Alexandre Lesiège
| Alexandre Le Siège | |
|---|---|
| Country | Canada |
| Born | 18 August 1975 Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Title | Grandmaster (1999) |
| FIDE rating | 2510 (November 2022) |
| Peak rating | 2589 (October 2001) |
Alexandre Le Siège[1][2] (born 18 August 1975), also known as Alexandre Lesiège, is a Canadian chess player who holds the FIDE title of Grandmaster. He has won three Canadian championships and represented Canada in World Championship qualifying events and Olympiads.
He was born in Montreal, Quebec, he was first introduced to chess at age six. He began playing in local events organized by Chess 'N Math, and had a Candidate Master rating by age 11. His first important success was winning the Canadian Junior Championship in 1989, at age 14.
Le Siège, at age 16, won the 1992 Canadian Chess Championship at Kingston, Ontario, defeating grandmaster Kevin Spraggett in the key game, and this made him the second-youngest Canadian champion ever, after Abraham Yanofsky, who was also 16 when he won in 1941. He was awarded the International Master title by FIDE, and qualified for the 1993 Interzonal Tournament at Biel, Switzerland.
He won the Canadian title again in 1999 at Brantford.[3] and in 2001 at Montreal with a tie-break match held in Brantford.[4] He earned his Grandmaster title at the 1999 Quebec Open in Montreal, his third and final required title norm. This made him the first Canadian Francophone to earn the highest title in chess. He represented Canada in Olympiad Team Chess events, twice on top board, with success.
Le Siège was virtually retired from competitive chess from 2004 to 2015 when he started playing again by defeating Grandmaster Evgeny Bareev in a rapid match 1.5-0.5.[5]
References
- ^ "Alexandre Le Siège, grand maître international d'échecs joue en simultané avec 25 amateurs au Parc Cartier-Richard de Contrecoeur" [Alexandre Le Siege, international chess grandmaster plays simultaneously with 25 amateurs at the Cartier-Richard Park in Contrecoeur]. LeContrecourant.com (in French). 4 July 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
- ^ Byrne, Robert (28 April 2002). "CHESS; 19-Year-Old Wins in Canada, Qualifying for Zonal Tourney". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 27 May 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
The defending Canadian champion, Alexandre Le Siege, took third place with 8-3.
- ^ Ficzere, Tony. "The 1999 Canadian Chess Championships". En Passant December 1999: 30-39
- ^ Hergott, Dean. "Spraggett vs. Lesiege: Canadian Championship Playoff Match". En Passant December 2001: 16-21
- ^ "Game of the Week: GM Bareev vs. GM Lesiege". chess.ca.
External links
- Alexandre Le Siege rating and tournament record at Chess Federation of Canada
- Alexandre Le Siège member profile at Chess.com
- Questions et réponses avec GM Alexandre Le Siège [Q&A with GM Alexandre Le Siege] on YouTube (in French)
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- Alexandre Lesiege Chess Olympiad record at OlimpBase.org
- Alexandre Lesiege player profile and games at Chessgames.com
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