Manuel León Hoyos Explained

Manuel León Hoyos
Birth Date:10 February 1989
Birth Place:Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico
Grandmaster (2008)
Peakrating:2603 (October 2012)
Fideid:5105269

Manuel León Hoyos (born February 10, 1989) is a Mexican chess Grandmaster. He is the first Mexican chess player to break 2600 Elo in the official FIDE rating list with 2603 in October 2012.

Chess career

León Hoyos achieved the Grandmaster title at the age of 18.[1] He has been Mexican champion and has won numerous international tournaments including the 2012 U.S. Open.[2]

León Hoyos has represented Mexico in three Olympiads: Russia (2010),[3] Turkey (2012),[4] and Norway (2014).[5] And at the World Mind Sports Games in China (2008).He took part in the Chess World Cup 2011 in Russia and was eliminated by Grandmaster Alexei Shirov.[6] León Hoyos placed 5th in the 2012 Ibero-American Championship in Ecuador,[7] 7th in the 2007 American Continental Championship in Colombia[8] [9] and 5th in the 2008 Pan-American Championship in the United States.[10] He also placed 7th in the under-18 World Championship in 2007 held in Turkey.[11]

León Hoyos tied for 1st place in the 2010 Arctic Chess Challenge in Norway with Grandmaster Mikhail Kobalia.[12] He tied for 1st place at the 2013 Las Vegas Chess Festival together with Grandmaster Wesley So.[13] León Hoyos won the 2012 Mexican Open.[14] [15] He placed 3th place in the 2012 UNAM Chess Festival, a rapid and blindfold invitational tournament won by World's No. 1 Magnus Carlsen.[16]

León Hoyos has worked with Grandmaster Vassily Ivanchuk, former World's No. 2, World Blitz Championship in 2007 and World Rapid Championship in 2016. He has served him as a second in several tournaments.[17] [18]

Notable games

Education

In 2012, he received a scholarship to attend Webster University in St. Louis, Missouri and became part of the Webster University chess team,[19] [20] coached by former Women's World Champion and Grandmaster Susan Polgar.[21] Between 2012 and 2017, Webster University was the ranked No. 1 chess team in the U.S. and 5-time collegiate national champion.[22] In 2017, he graduated from Webster University with honors, receiving a bachelor's degrees in Economics and International Relations and a Masters in International Relations.

References

  1. Web site: Manuel Leon Hoyos becomes Grandmaster. Chessdom. 25 July 2007. 6 November 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20071106024007/http://younglions.chessdom.com/manuel-leon-hoyos. dead.
  2. Web site: Leon Hoyos Wins U.S. Open Title in Armageddon Playoff. U.S. Chess Federation. 14 August 2012.
  3. Web site: 39th Olympiad Khanty-Mansiysk 2010. Chess-Results.com.
  4. Web site: 40th Olympiad Istanbul 2012. Chess-Results.com.
  5. Web site: 41st Olympiad Tromso 2014. Chess-Results.com.
  6. Web site: FIDE World Cup Khanty-Mansiysk 2011. The Week in Chess. 21 April 2012.
  7. Web site: Iván Salgado se corona Campeón Iberoamericano 2012 (in Spanish). 23 April 2012 . ChessBase. 29 April 2012.
  8. Web site: Campeonato Continental Absoluto 2007. Chess-Results.com. 28 July 2007.
  9. Web site: IV Campeonato Continental de las Americas 2007. 28 July 2007.
  10. Web site: 14th Pan-American Championship, Boca Raton, FL 2008. 20 January 2009.
  11. Web site: World Championship 2007 (18). Chess-Results.com. 11 December 2007.
  12. Web site: Arctic Chess Challenge 2010 in Norway. The Week in Chess. 22 January 2012.
  13. Web site: Las Vegas International Chess Festival 2013. 22 October 2013.
  14. Web site: Campeonato Nacional e Internacional Abierto Mexicano de Ajedrez 2012 (in Spanish). 11 May 2012.
  15. Web site: Manuel Leon Hoyos wins the 2012 Mexican Open. Chessdom. 22 January 2015.
  16. Web site: 2nd UNAM won by Magnus Carlsen. 26 November 2012 . 12 December 2012.
  17. Web site: Exclusive interview with GM Vassily Ivanchuk. FIDE. 22 March 2010.
  18. Web site: Vassily Ivanchuk: "Flawed games are the most beautiful". Chess in Transition. 22 May 2011.
  19. Web site: The Yucatán Chess Legend. Chess Daily News with Susan Polgar. 17 January 2018.
  20. Web site: Thanksgiving Tournament Success for Webster's Chess Team . Webster Today . 17 December 2012.
  21. Web site: Susan Polgar Institute for Chess Excellence (SPICE) . Webster University . 17 December 2012 . 7 January 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140107042719/http://websterchess.com/ . dead .
  22. Web site: Webster Chess Team Accomplishments. Webster University. 17 March 2019.

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