Julio Granda

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Julio Ernesto Granda Zúñiga (born February 25, 1967 in Camaná, Peru) is a Peruvian chess Grandmaster.

In his coastal town, he learned how to play chess at the very young age of five. By the age of 19, Granda had obtained the title of Grandmaster by the FIDE, the World Chess Federation, after surpassing the chess rating of 2500. He finished 1st= with Bent Larsen at Mar del Plata 1993. He is a five-time chess champion of Peru, winning in 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, and 2002.[1] Granda won the 4th American Continental Championship at Cali 2007 on tie-break between the five first place finishers at 8.0/11.[2] This victory qualified him for the Chess World Cup 2007 where he lost his first round match to Arkadij Naiditsch 0.5–1.5.

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  1. ^ Torre 64 >> 100% Ajedrez >> - ¿Quién es un ajedrecista profesional?
  2. ^ Crowther, Mark (23 July 2007), THE WEEK IN CHESS 663: IV Continental Cali, London Chess Center, <http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic663.html#8> 

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