GM Alexandr Fier clinches Brazilian Chess Championship 2024

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The Brazilian Chess Championship 2024 took place from 13-21 December in the city of Natal, capital of the state of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. The event was played in 11 rounds, swiss system, with the participation of 161 players who competed for the title of the National Champion and the prize fund of R$42,000 (~6.000 euros).

GM Alexandr Fier (Brazil, 2544) emerged as the sole Winner of the Championship with the score of 9.5 points. Fier suffered a loss in the sixth round against GM Andre Diamant (Brazil, 2493), but then had an impressive finish with 4.5 points in the five remaining rounds. GM Andre Diamant was in the lead before the final round, but lost the game against GM Everaldo Matsuura (Brazil, 2370), allowing Fier to leap on the top.

Scoring a victory in the last round against FM Lucas Costamilan Tomiello (Brazil, 2280), Alexandr Fier clinched his 5th title of the Brazilian Chess Champion (2005, 2017, 2020, 2022, 2024) and claimed the top prize of 1.500 euros.

GM Everaldo Matsuura (Brazil, 2370) and GM Andre Diamant (Brazil, 2493) tied for silver medal scoring 9 points, each, but the first tiebreak criteria was a direct encounter, and Everaldo Matsuura won silver while the whole-time tournament leader Andre Diamant finished third.

FM Juliana Sayumi Terao (Brazil, 2200) was the best-ranked women player in the field, with the final score of 7 points and tied from 17-34 place in the overall rankings. Lange Cristina Matsunaga was second with 5.5 points, and Cibele Florencio Da Silva came third with the score of 5 points.

Final standings – Brazilian Absolute Chess Championship 2024:

Rk.		Name	Typ	sex	FED	RtgI	Pts.
1	GM	Alexandr Fier			BRA	2544	9.5
2	GM	Everaldo Matsuura	S50		BRA	2370	9
3	GM	Andre Diamant			BRA	2493	9
4	FM	Lucas Do Valle Cardoso			BRA	2387	8.5
5	IM	Diego Rafael Di Berardino			BRA	2472	8.5
6	FM	Lucas Costamilan Tomiello			BRA	2280	8
7	CM	Matheus Mendes Domingues Ribeiro			BRA	2246	8
8	CM	Luigy Lira De Siqueira	U18		BRA	2172	7.5
9	NM	Francisco Allysson Da S. Muniz			BRA	2096	7.5
10	GM	Darcy Lima	S50		BRA	2401	7.5
11	NM	Marcio Jordao Barbosa			BRA	2192	7.5
12	NM	Henrique Barbosa Veloso	U18		BRA	2172	7.5
13	IM	Silvio Cunha Pereira	S65		BRA	2154	7.5
14	NM	Arthur Ruiz Patroclo			BRA	2108	7.5
15	NM	Vitor Luis De Jesus Silverio	U18		BRA	2040	7.5
16	NM	Daniel Paiva De Oliveira			BRA	2053	7.5
17	IM	Roberto Junio Brito Molina			BRA	2392	7
18	NM	Bruno Orlando Starke			BRA	2147	7
19	FM	Juliana Sayumi Terao		w	BRA	2200	7
20	NM	Marcelo Wanderley Bouwman	S50		BRA	2196	7
21	FM	Wagner Martins Madeira	S65		BRA	2111	7
22	NM	Erick Feitosa Da Silva			BRA	2068	7
23	IM	Maximo Iack Macedo			BRA	2339	7
24	NM	Rodrigo Da Silva Borges			BRA	2158	7
25		Carlos Alexandre De Lima			BRA	2044	7
26	FM	Alvaro Z. Aranha Filho			BRA	2205	7
27	NM	Giovanni B Tavares Da Silva	U18		BRA	2095	7
28	NM	Davi Alves Do Nascimento			BRA	2002	7
29	NM	Marcello De Albuquerque Urquiza	S50		BRA	2067	7
30	NM	Jose Gustavo Santos Marques			BRA	1921	7
31		Alan Keissuke Takehara			BRA	1890	7
32	FM	Mateus Costamilan Tomiello			BRA	2161	7
33	FM	Alfeu Junior Varela Bueno			BRA	2190	7
34	NM	Enzo Suzarte Ferreira			BRA	2089	7
35	NM	Edmundo Reis Luz	S50		BRA	2089	6.5
36	CM	Luciano De Souza Zallio			BRA	2127	6.5
37	NM	Rafael Cabral De Souza			BRA	2079	6.5
38	NM	Vitor Firmo De Souza Rocha			BRA	2150	6.5
39	NM	Marcos Valerio A. Souza	S50		BRA	1961	6.5
40	NM	Tiago Batista Oliveira			BRA	2010	6.5
41		Eduardo De Sousa Lima			BRA	1912	6.5
42	NM	Izael Brasilino Araujo Da Silva			BRA	1952	6.5
43		Igor Fernandes Da Silva			BRA	1904	6.5
44		Rodrigo Moreira Cavalcante			BRA	1872	6.5
45	NM	Alcides Alexandre A. Azevedo			BRA	2054	6.5
46		Davi De Azevedo Batista			BRA	1904	6.5
47		Pedro Henrique Melo Lima	U16		BRA	0	6.5
48		Jadson Alves De Sousa			BRA	1871	6.5
49	NM	Benicio Rocha Bulhoes	U16		BRA	1936	6.5
50		Pedro Lucas Araujo Dantas	U14		BRA	1885	6.5
51	NM	Pedro Henrique Alves Nascimento			BRA	1969	6.5
52		Luiz Felizola Lima Pontes	U16		BRA	1878	6
53	NM	Max Do Carmo Correia			BRA	1983	6
54	NM	Jeronimo Marques Pimenta	S65		BRA	1996	6
55	NM	Alan Silva De Lima			BRA	1958	6
56		Helio Ricardo Soutinho Peixoto	S65		BRA	1917	6
57		Joao Bosco Filgue Ferreira Filho			BRA	1893	6
58	FM	Roberto Luiz Costa Andrade	S65		BRA	1962	6
59	FM	Carlos Henrique Lopes Pinto	S50		BRA	2073	6
60		Joao Gabriel Morais Da Silva	U14		BRA	1700	6
61		Miguel De Lima Amaral	U18		BRA	1855	6
62		Paulo Renato Lemos			BRA	1903	6
63		Luiza Karollyne Dantas Barbosa	F18	w	BRA	1724	6
64	FM	Maximo Valerio Macedo	S65		BRA	1937	6
65	NM	Joao Vitor Rodrigues			BRA	1866	6
66		Jairo Moreira Da Silva	S50		BRA	1814	6
67		Alan Pedro Martins			BRA	1834	5.5
68	NM	Lazaro Miranda Carvalho			BRA	1979	5.5
69		Karline De Valesio Pinto Filho	S50		BRA	1893	5.5
70		Heitor Oliveira Costa	U14		BRA	1869	5.5
71		Lucas De Oliveira Rocha	U18		BRA	1869	5.5
72		Luis Eduardo Dos Reis Almeida			BRA	1882	5.5
73		Fellipe Prado Oliveira			BRA	1854	5.5
74		Rodrigo Azalim Cunha			BRA	1758	5.5
75		Diogo Roger De Sousa Simao			BRA	1986	5.5
76		Isaias De Assis Silva Eloy			BRA	1726	5.5
77		Moises Brasao De Almeida	U18		BRA	0	5.5
78		Alexandre Souza Fontoura	S50		BRA	1884	5.5
79		Marlon De Jesus Santos			BRA	1823	5.5
80	NM	Pedro Jorge Pinto	S65		BRA	1936	5.5
81	WNM	Renee Blandy T. Brambilla		w	BRA	1747	5.5
82		Pedro Henrique Cardoso	U14		BRA	1617	5.5
83		Gleidson Castelo Branc Magalhaes	S50		BRA	1818	5.5
84		Lucas Matias De Aguiar	U12		BRA	1587	5.5
85		Guilherme Menezes Campos	U12		BRA	1591	5.5
86		Emanuel Tavares Da Silva Junior			BRA	1676	5.5
87		Lange Cristina Matsunaga		w	BRA	1667	5.5
88		Deyvid Felipe Gomes De Lima			BRA	1490	5.5
89		Joanderson Muller Lima Andrade			BRA	1667	5.5
90		Lucas Medeiros Costa	U16		BRA	1586	5.5
91	NM	Jose Belo Torres	S65		BRA	2033	5
92	NM	Julliano De Araujo Rodrigues			BRA	1903	5
93		Jose Silveira			BRA	1865	5
94		Rodrigo Macedo Tajuja	U16		BRA	1782	5
95		Marco Tulio Caldeira Gomes	S50		BRA	1769	5
96		Arthur G A Dantas Rodrigues	U14		BRA	1579	5
97		Yezo Henrique Guimaraes Brito			BRA	1687	5
98		Luiz Glaudivan Silva De Araujo	S50		BRA	1721	5
99		Thales Rodrigo Lima Ananias			BRA	1703	5
100		Laercio Lopes Da Silva	S65		BRA	1698	5
101		Carlos Augusto De C. Mathias	S50		BRA	1701	5
102		Cibele Florencio Da Silva		w	BRA	1592	5
103	NM	Rodrigo Canonico	S50		BRA	1806	5
104	WNM	Carolina Alves Silva		w	BRA	1863	5
105		Laura Barbosa De Macedo	F14	w	BRA	1566	5
106		Italo Medeiros Dantas	U12		BRA	1647	5
107		Kallyel N H O R De Lima	U14		BRA	0	5
108		Marcelo Melem Braga	S50		BRA	1679	5
109		Matheus Teles Barreto Goncalves	U16		BRA	1806	4.5
110		Marat Soares Teixeira	S50		BRA	1836	4.5
111		Genildo De Souza Gomes	S65		BRA	1691	4.5
112	NM	Benjamin Guedes Morais	U08		BRA	1642	4.5
113		David Damasceno	U16		BRA	0	4.5
114	NM	Alexandre Soares De Macedo	S65		BRA	1843	4.5
115		Washington Gabriel Pires	S50		BRA	1910	4.5
116		Pedro Diender Lessa Lima Moura	U16		BRA	1631	4.5
117		Antonio Jose De Araujo	S65		BRA	1660	4.5
118		Rodolfo Ribeiro Marinho Filho			BRA	1550	4.5
119		Francisco Neris Pereira	S65		BRA	1667	4.5
120		Carlos Eduardo De Oliveira	U16		BRA	1478	4.5
121		Gabriel Cunha Pinto	U08		BRA	1525	4.5
122		Jairo De Souza Moura			BRA	0	4.5
123		Marcelo Caua Melo	U14		BRA	1516	4.5
124		Carol Cavalcante De Farias	F12	w	BRA	0	4.5
125		Lucas Barboza Samuel	U10		BRA	1402	4
126		Davi Gomes Suassuna	U14		BRA	0	4
127		Luana dos Santos Oliveira	F18	w	BRA	0	4
128		Joao Maria De Lima Pereira Neto			BRA	0	4
129		Brasilicio Henrique Campos Rego	U16		BRA	0	4
130		Julio Tible Cavalcanti	U10		BRA	1434	4
131		Maximo Ian Macedo	U10		BRA	1413	4
132		Mayra Da Silva	F12	w	BRA	0	4
133		Fabio Rian Medeiros	U18		BRA	0	4
134		Sofia Farias De Macedo	F14	w	BRA	1458	4
135		Heitor Covacevich Diniz	U10		BRA	1406	4
136		Maria Luiza Zampier	F12	w	BRA	0	4
137		Nicole Magalhaes	F18	w	BRA	0	4
138		Jose Augusto Xavier Macedo	U08		BRA	0	3.5
139		Clarice Cunha Pinto	F12	w	BRA	0	3.5
140		Francisco Bernadino Lopes	S65		BRA	1579	3.5
141		Lara Yasmin Pinheiro Matos	F14	w	BRA	0	3.5
142		Jose Delmiro Vasconcelos Neto	S50		BRA	1585	3.5
143		Emilly Beatriz Sil Do Nascimento	F10	w	BRA	0	3.5
144		Miguel De Araujo	U08		BRA	0	3.5
145		Leonardo Igor De O Cavalcante			BRA	1770	3
146		Miguel Ian B A Da Silva	U16		BRA	0	3
147		Lua Bezerra		w	BRA	0	3
148		Otavio Rocha Oliveira	U08		BRA	1402	3
149		Julian Suellen Silva Souza	F18	w	BRA	0	3
150		Igor De Lima	U12		BRA	0	3
151		Maria Vitoria Da Silva	F12	w	BRA	0	3
152		Matheus Guilherme De Araujo	U16		BRA	0	2.5
153		Danilo Moises Galvao	U14		BRA	0	2.5
154		Amanda Melo Moreira Cavalcante	F10	w	BRA	0	2.5
155		Rai Santos Da Silva			BRA	1550	2.5
156		Davi Luiz Araujo Da Silveira	U10		BRA	0	2
157		Caio Cesar Teixeira De Oliveira	U08		BRA	0	2
158		Lucas Da Costa Veras	U06		BRA	0	1
159	FM	Eduardo Da Costa Marra			BRA	2188	0
		Haroldo Wladimir Soare De Macedo	S50		BRA	1753	0
		Samuel Ramon Da Silva			BRA	1630	0