Juan Manuel Bellón López

Juan Manuel Bellón López (born 8 May 1950) is a Spanish chess player who holds the FIDE title of Grandmaster (1978).

Juan Manuel Bellón López has participated in international chess tournaments many times, achieving successes including first place or shared first place in: Torremolinos (1978),[3] Stockholm Rilton Cup (1986/87), Barcelona (1988), Terrassa (1990), Castell-Platja d'Aro (1994), Santa Clara (1999), Varadero (2000).

Bellón López played for Spain in the Chess Olympiads:[4] Bellón López played for Spain in the European Team Chess Championships:[5] Also Bellón López three times participated in Clare Benedict Chess Cup (1970, 1974–1977) and in team competition won gold (1970) medal.

One of his chess heroes was Mikhail Tal, former world champion for his creative and aggressive style of play.

He is married to Swedish chess FIDE Grandmaster Pia Cramling,[7] and their daughter Anna Cramling Bellón (born 2002) also plays chess, holding a Women FIDE Master (WFM) title, and has a chess-focused YouTube channel and Twitch stream.