Final top 5 standings Rk. Name FED Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 GM Fier Alexandr BRA 2560 8.0 0.0 40.5 51.0 2 FM Barbosa Evandro Amorim BRA 2343 6.5 0.0 41.0 54.0 3 IM Di Berardino Diego Rafael...
Don’t mess with the Endgame King

Swedish Grandmaster Ulf Andersson is known for his endgame expertise. He is also one of the most difficult Grandmasters to defeat. GM Andersson blundered on move 40 with Rg8. All White had to do was take the Rook, followed...
Brazilian youth vs experience

Brazilian top player GM Alexandr Fier (born in 1988) took on the legendary Henrique Mecking (born in 1952) in a 4 game match. Even though his rating is more than 100 points lower and he was already competed for...
GM Fier wins Open Sants chess tournament

GM Alexander Fier wins Open Sants chess tournamentKrasenkow takes silver, Fargere bronzeReport by Chessdom The Brazilian chess star GM Alexandr Fier won the Open Sants tournament. GM Fier achieved a score of 8,5/10 without losing a single game. He...
GM Fier with 3172 ELO performance

GM Alexandr Fier is on fire at Open Sants We were amazed when GM Alexandr Fier broke the ELO 3000 performance barrier a few days ago at Open Internacional de Sants. However, after seven rounds he continues to amaze...
GM Fier leads Open Internacional de Sants

GM Alexander Fier takes the sole lead at Open SantsGM Fier is one of the fastest progressing and most active Latin America playersReport by chessdom GM Alexander Fier is having a notable tournament at Open Internacional de Sants. After...
Iturrizaga, Fier, Zapata lead Continental

Round 5 top board pairings: GM Fier (4) – GM Iturrizaga (4)GM Zapata (4) – GM Vescovi (3½)GM Lafuente (3½) – GM Leitao (3½)GM Milos (3½) – GM Friedel (3½)GM A. Ivanov (3½) – GM Flores (3½)GM Quesada (3½)...
Fier and Leitao qualify for World Cup

Alexandr Fier and Rafael Leitao qualify for the World Chess CupFIDE Zonal 2.4 tournament has endedReport by Chessdom.com The FIDE Zonal 2.4 tournament was held on 8-18th June in Clube de Xadrez Guanabara Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. The competition...