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{{Short description|Ecuadorian chess player}}
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|caption= Martha Fierro Baquero, 2010
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|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1977|9|6}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1977|9|6}}
|birth_place = [[Kingston, Rhode Island]], [[USA]]
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'''Martha Lorena Fierro Baquero'''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.marticafierro.com/ |title=Martha Fierro's official website |website=Marticafierro.com |language=es |access-date=March 24, 2014 |archive-date=January 2, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102202126/http://marticafierro.com/ |url-status=dead}}</ref> (born September 6, 1977) is an American-born [[Ecuador]]ian [[chess]] player holding the titles of [[International Master]] and [[Woman Grandmaster]], and [[FIDE International Organizer]]. She won the [[Pan American Chess Championship#American Continental Chess Championship|American Continental Women's Chess Championship]] in 2009.
'''Martha Lorena Fierro Baquero'''<ref>[http://www.marticafierro.com/ Martha Fierro's Official Website]

</ref> (born September 6, 1977 in [[Kingston, Rhode Island]], [[USA]])<ref>[http://www.hoy.com.ec/libro5/martha/pag06.htm Martha Fierro on www.hoy.com.ec]</ref> is a [[chess]] player. She holds the [[FIDE]] player titles of [[International Master]] and [[Woman Grandmaster]] and the [[FIDE]] training title of FIDE Trainer, acquired after successful examination at the FIDE Seminar for Coaches in [[Vung Tau]] ([[Vietnam]]) on 29.10.2008.<ref>[http://www.fide.com/info/arbiters-trainers?task=arbiter&aid=2946 Arbiters - Trainers]</ref> [[Ecuador]]'s strongest female player, Fierro has represented [[Ecuador]] in eight biennial [[Chess Olympiads]] (1994-96, 2000-2010)<ref>www.olimpbase.org, player file for Martha Fierro</ref>. She is a frequent visitor to the [[United States]] and has a second home in [[Charlotte, North Carolina]]. Today she lives with her mom in [[Ecuador]], and in addition to her professional chess competition, Fierro has worked as a chess journalist. Fierro attended the 2012 World Conference for Women in Sport, held in [[Los Angeles]].<ref>www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=8022</ref>
Born in [[Kingston, Rhode Island]], USA,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hoy.com.ec/libro5/martha/pag06.htm |title=Martha Fierro interview |website=Hoy.com.ec |language=es |access-date=March 24, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927015111/http://www.hoy.com.ec/libro5/martha/pag06.htm |archive-date=September 27, 2013}}</ref> Fierro has been Ecuador's strongest female chess player for many years, and has represented Ecuador in ten biennial [[Chess Olympiad]]s 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 [[32nd Chess Olympiad|1996 Women's Chess Olympiad]] in [[Yerevan]], and 7.5/8 in the [[38th Chess Olympiad|2008 Women's Chess Olympiad]] in [[Dresden]], to win the silver medal on board 1 on both occasions.<ref>{{cite web |author=Wojciech Bartelski |url=http://www.olimpbase.org/playersw/v7h1dp5m.html |title=Women's Chess Olympiads :: Martha Fierro Baquero |work=OlimpBase |access-date=February 27, 2015}}</ref>

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).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://brasilbase.pro.br/p.php |title=Campeonatos Panamericanos |work=BrasilBase |language=pt}}</ref> She took part in the [[FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2009–11|first FIDE Women's Grand Prix series]] from 2009 to 2011.

Fierro is a vice president of [[FIDE]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fide.com/fide/directory/fide-officials.html?comid=1&task=committee |title=Presidential Board |work=[[FIDE]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160528184700/https://www.fide.com/fide/directory/fide-officials.html?comid=1&task=committee |archive-date=May 28, 2016}}</ref> and a chairperson for the FIDE Commission for Women's Chess (WOM).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fide.com/fide/directory/fide-commissions.html?comid=19&task=committee |title=Commission for Women's Chess (WOM) |work=[[FIDE]] |access-date=May 29, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160528123103/https://www.fide.com/fide/directory/fide-commissions.html?comid=19&task=committee |archive-date=May 28, 2016}}</ref>

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


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102202126/http://marticafierro.com/ |title=Martha Fierro's official website |date=January 2, 2014}} {{in lang|es}}
*{{fide|id=3600270|name=Martha Fierro}}
* {{FIDE|name=Martha L. Fierro Baquero}}
*{{chessgames player|id=64170}}
* {{365Chess.com player|Martha_Lorena_Fierro_Baquero}}
*[http://www.chessworld.net/chessclubs/statistics_pgn_rating_chart.asp?username=Fierro%20Baquero,Martha%20L. Statistics at ChessWorld.net]
* {{Chessgames.com player|64170|Martha Lorena Fierro Baquero}}
*[http://www.marticafierro.com/ Martha Fierro's Official Website]
* {{OlimpBase player|v7h1dp5m|Martha Fierro Baquero}}


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Latest revision as of 17:52, 26 March 2024

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 46)
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[edit]

  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.

External links[edit]

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