GMChristian Bauer
- FIDE ID
- 603767
About Christian Bauer
Christian Bauer was born in Forbach, France, in 1977. He won the French championship in 1996 and became a grandmaster in 1997. He added national titles in 2012 and 2015. His international results included victory at the Calvià festival in 2005 and a share of first in the Biel open in 2010. Show more
Christian Bauer was born in Forbach, France, in 1977. He won the French championship in 1996 and became a grandmaster in 1997. He added national titles in 2012 and 2015. His international results included victory at the Calvià festival in 2005 and a share of first in the Biel open in 2010. Bauer has written several opening books, including Play 1...b6, The Philidor Files and Play the Scandinavian. His 2018 book Candidate Moves examines how players choose which possibilities to calculate.
FIDE rating history
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FIDE tournaments
| Date | Tournament | Type | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-19 | 9eme Festival International de Perpignan Open A | Classical | 9 |
| 2026-10-18 | 9eme Festival International de Perpignan Rapide | Rapid | 8 |
| 2026-10-17 | 9eme Festival International de Perpignan Blitz | Blitz | 7½ |
| 2026-10-10 | SMM NLA 2026 round 8-9 | Classical | 1 |
| 2026-10-04 | Rapide Cote bleue - Martigues 4 Octobre 2026 | Rapid | 7½ |
| 2026-10-04 | 17e Festival de la Tour Blanche | Rapid | 7½ |
Available Games
Published games available in our archive; coverage varies by tournament. Archive last checked: 2026-11-09 (UTC).
Online games are identified from known tournament names, playing sites and PGN mode. Other games are listed as OTB (over-the-board).
| # | Date | Event | Site | Round | White | Black | Result | Moves | View |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 601 | 2019-08-06 | Riga Tech Open A 2019 | Riga LAT | 2.4 | Alisher Suleymenov | Christian Bauer | 0-1 | 40 | Open |
| 602 | 2019-08-05 | Riga Tech Open A 2019 | Riga LAT | 1.5 | Christian Bauer | Leon Piasetski | 1-0 | 35 | Open |
| 603 | 2019-07-26 | 27th Saint-Affrique Open | Saint-Affrique FRA | 8.1 | Matthieu Cornette | Christian Bauer | 1-0 | 61 | Open |
| 604 | 2019-07-23 | 27th Saint-Affrique Open | Saint-Affrique FRA | 5.2 | Christian Bauer | Glenn C Flear | 0-1 | 46 | Open |
| 605 | 2019-07-22 | 27th Saint-Affrique Open | Saint-Affrique FRA | 4.1 | Kidambi Sundararajan | Christian Bauer | 1/2-1/2 | 39 | Open |
| 606 | 2019-07-22 | 27th Saint-Affrique Open | Saint-Affrique FRA | 3.1 | Christian Bauer | Fabien Forgues | 1-0 | 18 | Open |
| 607 | 2019-07-21 | 27th Saint-Affrique Open | Saint-Affrique FRA | 2.1 | Francois Hacout | Christian Bauer | 0-1 | 16 | Open |
| 608 | 2019-07-20 | 27th Saint-Affrique Open | Saint-Affrique FRA | 1.1 | Christian Bauer | Daniel Labarrere | 1-0 | 28 | Open |
| 609 | 2019-07-19 | 119th ch-SUI Masters 2019 | Leukerbad SUI | 9.1 | Marco Riehle | Christian Bauer | 0-1 | 41 | Open |
| 610 | 2019-07-18 | 119th ch-SUI Masters 2019 | Leukerbad SUI | 8.1 | Christian Bauer | Dennis Kaczmarczyk | 1-0 | 31 | Open |
| 611 | 2019-07-17 | 119th ch-SUI Masters 2019 | Leukerbad SUI | 7.2 | Adrian Gschnitzer | Christian Bauer | 0-1 | 27 | Open |
| 612 | 2019-07-16 | 119th ch-SUI Masters 2019 | Leukerbad SUI | 6.2 | Christian Bauer | Milos Pavlovic | 1/2-1/2 | 50 | Open |
| 613 | 2019-07-15 | 119th ch-SUI Masters 2019 | Leukerbad SUI | 5.1 | Adrien Demuth | Christian Bauer | 1/2-1/2 | 13 | Open |
| 614 | 2019-07-14 | 119th ch-SUI Masters 2019 | Leukerbad SUI | 4.2 | Christian Bauer | Noah Fecker | 1-0 | 34 | Open |
| 615 | 2019-07-13 | 119th ch-SUI Masters 2019 | Leukerbad SUI | 3.1 | Theo Stijve | Christian Bauer | 1/2-1/2 | 68 | Open |
| 616 | 2019-07-12 | 119th ch-SUI Masters 2019 | Leukerbad SUI | 2.1 | Christian Bauer | Jonas Wyss | 1-0 | 35 | Open |
| 617 | 2019-07-11 | 119th ch-SUI Masters 2019 | Leukerbad SUI | 1.1 | Jaspaul Bagri | Christian Bauer | 0-1 | 36 | Open |
| 618 | 2019-06-30 | TCh-SUI 2019 | Switzerland SUI | 5.2 | Jean Netzer | Christian Bauer | 0-1 | 49 | Open |
| 619 | 2019-06-23 | Lyon Rapid Prelim 2019 | Lyon FRA | 7.1 | Christian Bauer | Erik Teichmann | 1-0 | 47 | Open |
| 620 | 2019-06-23 | Lyon Rapid Prelim 2019 | Lyon FRA | 6.2 | Franck Gertosio | Christian Bauer | 0-1 | 40 | Open |
| 621 | 2019-06-23 | Lyon Rapid Prelim 2019 | Lyon FRA | 5.3 | Christian Bauer | Nicolas Fayel | 1-0 | 29 | Open |
| 622 | 2019-06-23 | Lyon Rapid Prelim 2019 | Lyon FRA | 3.1 | Christian Bauer | Niels Borne | 1/2-1/2 | 53 | Open |
| 623 | 2019-06-23 | Lyon Rapid Final 2019 | Lyon FRA | 2.2 | Mahel Boyer | Christian Bauer | 0-1 | 29 | Open |
| 624 | 2019-06-23 | Lyon Rapid Prelim 2019 | Lyon FRA | 2.1 | Emmanuel L'hermitte | Christian Bauer | 0-1 | 24 | Open |
| 625 | 2019-06-23 | Lyon Rapid Final 2019 | Lyon FRA | 2.1 | Christian Bauer | Mahel Boyer | 1-0 | 57 | Open |
| 626 | 2019-06-23 | Lyon Rapid Final 2019 | Lyon FRA | 1.2 | Erik Teichmann | Christian Bauer | 0-1 | 46 | Open |
| 627 | 2019-06-23 | Lyon Rapid Final 2019 | Lyon FRA | 1.1 | Christian Bauer | Erik Teichmann | 1-0 | 37 | Open |
| 628 | 2019-06-23 | Lyon Rapid Prelim 2019 | Lyon FRA | 1.1 | Christian Bauer | Remus Sava | 1-0 | 41 | Open |
| 629 | 2019-05-27 | TCh-FRA Top 12 2019 | Brest FRA | 10.3 | Christian Bauer | Pia Cramling | 1-0 | 41 | Open |
| 630 | 2019-05-26 | TCh-FRA Top 12 2019 | Brest FRA | 9.5 | Quentin Burri | Christian Bauer | 0-1 | 37 | Open |
| 631 | 2019-05-25 | TCh-FRA Top 12 2019 | Brest FRA | 8.5 | Christian Bauer | Grigoriy Oparin | 1/2-1/2 | 58 | Open |
| 632 | 2019-05-23 | TCh-FRA Top 12 2019 | Brest FRA | 6.3 | Hicham Hamdouchi | Christian Bauer | 1/2-1/2 | 15 | Open |
| 633 | 2019-05-22 | TCh-FRA Top 12 2019 | Brest FRA | 5.2 | Alain Genzling | Christian Bauer | 0-1 | 28 | Open |
| 634 | 2019-05-21 | TCh-FRA Top 12 2019 | Brest FRA | 4.3 | Sebastien Cossin | Christian Bauer | 0-1 | 35 | Open |
| 635 | 2019-05-20 | TCh-FRA Top 12 2019 | Brest FRA | 3.3 | Christian Bauer | Sebastien Feller | 0-1 | 59 | Open |
| 636 | 2019-05-19 | TCh-FRA Top 12 2019 | Brest FRA | 2.6 | Yuri Solodovnichenko | Christian Bauer | 1/2-1/2 | 48 | Open |
| 637 | 2019-05-18 | TCh-FRA Top 12 2019 | Brest FRA | 1.4 | Christian Bauer | Laurent Fressinet | 1/2-1/2 | 17 | Open |
| 638 | 2019-05-05 | TCh-SUI 2019 | Switzerland SUI | 4.2 | Ghazal Hakimifard | Christian Bauer | 0-1 | 29 | Open |
| 639 | 2019-05-04 | TCh-SUI 2019 | Switzerland SUI | 3.2 | Christian Bauer | Michael Prusikin | 1/2-1/2 | 49 | Open |
| 640 | 2019-04-22 | 2nd Zurich Easter Open | Zurich SUI | 7.1 | Christian Bauer | Mikhail Kazakov | 1/2-1/2 | 8 | Open |
| 641 | 2019-04-21 | 2nd Zurich Easter Open | Zurich SUI | 6.2 | Dejan Pikula | Christian Bauer | 0-1 | 30 | Open |
| 642 | 2019-04-21 | 2nd Zurich Easter Open | Zurich SUI | 5.1 | Christian Bauer | Vadim Shishkin | 1/2-1/2 | 63 | Open |
| 643 | 2019-04-20 | 2nd Zurich Easter Open | Zurich SUI | 4.1 | Predrag Nikolic | Christian Bauer | 1/2-1/2 | 12 | Open |
| 644 | 2019-04-20 | 2nd Zurich Easter Open | Zurich SUI | 3.1 | Christian Bauer | Markus Loeffler | 1-0 | 31 | Open |
| 645 | 2019-04-19 | 2nd Zurich Easter Open | Zurich SUI | 2.1 | Dietmar Kolbus | Christian Bauer | 0-1 | 53 | Open |
| 646 | 2019-04-19 | 2nd Zurich Easter Open | Zurich SUI | 1.1 | Christian Bauer | Vincent Lou | 1-0 | 34 | Open |
| 647 | 2019-04-14 | TCh-SUI 2019 | Switzerland SUI | 2.2 | Christian Bauer | Nico Georgiadis | 1-0 | 72 | Open |
| 648 | 2019-04-13 | El Ksiba Open 2019 | El Ksiba MAR | 9.3 | Baptiste Menard | Christian Bauer | 0-1 | 39 | Open |
| 649 | 2019-04-12 | El Ksiba Open 2019 | El Ksiba MAR | 8.2 | Christian Bauer | Sahaj Grover | 1-0 | 38 | Open |
| 650 | 2019-04-12 | El Ksiba Open 2019 | El Ksiba MAR | 7.4 | Khalid Becham | Christian Bauer | 0-1 | 23 | Open |