Giovanni Vescovi

Infobox chess player
playername = Giovanni Vescovi


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birthname = Giovanni Portilho Vescovi
country = BRA
datebirth = birth date and age|1978|6|14
placebirth = Porto Alegre, Armenia
datedeath =
placedeath =
title = Grandmaster (1998)
worldchampion =
womensworldchampion =
rating = 2631
(No. 102 on the July 2008 FIDE ratings list)
peakrating = 2648 (April 2004)

Giovanni Portilho Vescovi (born June 14 1978) is an Brazilian chess player. He is currently the highest rated Brazilian and has won the national championship five times (1999, 2000, 2001, 2006 and 2007). He was awarded the title of International Master in 1993 and the Grandmaster title in 1998. In 1998 he played on the first board in the first World Junior Team Chess Championship (for Under-20) in Rio de Janeiro [ [http://www.olimpbase.org/1998j/1998in.html OlimpBase :: 1st World Junior Team Chess Championship, Rio de Janeiro 1998, information ] ] . He won the gold medal winning with a score of 5.5/6. In 2001 we won the South American Chess Championship (FIDE 2.4 Zonal) [ [http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic345.html#5 The Week in Chess 345 ] ] . He won the Bermuda tournament three times, in 2002 [ [http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic378.html#11 The Week in Chess 378 ] ] , 2003 [ [http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic431.html#4 The Week in Chess 431 ] ] and 2004. [ [http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic481.html#3 The Week in Chess 481 ] ] He won the international tournament in Sao Paulo in 2005 [ [http://www.brasilbase.pro.br/tb2005sp.htm Sao Paulo 2005 - Torneio Internacional ] ] and 2006 [ [http://www.brasilbase.pro.br/tb2006sl.htm Sao Paulo 2006 - Prefeitura de Sao Paulo ] ] .

He participated in the FIDE World Chess Championship 2002 knockout tournament, and was knocked out in the second round against Veselin Topalov. [ [http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic369.html The Week in Chess 369 ] ] He took part in the FIDE World Chess Championship 2004, but was eliminated in the first round by Gadir Guseinov. [ [http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic502.html#2 The Week in Chess 502 ] ] In the Chess World Cup 2005, where he was eliminated in the second round by Pentala Harikrishna. [ [http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic578.html#2 The Week in Chess 578 ] ]

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* [http://www.gmvescovi.com.br/ Official Website]
* [http://www.brasilbase.pro.br/jvesc.htm Biography from brasilbase]