Yepez has contributed to the Ecuadorian chess history with remarkable distinctions and particular style. His first national Championship was held after a nine-hour match, when he defeated Francisco Aguirre with a final score of 2½–½, using the
Grünfeld Defence. Another outstanding fact was registered in the Tournament "Ecopetrol -
El Tiempo", where Yepez recorded a historic draw by agreement with
Henrique Costa Mecking. This match was one of the most memorable of his career. In the same event, he gained remarkable victories over
Carlos Cuartas "El Mago" (National Colombian Champion), and
Miguel Cuéllar in the well remembered 84-movement and nine-hour match, which was the longest of the contest. In an effort to promote chess locally, Yepez and friends founded the "Club de Ajedrez Quito". During its existence, the Club organized some local tournaments with the best national chess players at the time, but finally it was closed due to lack of financial support. In his last days, while struggling against the hardships of his illness, he managed to play his last matches in bed, leaving a chess book on his night table marked in a certain page with a little chess horse just a few days before his death on August 2, 2010. The "Concentracion Deportiva de Pichincha" paid him homage "In Memoriam" with the 2010 Quito tournament "XV Prix Nacional de Ajedrez - Cuarta Parada Ing. Trotzky Yepez", and by naming the Chess School Audiovisual room after him. == References ==