Manuel León Hoyos

Manuel León Hoyos
Manuel Leon Hoyos, Gaziantep 2008
Full name Manuel León Hoyos
Country  Mexico
Born (1989-02-10) February 10, 1989
Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico
Title Grandmaster
FIDE rating 2491 (October 2018)

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

He is the winner of the 2012 US Open held in Vancouver, Washington, with a total of 8 points (7 wins, 2 draws) drawing the final round against Grandmaster Yasser Seirawan.

In 2010, he tied for 1st with Mikhail Kobalia in the Arctic Chess Challenge, in Tromso, Norway.[1] He took part in the Chess World Cup 2011, in Russia but was eliminated by Alexei Shirov.[2] He tied for 1st place at the Las Vegas Chess Festival 2013 together with Wesley So.

Grandmaster Vassily Ivanchuk has taken him as a second occasionally in various events.

In 2012, he joined Webster University in St. Louis, Missouri and became part of the SPICE program,[3] run by former Women's World Champion Susan Polgar.[4] Webster University is the ranked No. 1 chess team in the U.S. and current national champions.

References

  1. ↑ "Arctic Chess Challenge 2010 September 2010 Norway". FIDE. Retrieved 22 January 2012.
  2. ↑ Crowther, Mark (2011-09-21). "The Week in Chess: FIDE World Cup Khanty-Mansiysk 2011". London Chess Center. Archived from the original on 20 October 2011. Retrieved 16 November 2011.
  3. ↑ "Thanksgiving Tournament Success for Webster's Chess Team". Webster Today. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
  4. ↑ "Susan Polgar Institute for Chess Excellence (SPICE)". Webster University. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
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