GMJuan Carlos Gonzalez Zamora

Juan Carlos González Zamora was born in Havana in 1968 and learned chess at about nine. By fourteen he had decided to pursue the grandmaster title. He graduated in physical education and built a professional career in Mexico, where he had lived for twenty years by 2014. He became a grandmaster in 2004 and obtained Mexican citizenship in 2008.

A nine-time Mexican champion, González Zamora represented Mexico at the 2004, 2006, 2010 and 2012 Olympiads. He also coached students in Mérida, Yucatán. In 2014 he published Celebrando con recuerdos, a collection of annotated games marking his two decades in Mexico.