Zenón Franco Ocampos

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Franco and the second or maternal family name is Ocampos.

Zenón Franco Ocampos (Latin American Spanish: [seˈnoɱ ˈfɾaŋko oˈkampos]; 12 May 1956 – 1 October 2024) was 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, Franco was the top-ranked player and only GM in Paraguay (now, there are two GMs: Axel Bachmann and José Cubas). He wrote several books on chess for Gambit Publications under the name Zenón Franco.

Zenón Franco Ocampos
Franco in 2008
Country	Paraguay
Born	(1956-05-12)12 May 1956 Asunción, Paraguay
Died	1 October 2024(2024-10-01) (aged 68) Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Title	Grandmaster (1990)
FIDE rating	2457 (November 2024)
Peak rating	2542 (July 2004)

Franco died in Santiago de Compostela on 1 October 2024, at the age of 68.

Books

• Franco, Zenon (2005). Chess Self-Improvement. Gambit Publications. ISBN 1-904600-29-8.
• Franco, Zenon (2006). Winning Chess Explained. Gambit Publications. ISBN 1-904600-46-8.
• Franco, Zenon; Crouch, Colin (2007). How to Defend in Chess. Gambit. ISBN 978-1-904600-83-1.
• Franco, Zenon (2007). Chess Explained: The Modern Benoni. Gambit. ISBN 978-1-904600-77-0.
• Franco, Zenon (2008). The Art of Attacking Chess. Gambit Publications. ISBN 978-1-904600-97-8.
• Franco, Zenon (2009). Grandmaster Secrets: Counter-Attack!. Gambit Publications. ISBN 978-1906454098.
• Franco, Zenon (2014). Anand: Move by Move. Everyman Chess. ISBN 978-1781941867.

External links

• 25th Chess Olympiad: Lucerne 1982 at Olimpbase.org
• Zenon Franco-Ocampos player profile and games at Chessgames.com