GMManuel Leon Hoyos
- FIDE ID
- 5105269
About Manuel Leon Hoyos
Manuel León Hoyos was born in Mérida in 1989 and became a grandmaster in 2008. He won the Mexican Open and US Open in 2012. Other results included sharing first at the 2010 Arctic Chess Challenge with Mikhail Kobalia and the 2013 Las Vegas festival with Wesley So. Show more
Manuel León Hoyos was born in Mérida in 1989 and became a grandmaster in 2008. He won the Mexican Open and US Open in 2012. Other results included sharing first at the 2010 Arctic Chess Challenge with Mikhail Kobalia and the 2013 Las Vegas festival with Wesley So. He represented Mexico at the 2010, 2012 and 2014 Olympiads and competed in the 2011 World Cup.
León Hoyos worked as a second to Vassily Ivanchuk. In 2012 he accepted a scholarship to Webster University, where he trained with Susan Polgar and played on the university's championship teams. He graduated in 2017 with undergraduate degrees in economics and international relations and a master's in international relations.
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Available Games
Published games available in our archive; coverage varies by tournament. Archive last checked: 2026-11-09 (UTC).
Online games are identified from known tournament names, playing sites and PGN mode. Other games are listed as OTB (over-the-board).
| # | Date | Event | Site | Round | White | Black | Result | Moves | View |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2022-12-30 | 32nd North American Open | Las Vegas USA | 9 | Manuel Leon Hoyos | Ashton Jin | 1-0 | 46 | Open |
| 2 | 2022-12-29 | 32nd North American Open | Las Vegas USA | 7 | Mikhail Al. Antipov | Manuel Leon Hoyos | 1-0 | 79 | Open |
| 3 | 2022-12-27 | 32nd North American Open | Las Vegas USA | 3 | Manuel Leon Hoyos | Eugene Yanayt | 1-0 | 35 | Open |
| 4 | 2022-12-26 | 32nd North American Open | Las Vegas USA | 1 | Manuel Leon Hoyos | Ronak Hiwale | 1-0 | 36 | Open |
| 5 | 2022-12-21 | 32nd Carlos Torre Mem | Merida MEX | 9.19 | Manuel Leon Hoyos | Maritza Arribas Robaina | 1/2-1/2 | 88 | Open |
| 6 | 2022-12-20 | 32nd Carlos Torre Mem | Merida MEX | 8.17 | Miguel Tadeo Palma Villanueva | Manuel Leon Hoyos | 1/2-1/2 | 45 | Open |
| 7 | 2022-12-20 | 32nd Carlos Torre Mem | Merida MEX | 7.9 | Manuel Leon Hoyos | Elier Miranda Mesa | 0-1 | 53 | Open |
| 8 | 2022-12-19 | 32nd Carlos Torre Mem | Merida MEX | 6.5 | Carlos Daniel Albornoz Cabrera | Manuel Leon Hoyos | 1-0 | 65 | Open |
| 9 | 2022-12-18 | 32nd Carlos Torre Mem | Merida MEX | 5.13 | Manuel Leon Hoyos | Julio Cesar Diaz Rosas | 1-0 | 49 | Open |
| 10 | 2022-12-18 | 32nd Carlos Torre Mem | Merida MEX | 4.2 | Yasser Quesada Perez | Manuel Leon Hoyos | 1-0 | 43 | Open |
| 11 | 2022-12-17 | 32nd Carlos Torre Mem | Merida MEX | 2.11 | Cristhian Portal Ramos | Manuel Leon Hoyos | 0-1 | 63 | Open |
| 12 | 2022-12-16 | 32nd Carlos Torre Mem | Merida MEX | 1.15 | Manuel Leon Hoyos | Jose Antonio Garcia de Dios | 1-0 | 72 | Open |
| 13 | 2022-09-22 | 1st Pedro Henriquez Urena | Distrito Nacional DOM | 9.2 | Manuel Leon Hoyos | Fernando Peralta | 1-0 | 43 | Open |
| 14 | 2022-09-21 | 1st Pedro Henriquez Urena | Distrito Nacional DOM | 8.5 | Manuel Leon Hoyos | Darvi Abraham Crispin Ferreras | 1-0 | 42 | Open |
| 15 | 2022-09-21 | 1st Pedro Henriquez Urena | Distrito Nacional DOM | 7.3 | Alejandro Ramirez | Manuel Leon Hoyos | 1-0 | 38 | Open |
| 16 | 2022-09-20 | 1st Pedro Henriquez Urena | Distrito Nacional DOM | 6.2 | Manuel Leon Hoyos | Yasser Quesada Perez | 0-1 | 23 | Open |
| 17 | 2022-09-18 | 1st Pedro Henriquez Urena | Distrito Nacional DOM | 4.3 | Manuel Leon Hoyos | Josue Araujo Sanchez | 1/2-1/2 | 36 | Open |
| 18 | 2022-09-17 | 1st Pedro Henriquez Urena | Distrito Nacional DOM | 3.2 | Jose Fernando Cuenca Jimenez | Manuel Leon Hoyos | 1-0 | 49 | Open |
| 19 | 2022-09-17 | 1st Pedro Henriquez Urena | Distrito Nacional DOM | 2.5 | Manuel Leon Hoyos | Yoel Estarling Polanco Nunez | 1-0 | 48 | Open |
| 20 | 2022-09-16 | 1st Pedro Henriquez Urena | Distrito Nacional DOM | 1.5 | Victor Mendez Ramirez | Manuel Leon Hoyos | 0-1 | 47 | Open |
| 21 | 2017-10-26 | SPICE Cup Open 2017 | Saint Louis USA | 9.9 | Vasif Durarbayli | Manuel Leon Hoyos | 1-0 | 33 | Open |
| 22 | 2017-10-25 | SPICE Cup Open 2017 | Saint Louis USA | 8.13 | Manuel Leon Hoyos | Aaron Grabinsky | 1-0 | 50 | Open |
| 23 | 2017-10-25 | SPICE Cup Open 2017 | Saint Louis USA | 7.9 | Emilio Cordova | Manuel Leon Hoyos | 1-0 | 33 | Open |
| 24 | 2017-10-23 | SPICE Cup Open 2017 | Saint Louis USA | 5.4 | Manuel Leon Hoyos | Yuniesky Quesada Perez | 0-1 | 83 | Open |
| 25 | 2017-10-22 | SPICE Cup Open 2017 | Saint Louis USA | 3.4 | Samuel Sevian | Manuel Leon Hoyos | 1/2-1/2 | 30 | Open |
| 26 | 2017-10-22 | SPICE Cup Open 2017 | Saint Louis USA | 2.3 | Manuel Leon Hoyos | Aleksandr Shimanov | 1-0 | 65 | Open |
| 27 | 2017-10-21 | SPICE Cup Open 2017 | Saint Louis USA | 1.17 | Jack Easton | Manuel Leon Hoyos | 0-1 | 35 | Open |
| 28 | 2016-12-30 | Pan-Am Intercollegiate | Kenner USA | 6.1 | Angel Arribas Lopez | Manuel Leon Hoyos | 0-1 | 14 | Open |
| 29 | 2016-12-29 | Pan-Am Intercollegiate | Kenner USA | 5.1 | Manuel Leon Hoyos | Aleksandr Shimanov | 1-0 | 34 | Open |
| 30 | 2016-12-29 | Pan-Am Intercollegiate | Kenner USA | 4.3 | Cemil Can Ali Marandi | Manuel Leon Hoyos | 1/2-1/2 | 39 | Open |
| 31 | 2016-10-22 | SPICE Cup Open 2016 | Saint Louis USA | 9.1 | Manuel Leon Hoyos | Aaron Grabinsky | 1/2-1/2 | 58 | Open |
| 32 | 2016-10-21 | SPICE Cup Open 2016 | Saint Louis USA | 8.8 | Keaton Kiewra | Manuel Leon Hoyos | 1-0 | 41 | Open |
| 33 | 2016-10-21 | SPICE Cup Open 2016 | Saint Louis USA | 7.5 | Manuel Leon Hoyos | Aleksandr Shimanov | 0-1 | 44 | Open |
| 34 | 2016-10-20 | SPICE Cup Open 2016 | Saint Louis USA | 6.3 | Jeffery Xiong | Manuel Leon Hoyos | 1/2-1/2 | 64 | Open |
| 35 | 2016-10-19 | SPICE Cup Open 2016 | Saint Louis USA | 5.5 | Manuel Leon Hoyos | Samuel Sevian | 1/2-1/2 | 58 | Open |
| 36 | 2016-10-19 | SPICE Cup Open 2016 | Saint Louis USA | 4.8 | Manuel Leon Hoyos | Alexander Kaliksteyn | 1-0 | 35 | Open |
| 37 | 2016-10-18 | SPICE Cup Open 2016 | Saint Louis USA | 2.12 | Thalia Cervantes Landeiro | Manuel Leon Hoyos | 0-1 | 89 | Open |
| 38 | 2015-12-28 | Pan-Am Intercollegiate | Cleveland USA | 3 | Gil Popilski | Manuel Leon Hoyos | 0-1 | 23 | Open |
| 39 | 2015-10-22 | SPICE Cup Open 2015 | Saint Louis USA | 9.7 | Keaton Kiewra | Manuel Leon Hoyos | 1-0 | 65 | Open |
| 40 | 2015-10-21 | SPICE Cup Open 2015 | Saint Louis USA | 7.13 | Robby Adamson | Manuel Leon Hoyos | 0-1 | 93 | Open |
| 41 | 2015-10-20 | SPICE Cup Open 2015 | Saint Louis USA | 6.1 | Kazim Gulamali | Manuel Leon Hoyos | 1-0 | 39 | Open |
| 42 | 2015-10-19 | SPICE Cup Open 2015 | Saint Louis USA | 5.15 | Manuel Leon Hoyos | Doug Eckert | 1-0 | 56 | Open |
| 43 | 2015-10-19 | SPICE Cup Open 2015 | Saint Louis USA | 4.13 | Felipe Kubiaki Menna Barreto | Manuel Leon Hoyos | 1/2-1/2 | 75 | Open |
| 44 | 2015-10-18 | SPICE Cup Open 2015 | Saint Louis USA | 3.11 | Manuel Leon Hoyos | Qibiao Wang | 0-1 | 30 | Open |
| 45 | 2015-10-18 | SPICE Cup Open 2015 | Saint Louis USA | 2.14 | Jouaquin Banawa | Manuel Leon Hoyos | 0-1 | 53 | Open |
| 46 | 2015-10-17 | SPICE Cup Open 2015 | Saint Louis USA | 1.12 | Manuel Leon Hoyos | Nolan R Hendrickson | 0-1 | 76 | Open |
| 47 | 2014-12-30 | Pan-Am Intercollegiate | South Padre Island USA | 6.2 | Manuel Leon Hoyos | Andrey Gorovets | 1/2-1/2 | 32 | Open |
| 48 | 2014-12-29 | Pan-Am Intercollegiate | South Padre Island USA | 5.4 | Steven Breckenridge | Manuel Leon Hoyos | 1/2-1/2 | 36 | Open |
| 49 | 2014-12-29 | Pan-Am Intercollegiate | South Padre Island USA | 4.2 | Manuel Leon Hoyos | Kore Akshayraj | 0-1 | 56 | Open |
| 50 | 2014-12-28 | Pan-Am Intercollegiate | South Padre Island USA | 2.6 | Manuel Leon Hoyos | Patrycja Labedz | 1-0 | 35 | Open |