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    Rafael Duailibe Leitão (born 28 December 1979) is a Brazilian chess grandmaster. He is a grandmaster in both over-the-board chess and correspondence chess...
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  • Look up leitão in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Leitão, sometimes Anglicized Leitao (literally meaning suckling pig), is a traditional Portuguese (and...
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    for Nepomniachtchi that would have held the draw was 48.Qf4!, a move Rafael Leitão described as "totally not human". After 49...Rf6? and 53...Rd6? by Ding...
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    category, the resulting split was particularly harsh on the Brazilian Rafael Leitão, who was deprived of a gold medal on the basis of 'strength of first...
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    2573  Alexander Chernin (HUN), 2572  Gilberto Hernandez (MEX), 2572  Rafael Leitão (BRA), 2567  Alexander Ivanov (USA), 2567  Karen Asrian (ARM), 2566...
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    2009. Retrieved 7 June 2008. "Do You Know The World Chess Champions?". Rafael Leitão. 19 December 2015. Archived from the original on 11 December 2021. Retrieved...
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    result, and banned Supi from the tournament. Brazilian Grandmaster Rafael Leitão wrote in his personal website, "Accusing him of using an engine in this...
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    actress Alberto Dualib, businessman Beatriz Haddad Maia, tennis player Rafael Leitão, Brazilian chess grandmaster Guilherme Afif Domingos, politician Paulo...
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    Retrieved January 16, 2024. Leitão, Rafael (August 20, 2017). "Lies And Truths About Bobby Fischer: Take The Test!". Rafael Leitão. Retrieved January 16, 2024...
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    Retrieved 16 January 2024. Leitão, Rafael (20 August 2017). "Lies And Truths About Bobby Fischer: Take The Test!". Rafael Leitão. Retrieved 16 January 2024...
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     Dragoljub Velimirović1 (YUG), 2563  Vasilios Kotronias (CYP), 2561  Rafael Leitão (BRA), 2559  Rogelio Antonio Jr. (PHI), 2558  Jordi Magem Badals (ESP)...
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    defeated grandmaster Christian Bauer and held draws against grandmasters Rafael Leitão, John van der Wiel, and Michail Brodsky. In January 2003, he finished...
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  • of two-game single-elimination matches to determine the finalists. Rafael Leitão defeated Giovanni Vescovi in the four-game final match, winning the...
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    2579  Sergey Dolmatov (Russia) 2573  Šarūnas Šulskis (Lithuania) 2570  Rafael Leitão (Brazil) 2564  Merab Gagunashvili (Georgia) 2562  Yury Shulman (USA)...
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     Romain Édouard (FRA), 2634 (ACP)  Hrant Melkumyan (ARM), 2633 (E14)  Rafael Leitão (BRA), 2632 (AM14)  Surya Shekhar Ganguly (IND), 2631 (AS15)  Mateusz...
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    Klovāns; Jonathan Penrose; Olita Rause; Lothar Schmid; Duncan Suttles; Rafael Leitão Janos Balogh; Olaf Barda; Jean Hébert; Richard Polaczek; Nikolai Papenin;...
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    Negi (IND), 2634 (AS12) 79.   Hrant Melkumyan (ARM), 2632 (E13) 80.   Rafael Leitão (BRA), 2632 (Z2.4) 81.   Ivan Popov (RUS), 2632 (E13) 82.   Evgeny Postny (ISR)...
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    footballer Juca Baleia (born 1959), former Brazilian professional footballer Rafael Leitão (born 1979), Brazilian chess grandmaster Zeca Baleiro (born 1966), Brazilian...
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  • Saavedra position Two knights endgame "4 Basic Chess Opening Principles". Rafael Leitão. 2015-07-16. Retrieved 2022-12-07. Fiekas, Niklas. "KvK – Syzygy endgame...
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     Yury Shulman (USA), 2623 (Z2.1)  Jan Gustafsson (GER), 2622 (E08)  Rafael Leitão (BRA), 2621 (Z2.4)  Parimarjan Negi (IND), 2620 (AS)  Sergey Fedorchuk (UKR)...
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    2607  Bartłomiej Macieja (POL), 2606  Jan Gustafsson (GER), 2606  Rafael Leitão (BRA), 2601  Dusko Pavasovic (SLO), 2597  Gregory S. Kaidanov (USA)...
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    defeated Krishnan Sasikiran in the first round, but was defeated by Rafael Leitão in the second round. In October 2004, Kritz represented Germany at the...
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    Popov (RUS), 2588  Pavel Kotsur (KAZ), 2587  Ehsan Ghaem Maghami (IRI), 2586  Rafael Leitão (BRA), 2586  Wang Yue (CHN), 2585  Utut Adianto (INA), 2584  Predrag...
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  • Lputian (Armenia) 2614 Does not appear ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 8½ 2722 1 2  GM Rafael Leitão (Brazil) 2545 ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 7½ 2650 2 3  GM...
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  • Salvador Cresce, GM 2003 Jose Goncalves, GM 2003 Nevio Joao, GM 2005 Rafael Leitão, GM 2012 Joao de Oliveira, GM 2009 Marcio de Oliveira, GM 2005 Iluska...
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    Granda tied for first place with Samuel Shankland, Alexander Shabalov, Rafael Leitao, Isan Reynaldo Ortiz Suarez and Alan Pichot at the 9th American Continental...
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  • champion Rybka in the Thoresen Chess Engines Competition. January 25 – Rafael Leitão (BRA) wins the Antonio Rocha Memorial Tournament with a score of 10/11...
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  • Santiago, Chile  Maximiliano Ginzburg (ARG) 18 1995 Santiago, Chile  Rafael Leitão (BRA) 22 1996 Trujillo, Peru  Diego Pereyra (ARG) 30 1997 Buenos Aires...
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  •  Julio Granda Zúñiga (Peru) 1998 São Paulo  Gilberto Milos Jr (Brazil)  Rafael Leitão (Brazil)  Jaime Sunye Neto (Brazil) 2000 São Paulo  Darcy Lima (Brazil)...
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  • International Tour of Hellas, Iúri Leitão Stage 3, Iúri Leitão Stages 2 & 3 GP Beiras e Serra da Estrela, Iúri Leitão Stage 4 GP Beiras e Serra da Estrela...
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