Zenón Franco Ocampos, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Zenón Franco Ocampos

Paraguayan chess grandmaster

Date of Birth: 12-May-1956

Place of Birth: Asunción, Capital District, Paraguay

Profession: chess player

Nationality: Paraguay

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Zenón Franco Ocampos

  • Zenón Franco Ocampos (American Spanish: [se'no? 'f?a?ko o'kampos]; born 12 May 1956, Paraguay) is a chess grandmaster (GM) from Paraguay.
  • In the 1982 Chess Olympiad at Lucerne, he won the gold medal at board one by scoring 11 of 13.
  • In the 1990 Chess Olympiad at Novi Sad, he shared first place at board one with 9 points in 12 games.
  • As of 2007, Ocampos is the top-ranked player and only GM in Paraguay (now, there are three GMs: Zenon Franco, Axel Bachmann and Jose Cubas).
  • He has written several books on chess for Gambit Publications under the name Zenon Franco.

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