Rafael Leitão
| Rafael Leitão | |
|---|---|
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| Country | Brazil |
| Born |
28 December 1979 São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil |
| Title | Grandmaster |
| FIDE rating | 2628 (May 2015) |
Rafael Duailibe Leitão (born 1979 in São Luís, Maranhão) is a Brazilian chess grandmaster. He won the World Youth Chess Championship in the U12 category in 1991 and in the U18 category in 1996. He won the Brazilian Chess Championship in 1996, 1997, 1998, 2004, 2011 and 2013 and played for Brazil in the Chess Olympiads of 1996, 2000, 2002, 2006 and 2010.[1]
He is currently playing in the 26th World Correspondence Chess Championship, which began in the summer of 2010.[2] He became an International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster in 2012.[3]
His username on the Internet Chess Club is "Pigzilla". [4] His last name (Leitão) means piglet in Portuguese.
References
- ↑ "Men's Chess Olympiads: Rafael Leitão". OlimpBase. Retrieved 2 May 2011.
- ↑ http://www.iccf-webchess.com/EventCrossTable.aspx?id=21732
- ↑ "ICCF Titles". International Correspondence Chess Federation. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
- ↑ "Pigzilla". Internet Chess Club. Retrieved 21 March 2011.
External links
- GM Leitão, Rafael: Player Details at International Correspondence Chess Federation
- Rafael Duailibe Leitao player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Interview with GM Rafael Leitao