Full name Julio Becerra Rivero Title Grandmaster Role Chess Player | Country United States Name Julio Rivero | |
Born October 15, 1973 (age 50)
Cuba ( 1973-10-15 ) | ||
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Julio Becerra Rivero (born 1973) is a Cuban-born American chess Grandmaster who lives in Miami, FL. He plays for the Miami Sharks in the U.S. Chess League.
Becerra won the Cuban Chess Championship in 1996 and 1998 and played in the Chess Olympiads of 1994, 1996 and 1998. He stayed in the U.S. in 1999, after playing in the FIDE World Chess Championship 1999 in Las Vegas. He moved to Miami in 2005. He was MVP in the U.S. Chess League in 2006. He became the Florida Champion in 2006, and held that title through 2009. He won his 7th Florida Championship in 2015.
As a user of chess.com, Becerra was noticed by many for his willingness to play games against people considerably weaker than himself, thus giving many amateur players the chance to play against a grandmaster. As a result of this, a fan club was set up in his honour.