Christian Gabriel

Christian Gabriel, 2013
Association	Germany
Born	March 3, 1975 Reșița
title	International Master (1992) Grand Master (1996)
Current  Elo rating	2498 (August 2020)
Best Elo rating	2581 (January 1999)
Tab at the FIDE (English)

Christian Gabriel (* 3. March 1975 in Reşiţa ) is a German chess - Grand Master of Romanian origin.

He comes from a chess-loving family. His father Josef (* 1945), from whom he learned the game, and his older brother Robert (* 1969), who holds the title of FIDE master , are also good chess players. Christian played his first chess tournament at the age of 7; In 1987 he won the Romanian C youth championship.

In the same year the family moved to Germany. There he was also C youth champion and took part in six youth world championships in the following years . At the U14 youth world championship in 1989 in Aguadilla , Puerto Rico, he was third behind Wesselin Topalow and Wladimir Kramnik . In 1990 in Singapore he finished 9th at the U16 World Cup. In 1991 in Brazil he finished 5th at the U18 World Cup. Also in 1991 he was third at the U16 European Championship in Romania . As early as 1988 at the European Cadet Championships in Sweden (at the end of December in Stockholm ), Christian Gabriel surprisingly became vice European champion. He won the 2nd SKA youth chess tournament in Altensteig in 1993 by a large margin over Michael Bezold , Peter Luther and other international champions. At the Junior World Championships in 1993 in the city of Calicut in India , he finished 5th. In 1995 in Halle an der Saale he was eleventh (80 participants) in the Junior World Championship, which Roman Slobodjan won.

Christian Gabriel 1996

He graduated from the chess high school in Altensteig and was trained by Luděk Pachman , Miroslav Filip and Lothar Vogt . He received the title of Grand Master in 1996 after meeting four standards between October 1995 and May 1996. But then he decided against a professional career and began studying law at the University of Konstanz , which he completed with the second state examination.

In 1997 he was appointed to the German national team for the first time on the occasion of the European Championship in Pula . At the European team championship in 1999 in Batumi , he was also part of the German team and achieved third place with this. In 1998 he was a substitute player at the Chess Olympiad in Elista , where he scored 3.5 points from 6 games.

Gabriel played in the German Federal Chess League in the 1992/93 season for VfL Sindelfingen , from 1993 to 1995 for FC Bayern Munich , with whom he became German team champion in 1995, from 1995 to 1999 and from 2003 to 2014 for Solingen SG 1868 , with which he became champion in 1997 , and from 2001 to 2003 for the Stuttgart SF . In the 2015/16 season he will play again for FC Bayern Munich. At the same time, Gabriel played in the National League A of the Swiss team championship until 2007 for the Zurich chess company , with which he became team champion in 1999 , 2002 , 2003 and 2005 and took part in the European Club Cup in 2006 .

Gabriel is in the Bavarian since 2006 financial management busy and deputy director of the tax office in Gunzenhausen . In addition to chess, he also plays Janus chess and made it to the European runner-up. He also practices Taekwondo and wears the black belt there.

literature

• Portrait in the magazine Karl , No. 22, 2006, pp. 46–51.

Web links

Commons : Christian Gabriel  - Collection of Images

• Heiner Kowal: Official career instead of chess career ( Memento from February 23, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), in: Altmühl-Bote , February 19, 2009

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Two bronze medals in Puerto Rico . JugendSchach issue 7/89, pp. 6–12 (report, tables and games, as well as picture by Heike Vogel).
2. ↑ Thomas Koch : Great success at the Youth World Cup in Singapore . JugendSchach issue 5/1990, pp. 3–5 (report, tables and games).
3. ^ Clemens Werner : Highlights of the World Cup in Brazil . JugendSchach issue 8/1991, pp. 3–8 (report, photos and games for U16 and U18).
4. ↑ C. Gabriel Third in Europe - About the European Youth Championships in Romania . JugendSchach issue 5/1991, pp. 3–9 (report, tables, photos and games).
5. ↑ Cadet EM in Sweden . Schach-Echo -Verlag, JugendSchach issue no. 1 / February '89, pp. 12–15 (report and games).
6. ↑ Christian Gabriel far superior . JugendSchach issue 4/93, p. 4–8 (report, photos, table and games).
7. ^ Lothar Vogt : U20 World Cup in India - Great success for IM Christian Gabriel . JugendSchach Heft 1/94, pp. 4–8 (report, photo, tables and games).
8. ^ Annegret Wenig: Junior World Championships in Germany. JugendSchach edition 9/95, pp. 4–12 (report, tables, photos and games).
9. ↑ Christian Gabriel's results at European Team Championships on olimpbase.org (English)
10. ↑ Christian Gabriel's results at the Chess Olympiads on olimpbase.org (English)
11. ↑ Christian Gabriel's results at European Club Cups on olimpbase.org (English)