rivero  ½-½211993Capablanca Memorial-BB67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7
21. R Alvarez Ibarra vs J Becerra Rivero  ½-½391993Capablanca Memorial-BA45 Queen's Pawn Game
22. C E Toth vs J Becerra Rivero  0-1621993Capablanca Memorial-BB08 Pirc, Classical
23. J Becerra Rivero vs A Sorin  1-0401993Capablanca Memorial-BC80 Ruy Lopez, Open
24. A Hoffman vs J Becerra Rivero  0-1381993Capablanca Memorial-BD02 Queen's Pawn Game
25. J Becerra Rivero vs W Arencibia Rodriguez  ½-½121993Capablanca Memorial-BC97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin
 page 1 of 21; games 1-25 of 509  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
May-20-05  mindanalyzer: Cheers, Julio! I hope you do well in future tournaments. "Another Cuban from miami"
Oct-06-05  chenturini: I want read a short biography of J. Becerra-Rivero. I remember his performance in Habana, Nov-1992. Curiosly, was the first international tournament of Paco Vallejo (ten years at the moment). Becerra was spectacular, and overwhelmed all rivals. Great.
Mar-11-07  thesonicvision: there really should be more
info about him here. he's
a 2600+, and one of the best in the
states.
May-19-07  BIDMONFA: Julio J Becerra-Rivero

BECERRA, Julio
http://www.bidmonfa.com/becerra_jul...
_

May-22-07  bauernfresser: He was MVP in the US Chess League 2006.
May-16-08  Knight13: Everyone in Florida knows this guy. He steals all the $$$$ in big tournaments and always wins the Florida State Chess Championship!
Aug-11-08  myschkin: . . .

Cuban born GM <Julio Becerra-Rivero> gives some insights:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXY_...

(Castle Chess Interviews)

Oct-14-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  OhioChessFan: Hope Chessgames gets some bio info to let us know more about the person commentating the WC match.
Feb-10-09  Augalv: Introducing: Grandmaster Julio Becerra Rivero

http://www.chess.com/news/introduci...

May-12-09  blacksburg: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXY_...
Jun-02-09  hedgeh0g: "He is a GM."

R U CEREAL??

Nov-05-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  Tabanus: He played in the olympiads 1994 (1st reserve), 1996 (board 3) and 1998 (board 4). Tournament win in 2009:

http://www.chess-results.com/tnr233...

Nov-14-09  dakgootje: According to http://gambit.blogs.nytimes.com/200... he just beat Nakamura in 12 moves. Not bad at all:

Becerra - Nakamura

1 e4 c5
2 Nf3 Nf6
3 e5 Nd5
4 Nc3 e6
5 Nd5 ed5
6 d4 Nc6
7 dc5 Bc5
8 Qd5 d6
9 Bc4 Qe7
10 Bg5 f6
11 0-0-0 de5
12 Rhe1 Resigns

Jul-13-10  strobane: What's Julio doing now?
Haven't seen any of his games since last year.
Oct-15-10  wordfunph: 2007 U.S. Championship: On his chess site ChessNinja.com, Mig Greengard generously offered to match up to $500 of readers' contributions to a brilliancy prize fund for the tournament. In the end, the first prize of $1,165 went to GM Julio Becerra for his win over GM Hikaru Nakamura. Mig relates that when he told Becerra of his prize, he asked "For which game?"
Oct-23-14  zanzibar: His wiki page has a link to a USCF bio for him:

http://main.uschess.org/content/vie...

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