Alexandr Hilário Takeda Sakai dos Santos Fier (born 11 March 1988) is a Brazilian
chess grandmaster. He competed in the
FIDE World Cup in 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2017.
Career
Fier won five gold medals at the Pan American Youth Chess Festival: in the Under 10 division in 1996 and 1997, the Under 12 in 2000, the Under 14 in 2002 and Under 18 in 2005. He also won the South American Junior Championship in 2006, 2008 and 2009.
Fier won the
Brazilian Chess Championship in 2005, 2018.
, 2019 (held in January 2020), and 2022.
In 2006 he won the 65 Anos da Federação Paulista tournament (65 Years São Paulo Federation tournament) in
São Paulo.
Fier won the large Open of Sants, Hostafrancs & La Bordeta in
Barcelona in 2009 and 2014. Also in 2009, he took part for the first time in the
World Cup, where he was knocked out by
Alexander Khalifman
Alexander Valeryevich Khalifman (russian: Алекса́ндр Вале́рьевич Халифма́н; born 18 January 1966) is a Russian chess player and writer. Awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 1990, he was FIDE World Chess Ch ...
in the first round. In the
2011
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edition, Fier beat
Wang Yue Wang Yue may refer to:
*Wang Yue (chess player) (born 1987)
* Wang Yue (biathlete) (born 1991), able-bodied biathlete
* Wang Yue (judoka) (born 1997)
* Wang Yue (skier) (born 1999), Paralympic skier and biathlete
*Death of Wang Yue
Wang Yue () ...
by 1½-½ in the first round to advance to round two. Here he was eliminated by
Alexander Morozevich. Two months later, Fier won the 2nd Latin American Cup in
Montevideo
Montevideo () is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Uruguay, largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2011 census, the city proper has a population of 1,319,108 (about one-third of the country's total population) in an area of . M ...
edging out
Diego Flores on tiebreak. In the
Chess World Cup 2013, Fier defeated
Radoslaw Wojtaszek in round one to advance to round two, in which he lost to
B. Adhiban and thus was eliminated from the competition. In
2015
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he lost in the first round to
Julio Granda Zuniga. In
2017
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he lost in the first round to
Étienne Bacrot.
Fier has played on the Brazilian national team in the
Chess Olympiad, the
World Team Chess Championship, the
Pan American Team Chess Championship and the
Mercosur Chess Olympiad. In 2009, his team won the gold medal in the latter two competitions.
Personal life
Born in
Joinville,
Brazil, Fier lives in
Georgia.
He is
married to
Nino Maisuradze
Nino Maisuradze (; born 13 June 1982) is a Georgian and French chess player. She was awarded the title of Woman Grandmaster by FIDE in 2009. Maisuradze is a two-time French women's champion.
Career
Maisuradze was awarded the title International ...
, also a chess player.
Fier is of
Japanese and Italian descent.
References
External links
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Alexandr Fierchess games at 365Chess.com
Alexander Hilario T Fierchess games (2004–2007) at 365Chess.com
team chess record at Olimpbase.org
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1988 births
Living people
Chess grandmasters
Brazilian chess players
Chess Olympiad competitors
Sportspeople from Joinville
Brazilian emigrants to Georgia (country)
Brazilian people of Japanese descent
Brazilian people of Italian descent
Brazilian people of German descent