Rafael Leitao confirmed his rating favorite status by winning the Zonal Championship 2.4 that was held from April 27th to May 3rd 2013 at the Hotel Tropical, Ponta Negra Manaus – Brazil.
Leitao obtained an impressive score of 7.5/9 points, getting a 2683 rating performance by doing so. The same amount of points were achieved by Alexadr Fier, who will join his compatriot in this year’s upcoming World Cup.
Jorge Cori was the only participant that got 7 points. This third position is not the most pleasant, as he was left just out of the spots to the World Cup.
The event was a 9 rounds Swiss open. The time control was 90 minutes for the game plus 30 seconds increments per move starting from move 1.
Rafael Leitao
Final Standings:
| 1 | GM | Leitao Rafael | BRA | 2618 | 7.5 |
| 2 | GM | Fier Alexandr | BRA | 2604 | 7.5 |
| 3 | GM | Cori Jorge | PER | 2546 | 7.0 |
| 4 | GM | Mekhitarian Krikor Sevag | BRA | 2548 | 6.5 |
| 5 | FM | Vera Siguenas Deivy | PER | 2427 | 6.5 |
| 6 | FM | Supi Luis Paulo | BRA | 2321 | 6.5 |
| 7 | IM | Di Berardino Diego Rafael | BRA | 2499 | 6.5 |
| 8 | Gallo Ponce Elbert | PER | 2233 | 6.5 | |
| 9 | CM | Proudian Armen | BRA | 2271 | 6.5 |
| 10 | FM | Quintiliano Pinto Renato R. | BRA | 2315 | 6.0 |
| 11 | FM | Reis Renan Do Carmo | BRA | 2243 | 6.0 |
| 12 | NM | Souza Neves Andrey M. | BRA | 2159 | 6.0 |
| 13 | Zallio Luciano De Souza | BRA | 2116 | 6.0 | |
| 14 | FM | Madeira Wagner Martins | BRA | 2233 | 6.0 |
| 15 | WGM | Cori T. Deysi | PER | 2430 | 5.5 |
| 16 | WFM | Chumpitaz Ann | PER | 2155 | 5.5 |
| 17 | FM | Cruz Ricardo Benares De Sa L. | BRA | 2309 | 5.5 |
| 18 | Schutt Ricardo De Amorim | BRA | 2140 | 5.5 | |
| 19 | De Souza Ivo Eduardo Medeiros | BRA | 0 | 5.5 | |
| 20 | Carvalho Herbert Abreu | BRA | 2182 | 5.5 | |
| 21 | FM | Andrade Roberto Luiz Costa | BRA | 2198 | 5.5 |
| 22 | Miranda Jr Roberto Calheiros | BRA | 2200 | 5.5 | |
| 23 | Januario Severino Pereira | BRA | 2156 | 5.5 | |
| 24 | Sztokbant Bernardo Vainzoff | BRA | 2181 | 5.5 | |
| 25 | De Oliveira Victor Gabriel C. | BRA | 2027 | 5.5 | |
| 26 | FM | Brito Luismar | BRA | 2263 | 5.0 |
| 27 | FM | Pacheco Marco | PER | 2384 | 5.0 |
| 28 | FM | Macedo Maximo Iack | BRA | 2386 | 5.0 |
| 29 | Lima Endson Dos Santos | BRA | 2076 | 5.0 | |
| 30 | Souza Rafael Cabral De | BRA | 2170 | 5.0 | |
| 31 | Farias Sergio Roberto Alves | BRA | 2061 | 5.0 | |
| 32 | Baeta Marcio Netto | BRA | 2113 | 5.0 | |
| 33 | Patroclo Arthur Ruiz | BRA | 2132 | 5.0 | |
| 34 | FM | Molina Jorge | BOL | 2153 | 5.0 |
| 35 | NM | Barata Adriano Albiani | BRA | 2147 | 5.0 |
| 36 | Caetano Hugo Zanotti Mendonca | BRA | 2150 | 5.0 | |
| 37 | Souza Santos Carlos Roberto | BRA | 1977 | 4.5 | |
| 38 | Stone Ronnie Frank Pires | BRA | 1993 | 4.5 | |
| 39 | FM | Pinto Carlos Henrique Lopes | BRA | 2119 | 4.5 |
| 40 | Rocha Roberto Da Costa | BRA | 2001 | 4.5 | |
| 41 | NM | Borges Wagner Da Silva | BRA | 2178 | 4.5 |
| 42 | Gutierrez Enrique Alberto Soto | BRA | 1904 | 4.5 | |
| 43 | De Lima Paulo Isaac Assis | BRA | 1840 | 4.5 | |
| 44 | De Pontes E Souza Jose Geraldo | BRA | 1834 | 4.5 | |
| 45 | Zimmermann Kleber Renato P. | BRA | 1984 | 4.5 | |
| 46 | Da Paz Leonardo Gadelha | BRA | 2004 | 4.5 | |
| 47 | Ferreira Jose Carlos | BRA | 1912 | 4.5 | |
| 48 | Rezende Guilherme Vilela | BRA | 1994 | 4.0 | |
| 49 | Ferreira Kleber Victor | BRA | 2118 | 4.0 | |
| 50 | Barbosa Celio Oliveira | BRA | 2056 | 4.0 | |
| 51 | Martins Anmartom Mugabe Lourei | BRA | 2000 | 4.0 | |
| 52 | Lopes Janio Ribeiro | BRA | 2076 | 4.0 | |
| 53 | WFM | Chang Suzana | BRA | 1972 | 4.0 |
| 54 | Peixoto Rudson Marinho | BRA | 0 | 4.0 | |
| 55 | Minelli Fausto | BRA | 1940 | 4.0 | |
| 56 | Boabaid Jorge Alberto Duardes | BRA | 1866 | 4.0 | |
| 57 | Braga Neto Antenor De Carvalh | BRA | 0 | 4.0 | |
| 58 | NM | Borensztajn David | BRA | 1886 | 3.5 |
| 59 | Benayon Elismar Da Silva | BRA | 1808 | 3.5 | |
| 60 | Guerreiro Alexandre Vieira | BRA | 0 | 3.5 | |
| 61 | De Oliveira Freitas Reinier Al | BRA | 1881 | 3.5 | |
| 62 | Lima Marcos Antonio Dos Santos | BRA | 1900 | 3.5 | |
| 63 | Da Silva Mikhail Zoltan Iwanon | BRA | 1998 | 3.5 | |
| 64 | Arruda Filho Ivo Pereira De | BRA | 1795 | 3.5 | |
| 65 | Bernardino Hugo Barros | BRA | 0 | 3.5 | |
| 66 | Andrade Artur Diego De Souza | BRA | 0 | 3.5 | |
| 67 | Souza De Melo Hecio | BRA | 0 | 3.5 | |
| 68 | Pessoa Hudson Anselmo | BRA | 1930 | 3.5 | |
| 69 | Da Silva Filho Ibernon Luiz | BRA | 1721 | 3.5 | |
| 70 | Silveira Lorensen Willer Soar | BRA | 0 | 3.5 | |
| 71 | Farias Igor Borge Cardoso | BRA | 1702 | 3.0 | |
| 72 | Farias Sergio Luiz Cardoso | BRA | 1537 | 3.0 | |
| 73 | Macedo Jr Levy Salviano De | BRA | 2041 | 2.5 | |
| 74 | Bezerra Fabiano De Oliveira | BRA | 1955 | 2.5 | |
| 75 | Bidigaray Marcio | BRA | 1692 | 2.5 | |
| 76 | Freire da Silva Lucivaldo | BRA | 0 | 2.5 | |
| 77 | Rodolpho Filho Joao | BRA | 0 | 2.5 | |
| 78 | Dos Santos Wesley Cesar Reis | BRA | 0 | 2.5 | |
| 79 | Dos Santos Jessica Souza | BRA | 0 | 2.5 | |
| 80 | Silva Miguel Zadorosny | BRA | 0 | 2.0 | |
| 81 | Silva Leandro Da Nobrega | BRA | 0 | 2.0 | |
| 82 | Moraes Admir Gomes De | BRA | 2019 | 1.5 | |
| 83 | Breves Leandro Castro | BRA | 0 | 1.5 | |
| 84 | Silva Gustavo Da Nobrega | BRA | 0 | 1.0 |
