GMJuan Manuel Bellon Lopez

Juan Manuel Bellón López was born in Valencia in 1950. He won five Spanish championships between 1969 and 1982. He became an international master in 1974 and a grandmaster in 1978. At the 1978 Buenos Aires Olympiad he earned individual silver on fourth board. He also won an individual bronze medal at the 1989 European Team Championship.

Bellón’s tournament successes included the 1986-87 Rilton Cup in Stockholm and events in Barcelona, Terrassa and Cuba. He married Swedish grandmaster Pia Cramling in 1988. Their daughter Anna Cramling became a titled player and chess broadcaster. After representing Spain for decades, Bellón began playing internationally for Sweden in 2017.