GM Vescovi and IM Perdomo lead Torneio Internacional da Amizade

Torneio Internacional da Amizade is taking place August 23 - 31, 2008, in Brazil. It is a 9 round Swiss system organized by Clube de Xadrez São Paulo. GM Vescovi and IM Perdomo lead Torneio Internacional da Amizade with full 4,0 points after round 4. They are closely followed by FM Fusco, WFM Terao, Bueno Alfeu, and FM Tsuboi with 3,5/4. 10 more players have 3,0/4.

A total of 87 players participate in the competition. GM Vescovi is the only grandmaster, other 17 are titled players. Most of the participants are local Brazilian players, but there are also 2 Dutch - Van Riemsdijk and De Winter, 1 Belgium - Willem Hajenius, 1 from USA - Ellery Bann, and 1 Cuban - IM Lebredo.

Standings after round 4

1 IM Perdomo Leandro ARG 2376 4,0
2 GM Vescovi Giovanni BRA 2631 4,0
3 FM Fusco Leonardo ARG 2392 3,5
4 Bueno Alfeu Junior Varela BRA 2267 3,5
5 WFM Terao Juliana Sayumi BRA 2094 3,5
6 FM Tsuboi Edson Kenji BRA 2356 3,5
7 FM Teixeira Ricardo Da Silva BRA 2377 3,0
8 Leal Paulotarcisio Garcia BRA 2211 3,0
9 FM Rodi Luis Ernesto ARG 2376 3,0
10 Moyses Fo Joao BRA 2121 3,0
11 Pereira Silvio Cunha BRA 2284 3,0
12 Calcado Acyr Rogerio BRA 2213 3,0
13 IM Lebredo Zaragoitia Gerardo CUB 2245 3,0
14 WFM Delai Paula Fernanda BRA 2081 3,0
15 Celkevicius Roberto BRA 2063 3,0
16 Oliveira Silvio Eduardo BRA 2323 3,0
17 Nunes Allan Hurba BRA 1920 3,0
18 FM Aranha Filho Alvaro Z BRA 2291 3,0
19 Limberg Estacio Vermelho BRA 2282 3,0
20 FM Santos Marcus Vinicius Moreira BRA 2403 2,5
21 IM De Souza Mauro Guimaraes BRA 2317 2,5
22 Cordeiro Felipe Sarmento BRA 0 2,5
23 IM Segal Alexandru Sorin BRA 2231 2,5
24 Utiyama Marcel Heimar Ribeiro BRA 2139 2,5
25 Schutt Ricardo De Amorim BRA 2153 2,5
26 FM Gonzalez Bolivar Ribeiro BRA 2265 2,5
27 FM Olivencia Flavio BRA 2226 2,5
28 FM Prates Fabiano Fortes BRA 2293 2,5
29 Crespo Antonio Rogerio BRA 2170 2,5
30 Reis Alan De Albuquerque Maran BRA 2012 2,5
31 Batista Renato Luiz BRA 2156 2,5
32 Rosa Jose Antonio BRA 2094 2,5
33 Jukemura Leandro BRA 2113 2,0
34 Abdalla Luiz Guilherme Aurelli BRA 2080 2,0
35 Feliciano Vanessa BRA 2066 2,0
36 IM Trois Francisco R T BRA 2359 2,0
37 Grellmann Fabricio Stadler BRA 0 2,0
38 Salama Andre Sasson BRA 1957 2,0
39 Mariano Marceley Martins BRA 2002 2,0
40 Barbosa Fernando BRA 2036 2,0
41 Madeira Wagner Martins BRA 2265 2,0
42 De Haro Martim Afonso Palma BRA 2117 2,0
43 Piekarski Atila Balzer BRA 1969 2,0
44 Hajenius Willem BEL 2055 2,0
45 Zachi Felipe Parelho BRA 0 2,0
46 Van Riemsdijk Dirk D BRA 2222 2,0
47 Cajal Andre BRA 2081 2,0
48 Rodrigues Bruno Morado BRA 1965 2,0
49 Bastos E Santos Edson BRA 0 2,0
50 Gazola Vanessa Ramos BRA 2011 2,0

Total: 87 players