Zenón Franco Ocampos (; 12 May 1956 – 1 October 2024) was a chess grandmaster (GM) from Paraguay. In the 1982 Chess Olympiad at

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, he won the gold medal at board one by scoring 11 of 13. In the 1990 Chess Olympiad at

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, he shared first place at board one with 9 points in 12 games. , Franco was the top-ranked player and only GM in Paraguay (now, there are two GMs:

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and José Cubas). He wrote several books on chess for

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under the name Zenón Franco. Franco died in

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on 1 October 2024, at the age of 68.Falleció el ajedrecista Zenón Franco

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