# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rafael-leitao
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:58:00.493Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rafael-leitao"
name: "Rafael Leitão"
slug: "rafael-leitao"
description: "Rafael Duailibe Leitão is a Brazilian chess grandmaster. He is a grandmaster in both over-the-board chess and correspondence chess. Leitão is a seven-time Brazilian champion. He competed in the FIDE World Championship in 1999, 2000 and 2004 and in the FIDE World Cup in 2005, 2007, 2009, 2013 and 2015."
tagline: "Brazilian chess player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/RafaelLeitao12.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Brazil"
  isoCode: "BR"
birthDate: "1979-12-28"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.41
  momentum:             2.433816659168772
  historical:           10.29856266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/Rafpig"
    handle:    "Rafpig"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/gmrafaelleitao/"
    handle:    "gmrafaelleitao"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://rafaelleitao.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A0%D0%B0%D1%84%D0%B0%D1%8D%D0%BB"
    title: "Лейтан, Рафаэл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%88"
    title: "رافايل ليتاو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Leit%C3%A3o"
    title: "Rafael Leitão"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Leit%C3%A3o"
    title: "Rafael Leitão"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Leit%C3%A3o"
    title: "Rafael Leitão"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Leit%C3%A3o"
    title: "Rafael Leitão"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Leit%C3%A3o"
    title: "Rafael Leitão"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Leit%C3%A3o"
    title: "Rafael Leitão"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Leit%C3%A3o"
    title: "Rafael Leitão"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Leit%C3%A3o"
    title: "Rafael Leitão"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Leit%C3%A3o"
    title: "Rafael Leitão"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Leit%C3%A3o"
    title: "Rafael Leitão"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q488267"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump