FIVE OF THE EIGHT BEST CHESS PLAYERS IN THE WORLD WILL COMPETE IN THE 5TH MASTERS FINAL IN SAO PAULO AND BILBAO Five of the world’s best players will be at the final: Current world champion, Viswanathan Anand, Magnus Carlsen, number one in the world rankings, Olympic champion, Levon Aronián, Serguéi Kariakin and Fabiano Caruana. […]
Sao Paulo and Bilbao to host the Grand Slam Masters Final again
SAO PAULO AND BILBAO TO HOST THE GRAND SLAM MASTERS FINAL, ONE OF THE WORLD’S MOST IMPOTANT CHESS TOURNAMENTS, FOR THE SECOND CONSECUTIVE YEAR • Guilherme Mattar, Deputy Secretary of External Relations of the Prefecture (City Hall) of Sao Paulo, visited Bilbao today to outline the details of the agreement. • Brazil’s economic capital will […]
GM Alexandr Fier wins the rapid event in Campo Limpo Paulista
GM Alexandr Fier wins the rapid event in Campo Limpo Paulista Aberto do Brasil de Xadrez Rapido Campo Limpo Paulista was held on 6th May at the Paço Municipal in Campo Limpo Paulista, Brazil. The 7-round Swiss event was valid for CBX/FIDE rapid elo. The time control was 21 minutes per player and the prize […]
Sevag Mekhitarian winner of Brazil Open
Sevag Mekhitarian winner of Brazil Open Grand Master Krikor-Sevag Mekhitarian scored 6 points out of 7 and took the first prize at the 2nd Brazil Open held in Fortaleza, Armenian chess federation website report says. According to the source the same results showed GMs Cubas (Paraguay), Vescovi and El Debs (Brazil) but they were behind […]
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 […]
Judit and Mecking to play in Brazil
Judit Polgar and Henrique Mecking to play in Brazil On March 1st and 2nd the untiring Judit Polgar, relentless in her efforts to promote the royal game, will be playing in an invitational rapid tournament in Brazil, in Caxias do Sul in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. Aside from Judit Polgar, there will […]
Former Brazilian Champion turns 22
Grandmaster Andre Diamant, former champion of Brazil, and a key member of the reigning SPICE National Collegiate Championship team, turns 22 today. Happy Birthday Andre! Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Interview with Judit Polgar
Interview with GM Judit Polgár By Rádio Xadrez Rádio Xadrez – A lot of our readers were young when you came to Brazil in 1996, played (and won) a match against GM Gilberto Milos. Was it your first and only visit to our country? Judit Polgár – It was my first visit to Brazil, yes, […]
GM Rafael Leitao is 2011 Brazil Champion
GM Rafael Leitao is 2011 Brazil Champion The 78th Brazil Chess Championship was held from 10th to 20th December, 2011, at the Hotel Dann Inn Cambuí in Campinas. 12 players competed in the round robin tournament. The participants exercised a tremendous fighting spirit and two thirds of all games ended with decisive results. GM Rafael […]
Leitao earns at least a share of first with one to go
Brazilian Championship 2011 Standings with one round to go Rk. Name FED Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 gm Leitao Rafael BRA 2626 8.5 0.0 36.50 2.0 2 gm Fier Alexandr BRA 2573 7.5 0.0 34.25 2.5 3 gm Mecking Henrique BRA 2590 6.5 0.0 29.75 2.0 4 gm Matsuura Everaldo BRA 2487 5.5 0.0 […]