Mekhitarian is Brazilian Champion 2012

The Brazilian Chess Championship from 2012 was delayed due to administrative reasons, so it took place between February 25th and March 6th 2013 at Cidade de Montenegro. The tournament was organized by the “Federação Gaúcha de Xadrez – FGX”.

GM Krikor Sevag Mekhitarian arrived as the rating favorite and confirmed his status with a sole first place in the Championship. Mekhitarian obtained 8.5/11 points. He won seven straight games after surprisingly losing his second round encounter against IM Santiago Yago de Moura.

Both IM Evandro Barbosa and Mateus Mendonca got 8/11, however, Barbosa took the second place thanks to a better score in the tie-breaks.

The tournament did not count with the presence of the four favorite qualified players: GM Rafael Leitao, GM Alexandr Fier, GM Henrique Mecking and GM Felipe El Debs.

Final Standings:

1	GM	Mekhitarian Krikor Sevag	BRA	2546	8.5
2	IM	Barbosa Evandro Amorim	BRA	2422	8.0
3		Mendonca Mateus Nakajo	BRA	2255	8.0
4	IM	Santiago Yago De Moura	BRA	2405	7.5
5	IM	Molina Roberto Junio Brito	BRA	2414	7.0
6	CM	Carneiro Vitor Roberto Castro	BRA	2089	6.0
7	FM	Macedo Maximo Iack	BRA	2408	5.0
8	FM	Brito Luismar	BRA	2292	4.0
9		Souza Neves Andrey M.	BRA	2159	3.5
10		Menna Barreto Felipe Kubiaki	BRA	2285	3.5
11		Gotz Klaus Seiji Furucho	BRA	2081	3.0
12	FM	Olivencia Flavio	BRA	2211	2.0