Manuel León Hoyos
{{short description|Mexican chess grandmaster (born 1989)}}
{{Family name hatnote|León|Hoyos|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox chess player
|name = Manuel León Hoyos
|image = Leon Hoyos Manuel.jpg
|caption = Manuel Leon Hoyos at the World Junior Championship in Gaziantep, Turkey in 2008
|country = {{MEX}}
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1989|2|10}}
|birth_place = Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico
|death_date =
|death_place =
|title = Grandmaster (2008)
|rating =
|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.{{cite web|url=http://younglions.chessdom.com/manuel-leon-hoyos|title=Manuel Leon Hoyos becomes Grandmaster|publisher=Chessdom|accessdate=25 July 2007|archive-date=6 November 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071106024007/http://younglions.chessdom.com/manuel-leon-hoyos|url-status=dead}} He has been Mexican champion and has won numerous international tournaments including the 2012 U.S. Open.{{cite web|url=http://www.uschess.org/index.php/August-/Hoyos-Wins-U.S.-Open-Title-in-Armageddon-Playoff.html|title=Leon Hoyos Wins U.S. Open Title in Armageddon Playoff|publisher= U.S. Chess Federation|accessdate=14 August 2012}}
León Hoyos has represented Mexico in three Olympiads: Russia (2010),{{cite web|url=http://chess-results.com/tnr36795.aspx?lan=1&art=20&fed=MEX&flag=30|title=39th Olympiad Khanty-Mansiysk 2010|publisher= Chess-Results.com}} Turkey (2012),{{cite web|url=http://chess-results.com/tnr77681.aspx?lan=1&art=20&fed=MEX&flag=30|title=40th Olympiad Istanbul 2012|publisher= Chess-Results.com}} and Norway (2014).{{cite web|url=http://chess-results.com/tnr140380.aspx?lan=1&art=9&snr=213|title=41st Olympiad Tromso 2014|publisher= Chess-Results.com}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://theweekinchess.com/chessnews/events/fide-world-cup-khanty-mansiysk-2011|title=FIDE World Cup Khanty-Mansiysk 2011|publisher=The Week in Chess|accessdate=21 April 2012}} León Hoyos placed 5th in the 2012 Ibero-American Championship in Ecuador,{{cite web|url=https://es.chessbase.com/post/ivn-salgado-se-corona-campen-iberoamericano-2012|title=Iván Salgado se corona Campeón Iberoamericano 2012 (in Spanish)|date=23 April 2012 |publisher= ChessBase|accessdate=29 April 2012}} 7th in the 2007 American Continental Championship in Colombia{{cite web|url=http://chess-results.com/tnr7174.aspx?lan=1&art=1&flag=30|title=Campeonato Continental Absoluto 2007|publisher= Chess-Results.com|accessdate=28 July 2007}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ajedrezencolombia.com/07_campeonato_continental_%20cali_r1.html|title=
IV Campeonato Continental de las Americas 2007|accessdate=28 July 2007}} and 5th in the 2008 Pan-American Championship in the United States.{{cite web|url=https://www.olimpbase.org/ind-america/panam-2008.html|title=14th Pan-American Championship, Boca Raton, FL 2008|accessdate=20 January 2009}} He also placed 7th in the under-18 World Championship in 2007 held in Turkey.{{cite web|url=http://chess-results.com/tnr8920.aspx?lan=1&art=1&flag=30|title=World Championship 2007 (18)|publisher= Chess-Results.com|accessdate=11 December 2007}}
León Hoyos tied for 1st place in the 2010 Arctic Chess Challenge in Norway with Grandmaster Mikhail Kobalia.{{cite web|url=https://theweekinchess.com/chessnews/events/arctic-chess-challenge-2010|title=Arctic Chess Challenge 2010 in Norway|publisher=The Week in Chess|accessdate=22 January 2012}} He tied for 1st place at the 2013 Las Vegas Chess Festival together with Grandmaster Wesley So.{{cite web|url=https://www.vegaschessfestival.com/news/vegaschessfest_issue4_2013.pdf|title=Las Vegas International Chess Festival 2013|accessdate=22 October 2013}} León Hoyos won the 2012 Mexican Open.{{cite web|url=http://chess-results.com/tnr88829.aspx?lan=1&art=1|title=Campeonato Nacional e Internacional Abierto Mexicano de Ajedrez 2012 (in Spanish)|accessdate=11 May 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://es.chessdom.com/2012/manuel-leon-hoyos-gana-el-abierto-nacional-de-ajedrez/|title=Manuel Leon Hoyos wins the 2012 Mexican Open|publisher= Chessdom|accessdate=22 January 2015}} He placed 3th place in the 2012 UNAM Chess Festival, a rapid and blindfold invitational tournament won by World's No. 1 Magnus Carlsen.{{cite web|url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/2nd-unam-won-by-magnus-carlsen-|title=2nd UNAM won by Magnus Carlsen|date=26 November 2012 |accessdate=12 December 2012}}
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.{{cite web|url=http://jermuk2009.fide.com/exclusive-interview-with-gm-vassily-ivanchuk.html|title=Exclusive interview with GM Vassily Ivanchuk|publisher= FIDE|accessdate=22 March 2010}}{{cite web|url=http://www.chessintranslation.com/2011/04/vassily-ivanchuk-2-flawed-games-are-the-most-beautiful|title=Vassily Ivanchuk: "Flawed games are the most beautiful"|publisher= Chess in Transition|accessdate=22 May 2011}}
Notable games
- [https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1592746 Manuel Leon Hoyos vs Baadur Jobava, 2010, 1-0]
- [https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1390126 Ivan Cheparinov vs Manuel Leon Hoyos, 2006, 0-1]
- [https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1708255 Judit Polgar vs Manuel Leon Hoyos, 2012, 1/2-1/2]
- [https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1633058 Manuel Leon Hoyos vs Alexei Shirov, 2011, 1/2-1/2]
- [https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1880737 Manuel Leon Hoyos vs Lazaro Bruzon Batista, 2007, 1-0]
Education
In 2012, he received a scholarship to attend Webster University in St. Louis, Missouri and became part of the Webster University chess team,{{cite web|url=https://gamesmaven.io/chessdailynews/scholastic/the-yucat%C3%A1n-chess-legend-rrdocVxaDkeYUflKfN_Htw|title=The Yucatán Chess Legend|work=Chess Daily News |publisher=Chess Daily News with Susan Polgar|accessdate=17 January 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://blogs.webster.edu/webstertoday/2012/11/26/thanksgiving-tournament-success-for-websters-chess-team/ |title=Thanksgiving Tournament Success for Webster's Chess Team |publisher=Webster Today |accessdate=17 December 2012}} coached by former Women's World Champion and Grandmaster Susan Polgar.{{cite web |url=http://www.websterchess.com/ |title=Susan Polgar Institute for Chess Excellence (SPICE) |publisher=Webster University |accessdate=17 December 2012 |archive-date=7 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140107042719/http://websterchess.com/ |url-status=dead }} Between 2012 and 2017, Webster University was the ranked No. 1 chess team in the U.S. and 5-time collegiate national champion.{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.webster.edu/spice/chess-team/accomplishments.html|title=Webster Chess Team Accomplishments|publisher=Webster University|accessdate=17 March 2019}}
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
External links
- [https://www.mleonhoyos.com/ Official website]
- {{chessgames player|id=56806}}
- [https://www.365chess.com/players/Manuel_Leon_Hoyos Manuel Leon Hoyos] chess games at 365Chess.com
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{{Mexican GMs}}
Category:Mexican chess players
Category:Sportspeople from Mérida, Yucatán
Category:Webster University alumni
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