| postscript=}}</ref> Met deze overwinning kwalificeerde hij zich voor de Wereldbeker Schaken 2007, waar hij in de eerste ronde zijn match tegen [[Arkady Naiditsch]] verloor met ½–1½.
* In 2008 won hij het 2e Ibero-Amerikaanse kampioenschap in [[Linares (Spanje)|Linares]] (Spanje) door in de finale met 2½-1½ te winnen van [[Eduardo Iturrizaga]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Iberoamericano: Granda nuevo campeón|url=http://es.chessbase.com/post/iberoamericano-granda-nuevo-campen|publisher=ChessBase|accessdate=8 October 2015|date=2008-03-07|language=Spanish}}</ref>
* In december 2009 werd hij gedeeld 1e–4e met [[Georg Meier (schaker)|Georg Meier]], [[Viktor Láznička]] en [[Kiril Georgiev]] in het 19e Magistral [[Pamplona (Spanje)|Pamplona]] toernooi.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/chessnews/events/19th-pamplona-international|title=The Week in Chess: 19th Pamplona International|last=Crowther|first=Mark|publisher=Chess.co.uk|accessdate=31 dec. 2009|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930232433/http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/chessnews/events/19th-pamplona-international|archivedate=30 sept. 2011}}</ref>
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In December 2009, he tied for 1st–4th with [[Georg Meier (chess player)|Georg Meier]], [[Viktor Láznička]] and [[Kiril Georgiev]] in the 19th Magistral [[Pamplona]] Tournament.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/chessnews/events/19th!-pamplona-international|title=The Week in Chess: 19th Pamplona International|last=Crowther|first=Mark|publisher=Chess.co.uk|accessdate=31 December 2009|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930232433/http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/chessnews/events/19th-pamplona-international|archivedate=30 September 2011}}</ref> In 2010, he won the 5th Torneo Abierto in [[Guadalajara, Spain|Guadalajara]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://reports.chessdom.com/news-2010/torneo-abierto-guadalajara|title=5th Torneo Abierto Internacional UNED Guadalajara|publisher=Chessdom|accessdate=20 April 2010}}</ref> In 2011 he tied for 2nd–7th with [[Aleksander Delchev]], [[Ivan Šarić (chess player)|Ivan Šarić]], [[Pablo Almagro Llamas]], [[Maxim Turov]] and [[Mihail Marin]s] the 31st Villa de [[Benasque]] Open.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tournaments.chessdom.com/news-2011/benasque-open|title=Tigran Petrosian Victorious in Benasque Open|publisher=Chessdom|accessdate=17 July 2011}}</ref> In the [[Chess World Cup 2013]] in [[Tromsø]], Norway, Granda reached round four, after knocking out [[Hrant Melkumyan]], [[Peter Leko]] and [[Anish Giri]]. He was however defeated by [[Fabiano Caruana]] with two losses.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chessworldcup2013.com/games/pairings |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2013-10-08 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131221232754/http://www.chessworldcup2013.com/games/pairings |archivedate=2013-12-21 }}</ref>
Julio Granda played for Peru in the [[Chess Olympiad]]s of 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2010 and 2014.<ref>[http://www.olimpbase.org/players/yg6ucuqk.html Men's Chess Olympiads: Julio Granda Zuñiga]. OlimpBase.</ref>
