Francisco Vallejo Pons
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{{Infobox chess player
|playername = Francisco Vallejo Pons
|image = [[Image:VallejoPons.jpg|175px]]
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|birthname = Francisco Vallejo Pons
|country = {{ESP}}
|datebirth = {{birth date and age|1982|8|21}}
|placebirth = [[Es Castell]], [[Menorca]]
|datedeath =
|placedeath =
|title = [[Grandmaster (chess)|Grandmaster]]
|worldchampion =
|womensworldchampion =
|rating = 2650<br /><small>(No. 75 on the July 2008 FIDE ratings list)</small>
|peakrating = 2686 (January 2005)
}}
'''Francisco Vallejo Pons''' (born [[August 21]] [[1982]] in [[Es Castell]], [[Menorca]]) is a [[chess]] [[International Grandmaster|Grandmaster]] from [[Spain]]. On February 25, 2006, he defeated FIDE World Champion [[Veselin Topalov]] in 56 moves with the black pieces at the SuperGM Linares-Morelia chess tournament. [http://www.chessbase.com/news/2006/linares/games/linares06.htm]
His fans often refer to him as Paco, a common nickname for Francisco in Spanish.
==External links==
*{{fide|id=2205530|name=Francisco Vallejo Pons}}
* {{chessgames player|id=49085}}
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