Festa da Uva, the first major chess event in Brazil in 2012, took place on 1st-4th March in Caxias do Sul.
The Festival started with the four-player double round robin rapid tournament on 1st March. The guest of honor GM Judit Polgar convincingly won the competition by collecting 5 points from six games.
Grandmasters Gilberto Milos and Andres Rodriguez shared the 2nd with 2.5 points each, while the legendary Henrique Mecking collected 2.0 points.
Polgar and Milos then proceeded into the final which the Hungarian Princess won by 2-0. At the same time Rodriguez edged Mecking by 1,5-0,5. This special event was played to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Recreio da Juventude.
Judit Polgar
On 3rd and 4th March the 12th Torneio Aberto Internacional de Xadrez Festa da Uva Recreio da Juventude was played as an open rapid tournament. The turnout was fantastic and 188 players took participation.
This time Gilberto Milos was unstoppable to claim a clear first place with 8.5/9 points, leaving the nearest opposition a full point behind. IM Dragan Stamenkovic was the only to snatch a draw from Milos.
The XI Torneio Festa da Uva, which was played in 2010, featured Vassily Ivanchuk as the star player.
Gilberto Milos
Rapid open final standings:
1. GM Milos Junior Gilberto BRA 2593 – 8.5
2. GM Polgar Judit HUN 2709 – 7.5
3. GM Vescovi Giovanni Portilho BRA 2604 – 7.5
4. GM Flores Diego ARG 2599 – 7.5
5. GM Mareco Sandro ARG 2579 – 7
6. GM El Debs Felipe De Cresce BRA 2507 – 7
7. GM Rodriguez Vila Andres URU 2518 – 7
8. GM Mecking Henrique Costa BRA 2589 – 7
9. GM Cubas Jose Fernando PAR 2518 – 7
10. Born Carlos Rodrigo BRA 2199 – 7
11. Starke Bruno Orlando BRA 2086 – 7
12. Stevens Tristan James AUS 2134 – 7
13. IM Hungaski Robert Andrew USA 2507 – 6.5
14. IM Roselli Bernardo URU 2423 – 6.5
15. Burgos Marcelo Alves BRA 2194 – 6.5
16. FM Matsuura Frederico BRA 2287 – 6.5
17. FM Bueno Alfeu Junior Varela BRA 2291 – 6.5
18. Sampaio Leonardo De Souza Prallon BRA 1976 – 6.5
19. Crespo Antonio Rogerio P. Tav BRA 2119 – 6.5
20. IM Stamenkovic Dragan SRB 2383 – 6
21. Barreto Felipe Kubiaki Menna BRA 2247 – 6
22. Souza Ivan Boere BRA 2283 – 6
23. FM Izquierdo Daniel URU 2261 – 6
24. Borges Guilherme Deola BRA 2155 – 6
25. GM Matsuura Everaldo BRA 2486 – 6
26. Santos Junior Jose Luiz Dos BRA 0 – 6
27. Patroclo Arthur Ruiz BRA 2132 – 6
28. Borges Rodrigo Da Silva BRA 2205 – 6
29. Da Cruz Eider Tiago BRA 2133 – 6
30. Baptista Andre Kemper BRA 0 – 6
31. Caliari Paulo BRA 0 – 6
32. Antunes Luciano Justi BRA 2121 – 6
33. Spritzer Abrao Rafael BRA 0 – 6
34. Naissinger William Quevedo BRA 1940 – 6
35. De Freitas Julio Eimard BRA 1865 – 6
36. Fleck Da Silva Rafael BRA 1927 – 6
37. Cordioli Jairo Ribeiro BRA 2053 – 6
38. Bordignon Alexandro BRA 0 – 6
39. Dornelles Marcio Neron Camarg BRA 0 – 6
40. Izquierdo Sebastian URU 2043 – 5.5
41. Florianovitz Derlei Alex BRA 2051 – 5.5
42. Lupato Volmir BRA 0 – 5.5
43. Chemim Justo Reinaldo BRA 2153 – 5.5
44. Pertuzatti Daniel BRA 2011 – 5.5
45. Sperb Eduardo Quintana BRA 2040 – 5.5
46. Klein Gilberto Antonio BRA 0 – 5.5
47. Pasini Iuri Alan BRA 2001 – 5.5
48. Carvalho Miguel Angelo Alvare BRA 2065 – 5.5
49. Deste Dayan Kuhn BRA 0 – 5.5
50. Senger Marcelo BRA 0 – 5.5
51. Dos Santos Caio Mateus BRA 0 – 5.5
52. Panazzolo Paulo Victor BRA 0 – 5.5
53. Mazzochi Mauro Alfeu BRA 0 – 5.5
54. Dos Santos Tiago Augusto BRA 2023 – 5
55. Boff Lucas Strauss BRA 1998 – 5
56. Salustiano Murilo Gimenez BRA 2011 – 5
57. Gambale Eduardo De Aquino BRA 1980 – 5
58. Pluschkat Gustavo Ranulpho BRA 2003 – 5
59. Oliveira Paulo Sergio De Castro BRA 2182 – 5
60. Aguiar Djalma BRA 1964 – 5
61. De Salles Leandro Luiz Krause BRA 2098 – 5
62. Nemeth Junior Henrique BRA 1924 – 5
63. Backes Jorge Henrique Marx BRA 0 – 5
64. Hille Waltercler BRA 1906 – 5
65. Horst Rodrigo BRA 0 – 5
66. Verdum Humberto Soares BRA 0 – 5
67. Eltz Vinicius Amaro BRA 0 – 5
68. Fischer Junior Donaldo BRA 0 – 5
69. Almeida Edson Soyaux BRA 0 – 5
. Moro Antonio Renato Pereira BRA 0 – 5
71. Schuh Astor Jose BRA 2055 – 5
72. CM Vescovi Katherine Lemos BRA 1706 – 5
73. Martins Anderson Donay BRA 1946 – 5
74. Juliano Joao Carlos Mazzini BRA 0 – 5
75. De Almeida Tiago BRA 0 – 5
76. Teixeira Bruno Moraes BRA 0 – 5
77. Flach Kauan Andrei BRA 1706 – 5
78. Campestrini Carine Katia BRA 0 – 5
79. Meneghetti Alexandre BRA 0 – 5
80. Rocha Reeges Ferraz BRA 0 – 5
81. Schilling Ian Fischer BRA 0 – 5
82. Lima Tiago Lacerda BRA 0 – 5
83. Da Silva Joao Carlos Orguim BRA 1922 – 5
84. Lazzarotto Marcio BRA 0 – 4.5
85. Maia Jonathan Cesar BRA 0 – 4.5
86. Zimmermann Kleber Renato Pere BRA 0 – 4.5
87. Dobuchak Thiago Carstens BRA 1771 – 4.5
88. Cardoso Junior Cicero Assunca BRA 1920 – 4.5
89. De San Vicente Sabrina URU 1731 – 4.5
90. Koroleski Flavio Teixeira BRA 0 – 4.5
91. Da Silva Agnaldo Braga BRA 1814 – 4.5
92. Arpon Filho Rafael Lana BRA 0 – 4.5
93. Schucman Rebeca Lot BRA 1575 – 4.5
94. Lukaszczyk João Paulo BRA 0 – 4.5
95. Viegas Cesar Brasil BRA 0 – 4.5
96. Bidigaray Marcio BRA 1722 – 4.5
97. Farias Junior Sergio Luiz Cardoso BRA 0 – 4.5
98. Mentges Antonio Esidio BRA 0 – 4.5
99. Heledoro Vitor Mizael Mares BRA 0 – 4.5
100. Scardini Leonardo BRA 1584 – 4.5
101. Villetti Celito André BRA 0 – 4
102. Arpon Rodrigo Tobias Lana BRA 0 – 4
103. Epifanio Matias BRA 0 – 4
104. Nunes Franklin Carvalho BRA 0 – 4
105. Leite Tarcisio Dantas Frota BRA 1694 – 4
106. De Oliveira Icaro Jesus BRA 0 – 4
107. De Azevedo Eduardo Jose Estev BRA 1909 – 4
108. Benevenga Antonio BRA 0 – 4
109. Moritz Diego Homrich BRA 0 – 4
110. Da Silva Janaina Alice Borges BRA 0 – 4
111. Couto Mauricio Souza BRA 0 – 4
112. Do Prado Lucas Muller BRA 0 – 4
113. Smiderle Guilherme BRA 0 – 4
114. Ledur Ricardo Correa BRA 0 – 4
115. Trelha Victor Hugo Salmaso BRA 0 – 4
116. Cardoso Gustavo Dos Santos BRA 0 – 4
117. Da Silva Filho Joaquim Virguli BRA 0 – 4
118. Minks Nolasco Roger BRA 0 – 4
119. Hille Willian Henrique BRA 0 – 4
120. Pereira Peterson Da Luz BRA 0 – 4
121. Rihl Pedro Frata BRA 0 – 4
122. Biasuz Rodrigo BRA 0 – 4
123. Alves Larissa Dos Santos BRA 0 – 4
124. Trindade Jean Steffens Da BRA 0 – 4
125. Dos Santos Edinei Fischer BRA 0 – 4
126. Ferreira Daisy Camargo BRA 0 – 4
127. Ossi Antonio BRA 0 – 4
128. Da Rocha Mateus Milkievicz BRA 0 – 4
129. Barbosa José Eldir BRA 0 – 4
130. Homercher Bibiana BRA 0 – 4
131. Neto Armando Da Silva BRA 0 – 3.5
132. Silveira Leonardo BRA 0 – 3.5
133. Vescovi Filho Giovanni BRA 0 – 3.5
134. Boeira Dimitri Ariel Pires BRA 0 – 3.5
135. Marrero Junior Ignacio Pereira BRA 0 – 3.5
136. Giordano Melquior BRA 0 – 3.5
137. Dillenburg Alberto Francisco BRA 0 – 3.5
138. Petro Marcelo BRA 0 – 3.5
139. Silva Lucas De Melo BRA 0 – 3.5
140. Ishikawas Juliana Harumi Marcilio BRA 0 – 3.5
141. Pereira Johnatan BRA 0 – 3.5
142. Furmmann Fernando BRA 0 – 3.5
143. Alves Amanda BRA 0 – 3.5
144. Bail Ellen Larissa BRA 0 – 3.5
145. Da Silva Mauricio André BRA 0 – 3.5
146. Pederiva Paola Carolina BRA 0 – 3.5
147. Teodoro Luiz Carlos BRA 0 – 3.5
148. Sorgato Tobias BRA 0 – 3.5
149. Santos Ricardo BRA 0 – 3.5
150. Ribeiro Yona Pietra BRA 0 – 3.5
151. Ferreira Filho Antonio Fabian BRA 0 – 3
152. Lazzarotto Davi Nachtigall BRA 0 – 3
153. Campagnolo Fabiola BRA 0 – 3
154. Possoli Luiz Antonio BRA 0 – 3
155. De Oliveira Oriel Hotz BRA 0 – 3
156. Giacomolli Diorgi BRA 0 – 3
157. Veloso Tiago Tempes BRA 0 – 3
158. Costa Ane Caroline BRA 0 – 3
159. Palagi Guilherme BRA 0 – 3
160. Pscheidt Gisele BRA 0 – 3
161. Born Ary BRA 1444 – 3
162. Hille Junior Waltercler BRA 0 – 3
163. Liebl Livia BRA 0 – 3
164. Festner Edson Gandolfi BRA 0 – 3
165. Sperb Mikael BRA 0 – 3
166. Lukaszczyk Gabriel Farias BRA 0 – 3
167. Silveira Gabriel Arbes BRA 0 – 2.5
168. Dal Bó Caetano BRA 0 – 2.5
169. Nisse Tchandra Dafni Da Silva BRA 0 – 2.5
170. De Oliveira Mateus BRA 0 – 2.5
171. Machado Rodrigo Correa BRA 0 – 2.5
172. Goulart Tiago BRA 0 – 2
173. Dartora Luiz Carlos BRA 0 – 2
174. De Oliveira Guilherme BRA 0 – 2
175. Schneider Cinthia BRA 0 – 2
176. Cesa Carlos Alberto BRA 0 – 2
177. Palagi Luiza BRA 0 – 2
178. Homercher David BRA 0 – 2
179. Pattis Afonso Menegasso BRA 0 – 2
180. Pereira Giovani França BRA 0 – 2
181. Panarotto Daniel BRA 0 – 1
182. Rodrigues Jose Monteiro BRA 0 – 1
183. Weber Leandro BRA 0 – 1
184. Senger Maria Clara Da Silveira BRA 0 – 1
185. De Lima Alexandre Moroso BRA 0 – 0.5
186. Chadu Felipe Do Couto BRA 0 – 0
187. Luiz Jonatan Poly BRA 0 – 0
188. Souza Alessandra Da Silva BRA 0 – 0
