Carlos Matamoros Franco
Carlos Matamoros Franco (born 17 December 1966), is an Ecuadorian chess Grandmaster (GM) (2002), Chess Olympiad individual gold (1982) and silver (1986) medalist. Biography. In 1981, Carlos Matamoros Franco won the bronze medal at the World Youth Chess Championship in the U16 age group. In 1986, he participated in the World Junior Chess Championship. In 2005, he participated in the Chess World Cup but lost to Victor Bologan in the first round. Carlos Matamoros Franco is the winner of many international chess tournaments. He shared second place at the 1997 Capablanca Memorial. He has also won the  Malaga Open international chess tournament four times (2001, 2005, 2007, 2010). He finished first in Seville's international chess tournament twice in a row (2002, 2003). In 2008, Carlos Matamoros Franco, along with Martha Fierro, won the gold medal at the World Mind Sports Games in the "Mixed Pairs Blitz" event. Carlos Matamoros Franco has played for Ecuador in the Chess Olympiads many times: Carlos Matamoros Franco played for Ecuador on board one at the 2003 Pan American Team Chess Championship in Rio de Janeiro (+2, =0, -1) and won the team bronze and individual gold medals. Carlos Matamoros  Franco played for Ecuador in the World Youth U26 Team Chess Championship: In 1987, he was awarded the FIDE International Master (IM) title and in 2002 he received the FIDE Grandmaster (GM) title. Carlos Matamoros Franco was the first Ecuadorian chess player to become a Grandmaster.