FRANCISCO VALLEJO PONS (born Aug-21-1982, 43 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

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page 1 of 79; games 1-25 of 1,969  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. N F Nur vs F Vallejo Pons   1-0 56 1990 wch u10b B28 Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation 2. T Soponyai vs F Vallejo Pons   0-1 39 1990 wch u10b B28 Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation 3. J Bellon Lopez vs F Vallejo Pons   1-0 23 1991 Palma de Mallorca Open E11 Bogo-Indian Defense 4. F Vallejo Pons vs J Moingt 0-1 17 1991 Palma de Mallorca Open B70 Sicilian, Dragon Variation 5. F Vallejo Pons vs R Y Rusev 1-0 39 1991 Wch U10 C45 Scotch Game 6. N F Nur vs F Vallejo Pons   0-1 90 1991 Wch U10 B33 Sicilian 7. F Vallejo Pons vs Ganguly   1-0 27 1991 Wch U10 C46 Three Knights 8. F Vallejo Pons vs S Michel   1-0 25 1991 Wch U10 B03 Alekhine's Defense 9. F Vallejo Pons vs E Berg 1-0 25 1991 Wch U10 C15 French, Winawer 10. A Leroy vs F Vallejo Pons   1-0 26 1991 Wch U10 A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack 11. F Vallejo Pons vs H Mas   0-1 48 1991 Wch U10 B70 Sicilian, Dragon Variation 12. S Tudorie vs F Vallejo Pons   0-1 37 1991 Wch U10 B22 Sicilian, Alapin 13. P Klimsa vs F Vallejo Pons   0-1 27 1991 Wch U10 A07 King's Indian Attack 14. F Vallejo Pons vs A Nunez 1-0 42 1992 Havana C45 Scotch Game 15. I Andrade vs F Vallejo Pons 0-1 23 1992 Wch U10 B20 Sicilian 16. L Hua vs F Vallejo Pons   1-0 30 1992 Wch U10 A83 Dutch, Staunton Gambit 17. F Vallejo Pons vs Said Aktouf   1-0 33 1992 Wch U10 C15 French, Winawer 18. F Vallejo Pons vs Ganguly   0-1 32 1992 Wch U10 C45 Scotch Game 19. F Vallejo Pons vs V Jalinskas 1-0 47 1992 Wch U10 C11 French 20. F Vallejo Pons vs McShane   1-0 62 1992 Wch U10 C15 French, Winawer 21. F Vallejo Pons vs D Kjartansson   1-0 52 1992 Wch U10 B23 Sicilian, Closed 22. L Aronov vs F Vallejo Pons   0-1 44 1992 Wch U10 B33 Sicilian 23. N Das vs F Vallejo Pons   0-1 22 1992 Wch U10 A07 King's Indian Attack 24. F Vallejo Pons vs Bologan   0-1 32 1992 2nd Principe de Asturias rapid B58 Sicilian 25. F Vallejo Pons vs J Caselas Cabanas   1-0 26 1992 2nd Principe de Asturias rapid B06 Robatsch  page 1 of 79; games 1-25 of 1,969

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 6 OF 11 ·  Later Kibitzing> Oct-26-04    uzeromay: Great picture. Oct-26-04    iron maiden: He was leading the Board 2 standings with a performance over 2900 a couple of rounds ago, but now he's slipped back a little. Nov-10-04    alexandrovm: he is always with the mouth open, it's funny Dec-03-04    aw1988: If I played chess like that, I would always be like that as well. Mar-05-05    InfinityCircuit: <Chessgames.com> Vallejo's current rating is 2686, higher than your highest achieved rating. Mar-05-05    csmath: Vallejo played a good game today, he made no blunders and yet he lost anyway. I think his opening was good, unfortunately he abandoned any idea of initiative after castling but was not accurate enough for a lengthy defence that followed. But in either case this was a not a bad game from him though he lost. Mar-09-05    yoozum: <InfinityCircuit>, if they kept up with the current ratings, it would be practically impossible to edit those who keep improving. Mar-09-05    yoozum: Though he is a top-100, so I guess it would make some sense to update those, atleast. Mar-25-05    Knezh: Vallejo picked up the pace during the last few mini-matches. Let's hope he keeps it up! Apr-10-05    azaris: Paco continues where he left off at Amber by losing a miniature against Sokolov in Bundesliga. 11. Rd1?! looks suspicious. White's king never had a chance. May-17-05    WTHarvey: Here are some diagrams of critical positions in Francisco's games: http://www.wtharvey.com/vall.html May-17-05    JohnBoy: I've been suggesting DeFirmian vs Vallejo-Pons, 2003 as GotD for a while. I urge everyone to check it out! Very worthwhile. May-17-05    jaime gallegos: with an overall record of 52,8% and 2679 ELO ! the inflation rate is the only reason to explain it ! May-17-05    mahmoudkubba: <WTHarvey>:sorry to tell with my thanks to your given to us site that I didn't understand the first two problems , plese help?? may be that I am in a hurry thats why may be?? May-17-05    WTHarvey: <mahmoudkubba> In the first puzzle, if Black retakes the rook, Be6+ pushes the king to h8 with mate to follow or forces the rook to f7. In the second, the pawn on d5 is pinned and Nb6+ wins the exchange at least. :-) Jun-30-05    coolchess: yes Paco deserves a photo, i also think , paco its young but has the chance to play in LInares, where is he going to make a great tournament not ending in last places?? I tought when he was 20 that by a few years he wouldb finishing in a good place in linares, what happens paco??? want to see you improving Sep-18-05    suenteus po 147: Potential caption for Vallejo-Pons's picture: "What do you mean, 'what am I doing here?' This is LINARES! I live here!" Sep-18-05    aw1988: What, ANOTHER random Uzbek??? Sep-18-05    PizzatheHut: Potential caption: "Is that what I think it is? Korchnoi flirting with Kosteniuk?" Oct-14-05    Queens Gambit: I would love to see Vallejo this year making a good Linares, not finishing last as it happens always. Oct-26-05    capablancakarpov: Vallejo is playing the II Calvia (Spain) Chess Tournament, an Open tournament,Swiss System, 9 rounds.Here is the link with the tournament info: http://www.calviafestival.com/open.... And here is the link with the live games (7th round), with an interesting Vallejo-Bauer. The games have started at 20.30 PM here in Spain, too late to play chess i think, but better than the Panamericans tiebreak timetable :-). http://www.directe.fcde.org/ret/tfd... Dec-07-05    jhoro: what a miss for him today at the WC against Aronian Jan-03-06    babakova: I noticed at the world cup that Vallejo is balding. Thats tough for a young guy. Jan-03-06    veigaman: Vallejo had the game against aronian with black in his hands and he made a mistake!. What a pitty because he had outplayed aronian with black in the second classic game with blacks! Jan-24-06    jaime gallegos: he's slipped back a little? I truly believe his ELO is overinflated by the tournaments he plays, thats all ! Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 11) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 6 OF 11 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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