Standings after 9 rounds Rk. Name FED Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 gm Leitao Rafael BRA 2626 7.5 0.0 29.50 1.0 2 gm Fier Alexandr BRA 2573 6.5 0.0 26.75 1.5 3 gm Mecking Henrique BRA 2590 5.5 0.5 22.75 1.0 4 gm Matsuura Everaldo BRA 2487 5.5 0.5 22.50 1.5 5 gm El […]
Leitao leads Brazilian Championship by a full point
Standings after 8 rounds Rk. Name FED Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 gm Leitao Rafael BRA 2626 6.5 0.0 22.50 0.5 2 gm Fier Alexandr BRA 2573 5.5 0.0 20.00 0.5 3 gm Matsuura Everaldo BRA 2487 5.0 0.0 18.00 1.0 4 gm Mecking Henrique BRA 2590 5.0 0.0 17.75 0.5 5 gm El […]
Brazil Chess Championship Round 7
Brazil Chess Championship Round 7 The 78th Brazil Chess Championship is taking place from 10th to 20th December, 2011, at the Hotel Dann Inn Cambuí in Campinas. 12 players compete in the round robin tournament. The competitors exercise a fantastic fighting spirit and only a handful of draws were signed. In round seven all games […]
Leitao continues to lead Brazilian Championship
Standings after 6 rounds http://chess-results.com/tnr61504.aspx Rk. Name FED Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 gm Leitao Rafael BRA 2626 5.0 0.0 11.75 0.0 2 gm Mecking Henrique BRA 2590 4.5 0.0 13.25 0.0 3 gm Fier Alexandr BRA 2573 4.0 0.0 9.75 0.0 4 gm Matsuura Everaldo BRA 2487 3.5 0.0 9.00 0.0 5 fm […]
Leitao leads Brazilian Championship after 5
Standings after 5 http://chess-results.com/tnr61504.aspx Rk. Name FED Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 gm Leitao Rafael BRA 2626 4.0 0.0 7.50 0.0 2 gm Mecking Henrique BRA 2590 3.5 0.5 7.50 0.0 3 gm Fier Alexandr BRA 2573 3.5 0.5 7.00 0.0 4 im Barbosa Evandro BRA 2412 3.0 1.5 6.75 0.0 5 gm Matsuura […]
Mecking to participate in Brazilian Championship
The 78th Brazil Chess Championship is taking place from 10th to 20th December in Campinas. 12 players compete in the round robin tournament. GM Giovanni Vescovi is defending the last year’s title. Participants: GM Giovanni Vescovi 2637GM Rafael Leitão 2626GM Henrique Mecking 2590GM Alexandr Fier 2573IM Diego Di Berardino 2491GM Everaldo Matsuura 2487GM Krikor Meckhitarian […]
Festival Paulista de Xadrez 2011
Festival Paulista de Xadrez 2011 The 2011 Festival Paulista de Xadrez is being held from 25th November to 4th December in Santos, Sao Paulo, Brazil. The Festival is organized by the Federação Paulista de Xadrez and consists of two round robin tournaments and the Swiss-Open Campeonato Paulista de Xadrez Absoluto. The 10th Internacional Mario Covas […]
Hero’s welcome for chess champ Jorge Cori
Hero’s welcome for chess champ Jorge Cori Lima, Nov. 29 (ANDINA). Peruvian chess player Jorge Cori received a hero’s welcome home on Tuesday after winning the World Youth Chess Championship in Goias, Brazil, an event involving 200 competitors from 20 countries. The 14-year-old prodigy arrived in the capital Lima alongside his father Jorge Cori and […]
Awonder Liang wins World Youth Gold
Awonder Liang, winner of the 2011 Susan Polgar Foundation World Open for Boys (picture above) in Chicago, has just captured the Gold medal at the World Youth under 8 in Brazil. He was a full point ahead of the field going into the final round. In spite of the last round lost, he still won […]
Important! Change of Playing Schedule for World Youth
Change of Playing Schedule for World Youth The World Youth Championships will take place at Caldas Novas, Brazil from November 17th to 27th 2011. The Executive Board Meeting in Krakow considered whether the schedule for this year’s World Youth Championships should be amended. The change of venue from Rio de Janeiro to Caldas Novas has […]