GM Fier wins Open Sants chess tournament

GM Alexander Fier wins Open Sants chess tournament
Krasenkow takes silver, Fargere bronze
Report 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 started with the amazing seven consecutive wins, bringing him solid advantage and a performance of 3172. Then he continued with three solid draws to secure the first place.

Second place was shared by GM Michal Krasenkow and IM Francois Fargere. Both finished with 8,0/10, but the silver went to GM Krasenkow with better tiebreak score.

Places 4 to 14 were for the players with 7,5/10. AMong them are many established grandmasters such as Almeida Quintana, Narciso Dublan, Lars Karlsson, Jaime Cuartas, Sergey Grigoriants, and Vyacheslav Ikonnikov. In the same group there were many pleasant surprises, such as our good friend from Bergensjakk.no IM Eirik Gullaksen (who managed to defeat GM Solodovnichenko and finished undefeated) and FM Martinez Duany (who defeated GM Ikonnikov and GM Kunin).

A total of 278 players participated in the event. Here are the full standings, you can find more information at the official site and a video from the event at the round 4 report.

Here are the top finishers:

1 GM Fier Alexandr BRA 2604 8.5
2 GM Krasenkow Michal POL 2631 8
3 IM Fargere Francois FRA 2480 8
4 GM Almeida Quintana Omar CUB 2524 7.5
5 GM Ikonnikov Vyacheslav RUS 2556 7.5
6 FM Martinez Duany Lelys Stanley CUB 2507 7.5
7 GM Grigoriants Sergey RUS 2564 7.5
8 GM Cuartas Jaime Alexander COL 2521 7.5
9 IM Cruz Cristhian PER 2525 7.5
10 GM Karlsson Lars SWE 2468 7.5
11 IM Gullaksen Eirik NOR 2396 7.5
12 GM Narciso Dublan Marc ESP 2553 7.5
13 GM Lemos Damian ARG 2547 7.5
14 FM Bacallao Alonso Yusnel CUB 2467 7.5
15 GM Gonzalez Garcia Jose MEX 2509 7
16 IM Ipatov Alexander ESP 2454 7
17 IM Alonso Rosell Alvar ESP 2461 7
18 IM Vila Gazquez Xavier ESP 2457 7
19 IM Pitl Gregory GER 2405 7
20 FM Perez Mitjans Orelvis CUB 2404 7
21 FM Vitoux Colomban FRA 2423 7
22 IM Mihailovs Jurijs LAT 2408 7
23 IM Matnadze Ana GEO 2413 7
24 IM Bergez Luc FRA 2371 7
25 Brethes Francois FRA 2255 7
26 IM Munoz Pantoja Miguel PER 2427 7
27 FM Lorenzo De La Riva Lazaro ESP 2331 7
28 IM Huerga Leache Mikel ESP 2456 7
29 FM Oms Fuentes Lluis ESP 2351 7
30 Scharrer Patrick ITA 2280 7

Full standings here.