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Julio Granda

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In thisSpanish name,the first or paternalsurnameisGrandaand the second or maternal family name isZúñiga.
Julio Granda
Full nameJulio Ernesto Granda Zúñiga
CountryPeru
Born(1967-02-25)February 25, 1967(age 57)
Camaná,Peru
TitleGrandmaster(1986)
FIDErating2628(September 2024)
Peak rating2699 (June 2016)
Peak rankingNo. 25 (January 1992)

Julio Ernesto Granda Zúñiga(born February 25, 1967) is aPeruvianchessgrandmasterand four-time champion of the Americas.

Career

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Born inCamaná,he learned how to play chess at the age of five. In 1980 he won theWorld Infant CupinMazatlàn,Mexico.[1]In 1984 Granda won thePan American Junior Chess ChampionshipinLima.[2]By the age of 19, he had obtained the title of Grandmaster by theFIDE,the World Chess Federation, after surpassing the chess rating of 2500. He finished 1st withBent LarsenatMar del Plata1993. He is a five-timechess champion of Peru,winning in 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, and 2002.[3]Granda won the 4thAmerican Continental ChampionshipatCali2007 ontie-breakbetween the five first-place finishers at 8/11.[4]This victory qualified him for theChess World Cup 2007where he lost his first round match toArkadij Naiditsch½–1½. In 2008 he won the 2nd Iberoamerican Championship inLinares,Spain by defeating in the finalEduardo Iturrizaga2½-1½.[5]

In December 2009, he tied for 1st–4th withGeorg Meier,Viktor LázničkaandKiril Georgievin the 19th MagistralPamplonaTournament.[6]In 2010, he won the 5th Torneo Abierto inGuadalajara.[7]In 2011 he tied for 2nd–7th withAleksander Delchev,Ivan Šarić,Pablo Almagro Llamas,Maxim TurovandMihail Marinthe 31st Villa deBenasqueOpen.[8]In theChess World Cup 2013inTromsø,Norway, Granda reached round four, after knocking outHrant Melkumyan,Peter LekoandAnish Giri.He was however defeated byFabiano Caruanawith two losses.[9]

Julio Granda played for Peru in theChess Olympiadsof 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2010 and 2014.[10]

Granda tied for first place withSamuel Shankland,Alexander Shabalov,Rafael Leitao,Isan Reynaldo Ortiz SuarezandAlan Pichotat the9th American Continental Chess Championshipin 2014. Thanks to a better tiebreak score he took the gold medal. To earn a spot in theFIDE World Cup,he played arapidplayoff with the five other players who finished joint first. He came second with 3/5 and qualified for theWorld Cup 2015.[11]Here he knocked outAlexandr Fierin the first round,Cristobal Henriquez Villagrain the second, then he lost toRadoslaw Wojtaszekin the third. In 2017, Granda won the 50+ section of theWorld Senior Chess ChampionshipinAcqui Terme,Italy.[12]

Notable chess games

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References

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  1. ^"Mazatlán 1980 - 2nd World Infant Cup".www.brasilbase.pro.br.Retrieved2016-04-19.
  2. ^Lima 1984 - 9° Campeonato Panamericano Juvenil.BrasilBase.
  3. ^Torre 64 >> 100% Ajedrez >> - ¿Quién es un ajedrecista profesional?Archived2012-02-09 at theWayback Machine
  4. ^Crowther, Mark (23 July 2007)."The Week In Chess 663: IV Continental Cali".London Chess Center.{{cite journal}}:Cite journal requires|journal=(help)
  5. ^"Iberoamericano: Granda nuevo campeón"(in Spanish). ChessBase. 2008-03-07.Retrieved8 October2015.
  6. ^Crowther, Mark."The Week in Chess: 19th Pamplona International".Chess.co.uk. Archived fromthe originalon 30 September 2011.Retrieved31 December2009.
  7. ^"5th Torneo Abierto Internacional UNED Guadalajara".Chessdom. Archived fromthe originalon 8 July 2011.Retrieved20 April2010.
  8. ^"Tigran Petrosian Victorious in Benasque Open".Chessdom. Archived fromthe originalon 5 December 2011.Retrieved17 July2011.
  9. ^"Results and Pairings".Archived fromthe originalon 2013-12-21.Retrieved2013-10-08.
  10. ^Men's Chess Olympiads: Julio Granda Zuñiga.OlimpBase.
  11. ^"GM Granda Zuniga is 2014 American Continental champion".Chessdom. 2014-10-27.
  12. ^"27th World Senior Chess Championship – Winners".Chessdom.2017-11-22.Retrieved2018-01-07.
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