Julio Becerra Rivero

Who is Julio Becerra Rivero?

Julio Becerra Rivero is an American Grandmaster of chess, who lives in Miami, FL. He plays for the Miami Sharks in the U.S. Chess League.

Becerra won the Cuban Chess Championship in 1996 and 1998 and played in the Chess Olympiads of 1994, 1996 and 1998. He stayed in the U.S. in 1999, after playing the FIDE World Championship in Las Vegas. Afterwards, he moved to Miami in 2005. He was MVP in the U.S. Chess League in 2006. He became the Florida Champion in 2006, and held that title through 2009.