160th Aniversário de São José do Rio Preto

160th Aniversário de São José do Rio Preto

The city of Sao Jose do Rio Preto in Brazil celebrated on March 19 its 160th anniversary with a number of festivities, including an open chess tournament.

Federação Paulista de Xadrez, Confederação Brasileira de Xadrez and IA Ramon Arnal Carrasco Júnior organized the six-round Swiss event from 23rd to 25th March at the Rio Preto Automóvel Clube.

At the end of the exciting weekend five players shared the first place with 5 points each. Rodrigues Tiago Pereira edged the opposition, including Grandmasters Sandro Mareco and El Debs Felipe, on better tie-break and grabbed the winner’s trophy. Full standings bellow.

The prize fund was R$ 6.000, with R$ 1.300 reserved for the winner. Official website

Final standings:

1 Rodrigues Tiago Pereira BRA 2121 – 5
2 Oliveira Fernando Henrique BRA 2092 – 5
3 GM Mareco Sandro ARG 2579 – 5
4 GM El Debs Felipe De Cresce BRA 2507 – 5
5 FM Abdalla Luiz Guilherme Aurelli BRA 2277 – 5
6 FM Martins Carlos BRA 2250 – 4.5
7 IM Molina Roberto Junio Brito BRA 2407 – 4.5
8 Supi Luis Paulo BRA 2218 – 4.5
9 CM Proudian Armen BRA 2131 – 4
10 FM Egoroff Jomar BRA 2317 – 4
11 Sousa Jr Jose Antonio Madalena BRA 2006 – 4
12 Sztokbant Bernardo Vainzoff BRA 2059 – 4
13 IM Blit Jacques ARG 2282 – 4
14 Oliveira Silvio Eduardo BRA 2337 – 4
15 Utiyama Marcel Heimar Ribeiro BRA 2120 – 4
16 Gattass Allan BRA 2258 – 4
17 Goncalves Ivan Mesquita V BRA 2098 – 4
18 Yano William Jorge Froes BRA 2124 – 4
19 Custodio Leandro BRA 0 – 4
20 Camargo Peter Jackson Miller BRA 1838 – 4