Brazilian Chess Championship

73rd Brazilian Chess Championship was held on November 24th-December 3rd in Guarulhos. After winning Torneio Internacional Prefeitura da Cidade de São Paulo just two weeks ago, GM Giovanni Vescovi repeated strong performance to grab the title. GM Rafael Leitão was again half point behind.

Final standings:
1. GM Giovanni Vescovi (2592) with 8.5/11 points
2. GM Rafael Leitão (2601) 8.0
3. GM Gilberto Milos Jr (2563) 7.5
4. IM Herman Claudius van Riemsdijk (2381) 7.0
5. FM Felipe de Cresce El Debs (2325) 6.5
6-7. IM Alexandr Fier (2490) and IM James Mann de Toledo (2376) 5.5
8-9. IM Eduardo Limp (2416) and Diego Di Berardino (2370) 4.5
10. FM Andre Diamant (2396) 3.5
11. IM Jefferson Pelikian (2385) 3.0
12. Jefferson dos Santos Oliveira (2183) 2.0


GM Giovanni Vescovi - GM Gilberto Milos Jr
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qf3 Qxf3 7. gxf3 bxc6 8. Be3 Bxe3 9. fxe3 Rb8 10. b3 Nf6 11. Rg1 O-O 12. Nc3 Re8 13. Rg5 d5 14. Bd3 h6 15. Rg2 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Kf8 17. Re2 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Rb5 19. Ng3 h5 20. Rd1 h4 21. Nf1 Ra5 22. c4 Bh3 23. Rd4 g5 24. Kf2 f5 25. f4 gxf4 26. Rxf4 Re4 27. a4 Bxf1 28. Kxf1 Rae5 29. Rxe4 Rxe4 30. Kf2 Rg4 31. Kf3 Rg1 32. e4 Rf1+ 33. Kg2 Rb1 34. exf5 Rxb3 35. Re6 Rb2+ 36. Kh3 Rf2 37. Rxc6 Rxf5 38. Rxc7 Ra5 39. Kxh4 Rxa4 40. Kg5 Ra1 41. h4 Ke8 42. h5 Rg1+ 43. Kf6 Rh1 44. Rc5 Rh4 45. Kg6 a5 46. h6 a4 47. h7 1-0

GM Giovanni Vescovi - IM Jefferson Pelikian
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5 9. f5


9...cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc5 12. O-O-O Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Qg5+ 14. Kb1 O-O 15. Bd3 Bb7 16. h4 Qe7 17. Rde1 exf5 18. Bxf5 Nc5 19. h5 h6 20. g4 Ne6 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Rhg1 Rac8 23. g5 hxg5 24. Nd1 Rf4 25. Qd2 d4 26. Nf2 Rf5 27. Nh3 Bf3 28. Nxg5 Bxh5 29. Ne4 Rcf8 30. Qxd4 Rf4 31. Qe3 Rf3 32. Qh6 1-0

GM Giovanni Vescovi - FM Felipe de Cresce El Debs
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qd2 Bb4 9. Rc1 h6 10. Bh4 O-O 11. a3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Qxa3 13. Bd3 Re8 14. e4 Ne7 15. Bg3 b6 16. O-O Ng6 17. h4 Qf8 18. h5 Ne7 19. c4 Bb7 20. c5 Nc8 21. Ne5 Nxe5 22. Bxe5 Qe7 23. Be2 Rd8 24. Qb2 bxc5 25. dxc5 f6 26. Bg3 a5 27. Rfd1 Re8 28. Qa2 Ba6 29. Bg4 Bb5 30. e5 Qf7 31. Rd8 Kh7 32. Rxe8 Qxe8 33. exf6 gxf6 34. Bxe6 Qxh5 35. Re1 Qxc5 36. Bxc8 Qd5 37. Qb1+ 1-0


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