Martha Fierro

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Fierro and the second or maternal family name is Baquero.

Martha Fierro
Fierro in 2010
Full nameMartha Lorena Fierro Baquero
Country Ecuador
Born (1977-09-06) September 6, 1977 (age 47)
Kingston, Rhode Island, U.S.
TitleInternational Master (2005)
Woman Grandmaster (2000)
Peak rating2411 (April 2009)

Martha Lorena Fierro Baquero[1] (born September 6, 1977) is an American-born Ecuadorian chess player holding the titles of International Master and Woman Grandmaster, and FIDE International Organizer. She won the American Continental Women's Chess Championship in 2009.

Born in Kingston, Rhode Island, USA,[2] Fierro has been Ecuador's strongest female chess player for many years, and has represented Ecuador in ten biennial Chess Olympiads from 1994 to 2012. In 1998 she played in the open section (with both male and female players), while in the other editions she took part in the women's tournament. Her best results were when she scored 9.5/13 in the 1996 Women's Chess Olympiad in Yerevan, and 7.5/8 in the 2008 Women's Chess Olympiad in Dresden, to win the silver medal on board 1 on both occasions.[3]

Fierro won twice the Pan American Under-18 Girls Championship (in 1994 and 1995) and three times the Pan American Under-20 Girls Championship (in 1995, 1996 and 1997).[4] She took part in the first FIDE Women's Grand Prix series from 2009 to 2011.

Fierro is a vice president of FIDE[5] and a chairperson for the FIDE Commission for Women's Chess (WOM).[6]

On 8 February 2021, she left the Italian city of Genoa, where she lived with her daughter, and went to Ecuador.

References

  1. ^ "Martha Fierro's official website". Marticafierro.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on January 2, 2014. Retrieved March 24, 2014.
  2. ^ "Martha Fierro interview". Hoy.com.ec (in Spanish). Archived from the original on September 27, 2013. Retrieved March 24, 2014.
  3. ^ Wojciech Bartelski. "Women's Chess Olympiads :: Martha Fierro Baquero". OlimpBase. Retrieved February 27, 2015.
  4. ^ "Campeonatos Panamericanos". BrasilBase (in Portuguese).
  5. ^ "Presidential Board". FIDE. Archived from the original on May 28, 2016.
  6. ^ "Commission for Women's Chess (WOM)". FIDE. Archived from the original on May 28, 2016. Retrieved May 29, 2016.