Standings after 8 rounds:
| Rk. | Name | Rtg | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | |
| 1 | GM | Vescovi Giovanni | 2622 | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6,5 | 22,00 | 0,0 | |||
| 2 | GM | Fier Alexandr | 2572 | ½ | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 6,0 | 22,75 | 0,0 | |||
| 3 | IM | Di Berardino Diego Rafael | 2491 | 0 | * | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5,5 | 15,00 | 0,0 | |||
| 4 | GM | Mekhitarian Krikor Sevag | 2525 | ½ | 0 | * | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 4,5 | 15,00 | 0,0 | |||
| 5 | GM | Leitao Rafael | 2626 | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4,5 | 14,75 | 0,0 | |||
| 6 | IM | Matsuura Everaldo | 2490 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4,5 | 14,25 | 0,0 | |||
| 7 | GM | Milos Gilberto | 2596 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 4,5 | 12,75 | 0,0 | |||
| 8 | GM | El Debs Felipe De Cresce | 2502 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | 1 | 4,0 | 15,00 | 0,0 | |||
| 9 | FM | Shumyatsky Victor | 2352 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | * | 1 | 1 | 3,5 | 9,75 | 0,0 | |||
| 10 | FM | Gonzalez Bolivar Ribeiro | 2277 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | * | ½ | 2,0 | 8,50 | 0,0 | |||
| 11 | FM | Jatoba De Oliveira Reis Paulo | 2378 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | 2,0 | 7,25 | 0,0 | |||
| 12 | FM | Barreto Filho Carlos Alberto | 2350 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | 0,5 | 1,00 | 0,0 |
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Leitao isn’t getting it done.