Brazilian Chess Championship
Porto Alegre, 7-16th December
by chessdom.com
The 75th Chess Championship of Brazil is taking place on 7-16th December in the beautiful city of Porto Alegre, capitol of the southernmost Brazilian state Rio Grande do Sul. Five of the country’s seven Grandmasters have qualified for the 12-player final (Jaime Sunye Neto and Henrique Mecking are not playing).
Top seeded is Giovanni Vescovi, rated 2635, who is holding five national titles. Six-times champion Gilberto Milos and four-times champion Rafael Leitao are also attending. A number of young lions have recently sprung forth, most notably Aleksander Fier, who already was champion in 2005, at the age of 17.
The organizers, Confederação Brasileira de Xadrez, Federação Gaúcha de Xadrez e União Israelita Porto Alegrense, have provided R$ 15.000,00 in the prize fund. Time control is 90’+30” from the move one.
Participants:
Silvio Eduardo Oliveira 2345
IM Jorge Bittencourt 2455
GM Rafael Leitao 2590
GM Gilberto Milos 2593
GM Giovanni Vescovi 2635
GM Alexandr Fier 2581
IM Andre Diamant 2412
GM Darcy Lima 2488
IM Krikor Sevag Mekhitarian 2511
IM Diego Rafael Di Berardino 2502
Allan Gattas 2223
FM Carlos Alberto Barreto Filho 2299
What happened to Mecking?
Thank you for the kind words about Alexandr Fier. When he was 10 years old he had the honor of playing your sister Judit in the Shahin-Curi simul. here in Brazil.
Luciano Fier.