Giovanni Vescovi

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Giovanni Vescovi
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Giovanni Vescovi, Linares 2008
Full nameGiovanni Portilho Vescovi
Country Brazil
Born (1978-06-14) 14 June 1978 (age 45)
Porto Alegre, Brazil
Title Grandmaster (1998)
FIDE   rating 2584 (March 2024)
Peak rating 2660 (January 2010)
Peak rankingNo. 48 (April 2004)

Giovanni Portilho Vescovi (born 14 June 1978) is a Brazilian chess player. He was awarded the title of International Master in 1993 and the Grandmaster title in 1998. Vescovi is a seven-time national champion (1999, 2000, 2001, 2006, 2007, 2009 and 2010). [1]

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In 1998 he played on the first board in the first World Junior Team Chess Championship (for under 20) in Rio de Janeiro. He won the gold medal thanks to a score of 5½/6 points. [2] He won the Bermuda tournament three times, in 2002, [3] 2003 [4] and 2004. [5] He won the international tournament in São Paulo in 2005 [6] and 2006. [7]

In June 2001 Vescovi won the South American Chess Championship (FIDE 2.4 Zonal). [8] This victory qualified him to play in the FIDE World Chess Championship, which started in November. Here he was knocked out in the second round by Veselin Topalov. [9] In 2003, he tied with Alexander Goldin for first place in the American Continental Chess Championship in Buenos Aires, placing second on tiebreak. [10] This result qualified him for the FIDE World Chess Championship 2004, where he was eliminated in the first round by Gadir Guseinov. [11] In the Chess World Cup 2005 Vescovi was eliminated in the second round by Pentala Harikrishna. [12]

Sample game

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Diagram 1 - position after 23... Rxc4

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Diagram 2 - position after 28... Kf8

Giovanni Vescovi (2490) vs Michael Bezold (2500), Mermaid Beach Club, Bermuda, 1997, round 6, Dutch defense (A81):

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 f5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. b3 c6 6. O-O b6 7. c4 Bb7 8. Qc2 Na6 9. Ba3 Bxa3 10. Nxa3 Qe7 11. Qb2 O-O 12. Rac1 Rac8 13. Nb1 Rfd8 14. Nbd2 c5 15. Rfd1 Rc7 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Ne5 Ne4 18. Nd3 Rdc8 19. Nf4 g5 20. Nxe4 fxe4 21. Nh5 c4 22. bxc4 Rxc4 23. Rxc4 Rxc4(Diagram 1)24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. d5 Rc8 26. d6 Qf7 27. d7 Rd8 28. Nf6+ Kf8(Diagram 2)29. Nxh7+ Kg8 (29... Qxh7 30. Qf6+ Qf7 31. Qxd8+) 30. Nf6+ Kf8 31. Qe5 Nc5 32. Nh7+ Kg8 33. Qxg5+ Kxh7 34. Qxd8 Nd3 1-0

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  1. ↑ "Giovanni Vescovi wins the Brazil Chess Championship". Chessdom. 2010-12-08. Archived from the original on 2017-10-16. Retrieved 2010-12-08.
  2. ↑ Wojciech Bartelski (1998-08-31). "1st World Junior Team Chess Championship, Rio de Janeiro 1998". OlimpBase. Retrieved 2011-12-21.
  3. ↑ Crowther, Mark (2002-02-04). "TWIC 378: Bermuda Tournament". The Week in Chess. London Chess Center. Retrieved 2019-02-26.
  4. ↑ Crowther, Mark (2003-02-10). "TWIC 431: Bermuda 2003". The Week in Chess. London Chess Center. Retrieved 2019-02-26.
  5. ↑ Crowther, Mark (2004-01-26). "TWIC 481: Bermuda GM". The Week in Chess. London Chess Center. Retrieved 2019-02-26.
  6. ↑ Adaucto Wanderley da Nóbrega. "São Paulo 2005 - Torneio Internacional". BrasilBase. Retrieved 2011-12-21.
  7. ↑ Adaucto Wanderley da Nóbrega. "São Paulo 2006 - Prefeitura de SP". Brasilbase. Retrieved 2011-12-21.
  8. ↑ Crowther, Mark (2001-06-18). "TWIC 345: Zone 2.4". The Week in Chess. London Chess Center. Retrieved 2019-02-26.
  9. ↑ Crowther, Mark (2001-12-03). "TWIC 369: FIDE World Chess Championships". The Week in Chess. London Chess Center. Retrieved 2019-02-26.
  10. ↑ Crowther, Mark (2003-09-01). "TWIC 460: Panamerican Continental Championships". The Week in Chess. London Chess Center. Retrieved 2016-01-10.
  11. ↑ Crowther, Mark (2004-06-21). "TWIC 502: FIDE Championship in Tripoli". The Week in Chess. London Chess Center. Retrieved 2019-02-26.
  12. ↑ Crowther, Mark (2005-12-04). "TWIC 578: FIDE World Chess Cup". The Week in Chess. London Chess Center. Retrieved 2019-02-26.
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