Francisco Vallejo Pons 2168618 225781933 2008-07-15T11:07:05Z 194.171.56.13 rating {{Infobox chess player |playername = Francisco Vallejo Pons |image = [[Image:VallejoPons.jpg|175px]] |caption= |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}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Vallejo Pons, Francisco}} [[Category:1982 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Chess grandmasters]] [[Category:Spanish chess players]] {{Spain-sport-bio-stub}} {{chessplayer-stub}} [[br:Francisco Vallejo Pons]] [[ca:Francisco Vallejo Pons]] [[de:Francisco Vallejo Pons]] [[es:Francisco Vallejo]] [[fr:Francisco Vallejo Pons]] [[nl:Francisco Vallejo Pons]] [[pl:Francisco Vallejo Pons]] [[ru:Вальехо Понс, Франсиско]]