by Albert Silver
3/11/2012 – The final phase of the Festa da Uva chess activities was the much awaited Rapid Open, which took place over two days, and was a thoroughly grueling event. The open included the four players from the invitational event and followed a very unorthodox time-control scheme. The top place was won by Gilberto Milos. Updated with reader feedback and the complete Polgar-Mecking games.