GM Alexander Fier takes the sole lead at Open Sants
GM Fier is one of the fastest progressing and most active Latin America players
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GM Alexander Fier is having a notable tournament at Open Internacional de Sants. After 5 rounds he is head of the table, with full score 5,0/5. He defeated several titled players in the first rounds, while in the 4th he swiftly crushed the opposition of the big Spanish hope IM David Larino Nieto.
GM Fier is sole leader followed by a large pack of players with 4,5/5. Scroll down for full standings, more information and video from Open Internacional de Sants is available here.
More about GM Alexandr Fier
Alexandr Hilário Takeda Sakai dos Santos Fier is a Brasilian chess player born 11th of March 1988 in Joinville, Brasil. He is vice-world champion under-10, tetra-Pan-American champion in various age groups, eight-Brazilian champion (including absolute champion), and U20 South American champion. He achieved the amazing rating performance of 3120 ELO during the 1er Torneio Aberto de Xadrez Parque Aguas Claras, winning with a perfect score 9,0/9.
GM Alexandr Fier’s rating is 2605, making him the third strongest Brasilian chess player. He is expected to gain over 40 points for the September FIDE rating list, joining the world’s top 100 players.
GM Fier will participate in the World Chess Cup in Khanty Mansiysk, after qualifying through the Zonal chess championship. Before that he will participate in a friendly match against GM Mecking, that will take place 23-27 September in Brasil.
Open Sants standings
1 GM Fier Alexandr BRA 2604 pts. 5
2 GM Ikonnikov Vyacheslav RUS 2556 pts. 4.5
3 IM Ipatov Alexander ESP 2454 pts. 4.5
4 GM Grigoriants Sergey RUS 2564 pts. 4.5
5 GM Cuartas Jaime Alexander COL 2521 pts. 4.5
6 GM Gonzalez Garcia Jose MEX 2509 pts. 4.5
7 GM Almeida Quintana Omar CUB 2524 pts. 4.5
8 IM Bergez Luc FRA 2371 pts. 4.5
9 IM Caspi Israel ISR 2417 pts. 4.5
10 IM Cruz Cristhian PER 2525 pts. 4.5
11 FM Martinez Duany Lelys Stanley CUB 2507 pts. 4.5
12 IM Fargere Francois FRA 2480 pts. 4.5
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Is Fier the best Brazilian player?
Hello Everybody,
I’m from Joinville-Brazil, the city GM Fier was born. Certaily Fier is one of the best in Brazil, but it is difficult to say he is the best. We have players that recently were among the 100 best in the world like GM Geovani Vescovi and there are others like GM Gilberto Milos, GM Rafael Leitão and of course the famour GM Mecking that gave a lot of headaches for his opponents when he was at the top.
Last year 4 young chess players, including Fier Spent some monthes playing in Europe and China. It was unbelievable to see them at the top of those tournaments, fighting against strong players from several countries and sometimes winning like Fier is doing now. Just to remember Brazil is just the land of football, not chess.
Best Regards
Edson