Georg Meier (chess player)

Georg Meier (born August 26, 1987) is a German-Uruguayan chess grandmaster who represents Uruguay.

Meier competed in the Chess World Cup in 2009, defeating Tigran L. Petrosian in the first round before being eliminated by Maxime Vachier-Lagrave.

[2] In December 2009, Meier tied for 1st–4th places with Julio Granda, Viktor Láznička and Kiril Georgiev in the 19th Magistral Pamplona Tournament.

[3] In 2014, he shared second place with Peter Leko in the Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting, which was won by Fabiano Caruana.

[4] Meier won the main Grandmaster tournament at the 2017 Maccabiah Games in Jerusalem, ahead of Ukrainian Alexander Moiseenko.