Carlos Matamoros Franco

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Carlos Matamoros Franco
Country Ecuador
Born (1966-12-17) 17 December 1966 (age 57)
Title Grandmaster (2002)
FIDE   rating 2404 (September 2024)
Peak rating 2555 (September 2011)

Carlos Matamoros Franco (born 17 December 1966), is an Ecuadorian chess Grandmaster (GM) (2002), Chess Olympiad individual gold (1982) and silver (1986) medalist.

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Biography

In 1981, Carlos Matamoros Franco won the bronze medal at the World Youth Chess Championship in the U16 age group. In 1986, he participated in the World Junior Chess Championship. In 2005, he participated in the Chess World Cup but lost to Victor Bologan in the first round. [1]

Carlos Matamoros Franco is the winner of many international chess tournaments. He shared second place at the 1997 Capablanca Memorial. He has also won the Malaga Open international chess tournament four times (2001, 2005, 2007, 2010). He finished first in Seville's international chess tournament twice in a row (2002, 2003). In 2008, Carlos Matamoros Franco, along with Martha Fierro, won the gold medal at the World Mind Sports Games in the Mixed Pairs Blitz event.

Carlos Matamoros Franco has played for Ecuador in the Chess Olympiads many times: [2]

Carlos Matamoros Franco played for Ecuador on board one at the 2003 Pan American Team Chess Championship in Rio de Janeiro (+2, =0, -1) and won the team bronze and individual gold medals. [5]

Carlos Matamoros Franco played for Ecuador in the World Youth U26 Team Chess Championship: [6]

In 1987, he was awarded the FIDE International Master (IM) title and in 2002 he received the FIDE Grandmaster (GM) title. Carlos Matamoros Franco was the first Ecuadorian chess player to become a Grandmaster.

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References

  1. ↑ 2005 World Cup
  2. ↑ "OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Carlos Matamoros Franco". www.olimpbase.org.
  3. ↑ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 42nd Olympiad Baku 2016 Open". chess-results.com.
  4. ↑ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 43rd Olympiad Batumi 2018 Open". chess-results.com.
  5. ↑ "OlimpBase :: Panamerican Team Chess Championship :: Carlos Matamoros Franco". www.olimpbase.org.
  6. ↑ "OlimpBase :: World Youth U26 Team Chess Championship :: Carlos Matamoros Franco". www.olimpbase.org.


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