Christian Bauer

French chess grandmaster and author (born 1977)

Christian Bauer
Bauer in 2023
Country	France
Born	(1977-01-11) 11 January 1977 (age 47) Forbach, France
Title	Grandmaster (1997)
FIDE rating	2571 (April 2024)
Peak rating	2682 (August 2012)
Peak ranking	No. 57 (April 2005)

Christian Bauer (born 11 January 1977) is a French chess grandmaster and author. He is a three-time French Chess Champion (1996, 2012, 2015).^[1]

In 2005 he won the 2nd Calvia Chess Festival.^[2] In 2009, came first at Vicente Bonil ahead of 21 GMs and 33 titled players.^[3] In 2010, he tied for 1st–7th with Alexander Riazantsev, Vitali Golod, Nadezhda Kosintseva, Leonid Kritz, Sébastien Feller, Sébastien Mazé in the 43rd Biel Chess Festival.^[4]

Books

Bauer, Christian (2005). Play 1...b6: A Dynamic and Hypermodern Opening System for Black. Everyman Chess. ISBN 1-857444-10-8.
Bauer, Christian (2006). The Philidor Files. Everyman Chess. ISBN 1-85744-4361.
Bauer, Christian (2010). Play the Scandinavian. Quality Chess. ISBN 978-1-906552-55-8.
Bauer, Christian (2018). Candidate Moves: A Grandmaster's Method. Thinkers Publishing. ISBN 978-9492510242.

References

^ Championnats de France^{[permanent dead link]} (in French)
^ Crowther, Mark (2005-10-31). "TWIC 573: II Calvia Chess Festival". Chess.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2012-07-24. Retrieved 19 March 2012.
^ "GM Christian Bauer wins the strong tournament Vicente Bonil". Chessdom. Archived from the original on 14 June 2017. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
^ Crowther, Mark (2010-07-29). "The Week in Chess: Biel Chess Festival 2010". Chess.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2012-07-30. Retrieved 3 January 2012.