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State. The field of sixteen played a series of two-game single-elimination matches to determine the finalists. Rafael Leitão defeated Giovanni Vescovi in the four-game final match, winning the first game and drawing the remaining three.The Week in Chess #215
The Week in Chess Published 21 December 1998

Winners

References

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