Alonso Zapata Ramirez is a Colombian chess Grandmaster.

He was Colombian Champion

Colombian Chess Championship

The first Colombian Championship was held in Cali in 1928, and first Women's Championship in Bogotá in 1965.- Champions :- Champions :-References:********...

 in 1980, 1981, 1995 (joint), 1996, 2000, and 2002.

Zapata played eleven times for Colombia in the Chess Olympiad

Chess Olympiad

The Chess Olympiad is a biennial chess tournament in which teams from all over the world compete against each other. The event is organised by FIDE, which selects the host nation.-Birth of the Olympiad:The first Olympiad was unofficial...

s (1978–1992, 1996–1998, and 2002).

He finished second, behind Artur Yusupov

Artur Yusupov

Artur Mayakovich Yusupov is a German International Grandmaster of chess, and a chess writer.-Chess career:...

, in the 16th World Junior Chess Championship

World Junior Chess Championship

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 at Innsbruck 1977, tied for 2nd-3rd at Havana 1980, twice shared 1st at Cienfuegos 1980 and Matanzas 1994 (Capablanca Memorial

Capablanca Memorial

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).

Zapata was awarded the International Master (IM) title in 1980 and the GM title in 1984.

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