Christian Bauer (chess player)


Christian Bauer, Karlsruhe 2016
Association	France France
Born	January 11, 1977 Forbach , France
title	International Master (1993) Grand Master (1997)
Current Elo rating	2627 (August 2020)
Best Elo rating	2682 (August 2012)
Tab at the FIDE (English)

Christian Bauer (born January 11, 1977 in Forbach ) is a French chess master .

Career

Bauer won the individual championship of France in Auxerre in 1996 and became grandmaster in 1997 . In 1999, he turned in the first round of the FIDE - World Chess Championship World Champion from 2004 Rustam Kasimdzhanov , but then failed in the second round of Péter Lékó .

Under tragic circumstances, Christian Bauer was again French champion in Pau in August 2012 (together with Étienne Bacrot , Romain Édouard and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave ). Christian Bauer's four-month-old baby died before the last round. The tournament was then canceled and the participants of the tournament agreed to award the title to the top four with 7 points each.

With his best Elo rating of 2682, Bauer was 69th in the world in August 2012.

Team chess

National team

In 2000 , 2002 , 2006 and 2012 , Bauer represented his country at the Chess Olympiad , and between 1999 and 2011 he took part in six European team championships , placing second in the team ranking in 2001 and third in 2005 and the best result in 2011 Reserve player reached.

societies

For the Hamburger SK in the 2017 Bundesliga finals in Berlin

Bauer became French team champion in 2002 with C. E. M. C. Monaco , after which he played until 2004 and in the 2005/06 season for Clichy Echecs , in the 2004/05 season for Cannes Echecs , in the 2006/07 season for Paris Chess 15 , in the 2007 season / 08 at Montpellier Echecs , and then until 2013 at Vandœuvre Echecs . In the 2013/14 season he played for C. E. de Bois-Colombes and in 2019 for Nice Alekhine . Bauer played in the German Federal Chess League from 1996 to 1998 and again in the 2003/04 season at SCA St. Ingbert , in the 1998/99 season at SC Viernheim , in the 2000/01 season at TV Tegernsee , from 2001 to 2003 at the SG Porz , in the 2006/07 season at SC Remagen and in the 2015/16 and 2016/17 seasons for the Hamburger SK . In Belgium, Bauer was team champion with the Cercle des Echecs de Charleroi in 2012 and played for Koninklijke Gentse Schaakkring Ruy Lopez in the 2017/18 season , in Spain he played for Gros Xake Taldea and became Spanish team champion in 2011 , in Luxembourg for De Sprénger Echternach . Christian Bauer has been playing in the Swiss team championship since 2008 for the Zurich chess company , after having worked for the Biel chess company from 2001 to 2006 . In the Swiss group championship, Bauer played for the Réti Zurich chess club from 2012 to 2014 . Bauer was Swiss team champion in 2001 , 2004 , 2008 , 2009 , 2010 and 2016 , and Swiss group champion in 2012/13 and 2013/14 . In Austria, Bauer has been playing for SK Sparkasse Jenbach since 2012 and became the Austrian team champion in 2013 and 2015 . He has been playing for 3Cs in the British Four Nations Chess League since the 2015/16 season . At the European Club Cup farmer took eleven times in part (1998 and 2003 with Clichy Échecs , 2000 Nancy Est Echecs 2006 up to 2008 and from 2010 to 2012 with Gros Xake Taldea , 2014 and 2015 with the SG Zurich ) and reached here in 2000 the best result on Top board and in 2006 the second best result on the third board.

Style of play

Bauer is known for his unconventional opening treatment, with the black pieces he plays rarely encountered openings at grandmaster level such as the Scandinavian Defense , the Alekhine Defense or the Owen Defense . In 2005 he wrote a book about the latter system.