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Giovanni Portilho Vescovi (born June 14 1978) is a Brazilian chess player. He is currently the highest rated Brazilian and has won the national championship seven times (1999 2000 2001 2006 2007 2009 and 2010). He was awarded the title of International Master in 1993 and the Grandmaster title in 1998. In 1998 he played on the first board in the first World Junior Team Chess Championship (for Under-20) in Rio de Janeiro. He won the gold medal winning with a score of 5.5/6.
