Julio Granda

Quick Facts

Full Name	Julio Granda
Occupation	Chess Player
Date Of Birth	Feb 25, 1967(1967-02-25)
Age	57
Birthplace	Camaná
Country	Peru
Birth City	Arequipa Region
Horoscope	Aquarius

Julio Granda Biography

Julio Granda is one of the most popular and richest Chess Player who was born on February 25, 1967 in Camaná, Arequipa Region, Peru. Julio Ernesto Granda Zuniga (born on February 25, 1967) is a Peruvian Grandmaster of chess and Four-time Champion of the Americas.

Granda placed first alongside Samuel Shankland, Alexander Shabalov, Rafael Leitao, Isan Reynaldo Ortiz-Suarez as well as Alan Pichot at the 9th American Continental Chess Championship in 2014. With a higher tiebreak score , he won his gold trophy. In order to qualify for the FIDE World Cup, he played a fast playoff against the other five players who came in with a joint first. He finished second with 3/5 and was able to qualify to play in the World Cup 2015. He knocked out Alex Fier in the opening round. Then he lost against Cristobal Henriquez-Villagra the next and then fell to Radoslaw Wojtaszek in round three. In 2017 Granda took home the 50+ division at the World Senior Chess Championship in Acqui Terms, Italy.

The month of December, 2009, saw him was tied for 1st-4th Georg Meier, Viktor Laznicka and Kiril Georgiev at the 19th Magistral Pamplona Tournament. He was the winner of his 5th Torneo Abierto in Guadalajara. In 2011, he was tied for 2nd-7th place along with Aleksander Delchev, Ivan Saric, Pablo Almagro Llamas, Maxim Turov and Mihail Marin the 31st Villa de Benasque Open. The Chess World Cup 2013 in Tromso, Norway, Granda made it to round four after eliminating Hrant Melkumyan Peter Leko and Anish Giri. However, he was eliminated by Fabiano Caruana, who suffered two losses.

Julio Granda Net Worth

Julio Granda is one of the richest Chess Player from Peru. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Julio Granda 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Born in Camana in the state of Camana, he was taught to play chess when he was just five years old. In 1980, he was the winner of the World Infant Cup in Mazatlan, Mexico. In 1984, Granda was the winner of his first Pan American Junior Championship in Lima. At the age of 19 he had earned his title Grandmaster through the FIDE The World Chess Federation, after exceeding the chess rating 2500. He placed 1st alongside Bent Larsen in Mar del Plata 1993. He has been a five-time chess champion from Peru and has won in 1994 1995, 1996, 1997 and 2002. Granda was the winner of his 4th American Continental Championship at Cali 2007 with a tie-break among the five top finishers in the first round at 8/11. This win allowed him to play in his participation in the Chess World Cup 2007 where Granda lost his opening round contest to Arkadij Naiditsch 1 1/2 -1 1/2 . In 2008, he won his 2nd Iberoamerican Championship in Linares, Spain by defeating in the final Eduardo Iturrizaga 2 1/2 -1 1/2 .

Julio Granda played for Peru in the Chess Olympiads of 1986, 1988 and 1990. He also played in 1992 1994 2002 2006, 2010 and 2014.

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Julio Ranked on the list of most popular Chess Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Peru. Julio Granda celebrates birthday on February 25 of every year.