Franco Ocampos Zenon (12.05.1956)

Paraguayan Grandmaster (1991) and coach.  Franco Ocampos won the gold medal for the best performance at board one at the 1982 Olympiad, was the Pan American Champion in 1981 and Spanish co-champion in 1999.

Best results: winner or shared first at San Pedro de Jujuy 1981, Vrjaka, Banja 1983, Asuncion 1984, Vienna 1983, Lichtenstein Open 1986, Torrelavega 1986, Zamora 1988, Buenos Aires 1988, Elgoibar 1991, Las Palmas 1991, Pamplona 1992, San Sebastian 1994, Canete 1994, Santa Cruz and Mondariz 1995, Capablanca Memorial II 1998, Dos Hermanas IM 2001, Asuncion 2002, Ayuntamiento de Pielagos Virgen de Valencia 2009, and Murcia 2014.

From 1976, Franco Ocampos was a regular participant in the Olympiads with Paraguay and Spain.  He is an experienced chess trainer, his most notable pupil being Paco Vallejo.

The author of: Chess Explained: the English Opening, Chess Explained: the Modern Benoni, Chess Self-Improvement (2006),Winning Chess Explained (2006), L’ Anglaise expliquée par Zenon Franco et Christian Bauer (2007), The Art of Attacking Chess(2008),Grandmaster Secrets: Counter-Attack!(2009), Franco, Zenon (2014). Anand: Move by Move.

Peak rating: 2542 in 2004.