GMChristian Bauer

FRA Born 1977 Male
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 ratings

2558

Classical

Published FIDE

2599

Rapid

Published FIDE

2593

Blitz

Published FIDE

Official classical ranks

World rank
#258
National rank · FRA
#11

Active players · Nov 2026 FIDE list ⓘ

Rating milestones

Highest recorded rating
2682 Aug 2012
Recorded years
2001–2026
Archived games
1324

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Rating history

FIDE rating history

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Games

Published games available in our archive; coverage varies by tournament. Archive last checked: 2026-11-11 (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
801 2017-12-18 Dr Geza Hetenyi Mem GM Budapest HUN 6.5 Christian Bauer Zoltan Dr. Medvegy 0-1 50 Open
802 2017-12-16 Dr Geza Hetenyi Mem GM Budapest HUN 5.1 Christian Bauer Benjamin Gledura 1/2-1/2 30 Open
803 2017-12-15 Dr Geza Hetenyi Mem GM Budapest HUN 4.5 Gergely Aczel Christian Bauer 1-0 48 Open
804 2017-12-14 Dr Geza Hetenyi Mem GM Budapest HUN 3.2 Christian Bauer Levente Vajda 1/2-1/2 37 Open
805 2017-12-13 Dr Geza Hetenyi Mem GM Budapest HUN 2.1 Ferenc Berkes Christian Bauer 1-0 57 Open
806 2017-12-12 Dr Geza Hetenyi Mem GM Budapest HUN 1.3 Christian Bauer Robert Ruck 1/2-1/2 75 Open
807 2017-11-06 21st European Teams Hersonissos GRE 9.8 Christian Bauer Jan-Krzysztof Duda 0-1 59 Open
808 2017-11-05 21st European Teams Hersonissos GRE 8.5 Christian Bauer Ivan Saric 1-0 81 Open
809 2017-11-04 21st European Teams Hersonissos GRE 7.8 Dusko Pavasovic Christian Bauer 1/2-1/2 51 Open
810 2017-11-01 21st European Teams Hersonissos GRE 5.6 Robert Markus Christian Bauer 1-0 53 Open
811 2017-10-30 21st European Teams Hersonissos GRE 3.5 Christian Bauer Maxim Rodshtein 0-1 39 Open
812 2017-10-29 21st European Teams Hersonissos GRE 2.5 Christian Bauer David Anton Guijarro 1/2-1/2 37 Open
813 2017-10-28 21st European Teams Hersonissos GRE 1.12 Christian Bauer Mika Karttunen 1-0 49 Open
814 2017-10-15 TCh-SUI 2017 Switzerland SUI 9.2 Nico Georgiadis Christian Bauer 1/2-1/2 34 Open
815 2017-10-14 TCh-SUI 2017 Switzerland SUI 8.2 Christian Bauer Andreas Heimann 1-0 44 Open
816 2017-10-01 TCh-BEL 2017-18 Belgium BEL 2.2 Christian Bauer Maxime Lagarde 1/2-1/2 55 Open
817 2017-09-03 TCh-SUI 2017 Switzerland SUI 7.2 Christian Bauer Robert Huebner 1/2-1/2 31 Open
818 2017-09-02 TCh-SUI 2017 Switzerland SUI 6.2 Frank Zeller Christian Bauer 0-1 47 Open
819 2017-08-27 92nd ch-FRA 2017 Agen FRA 9.1 Christian Bauer Etienne Bacrot 0-1 33 Open
820 2017-08-26 92nd ch-FRA 2017 Agen FRA 8.1 Tigran Gharamian Christian Bauer 1-0 84 Open
821 2017-08-25 92nd ch-FRA 2017 Agen FRA 7.1 Christian Bauer Sebastien Maze 1/2-1/2 51 Open
822 2017-08-24 92nd ch-FRA 2017 Agen FRA 6.1 Matthieu Cornette Christian Bauer 1/2-1/2 47 Open
823 2017-08-23 92nd ch-FRA 2017 Agen FRA 5.1 Christian Bauer Laurent Fressinet 1/2-1/2 24 Open
824 2017-08-22 92nd ch-FRA 2017 Agen FRA 4.4 Jean-Luc Chabanon Christian Bauer 0-1 29 Open
825 2017-08-21 92nd ch-FRA 2017 Agen FRA 3.2 Christian Bauer Maxime Lagarde 1/2-1/2 48 Open
826 2017-08-20 92nd ch-FRA 2017 Agen FRA 2.5 Jean-Francois Jolly Christian Bauer 0-1 32 Open
827 2017-08-19 92nd ch-FRA 2017 Agen FRA 1.3 Christian Bauer Yannick Gozzoli 1-0 41 Open
828 2017-07-21 8th Vaujany Open 2017 Vaujany FRA 9.1 Christian Bauer Jozsef Horvath 1/2-1/2 13 Open
829 2017-07-19 8th Vaujany Open 2017 Vaujany FRA 7.1 Christian Bauer Viktor Gazik 1-0 48 Open
830 2017-07-16 8th Vaujany Open 2017 Vaujany FRA 4.1 Mikita Mayorau Christian Bauer 1/2-1/2 32 Open
831 2017-07-15 8th Vaujany Open 2017 Vaujany FRA 3.1 Christian Bauer Quentin Loiseau 1-0 45 Open
832 2017-07-14 8th Vaujany Open 2017 Vaujany FRA 2.1 Sebastien Abello Christian Bauer 0-1 63 Open
833 2017-07-13 8th Vaujany Open 2017 Vaujany FRA 1.1 Christian Bauer Balazs Fodor 1-0 52 Open
834 2017-06-11 TCh-SUI 2017 Switzerland SUI 5.2 Christian Bauer Fabian Maeser 1-0 29 Open
835 2017-06-05 11th BPB Limburg Open Maastricht NED 7.2 Christian Bauer Sebastian Bogner 1-0 36 Open
836 2017-06-05 11th BPB Limburg Open Maastricht NED 6.2 Thomas Beerdsen Christian Bauer 0-1 43 Open
837 2017-06-04 11th BPB Limburg Open Maastricht NED 5.2 Christian Bauer Liam Vrolijk 1/2-1/2 52 Open
838 2017-06-04 11th BPB Limburg Open Maastricht NED 4.3 Christian Bauer Edwyn Mesman 1-0 46 Open
839 2017-06-03 11th BPB Limburg Open Maastricht NED 3.1 Ivan Sokolov Christian Bauer 1/2-1/2 43 Open
840 2017-06-03 11th BPB Limburg Open Maastricht NED 2.2 Christian Bauer Fred Berend 1-0 29 Open
841 2017-06-02 11th BPB Limburg Open Maastricht NED 1.2 Anne Haast Christian Bauer 0-1 66 Open
842 2017-05-14 TCh-SUI 2017 Switzerland SUI 4.2 Guillaume Sermier Christian Bauer 1/2-1/2 88 Open
843 2017-05-01 Bundesliga 2016-17 Berlin GER 15.6 Hrant Melkumyan Christian Bauer 1/2-1/2 40 Open
844 2017-04-30 Bundesliga 2016-17 Berlin GER 14.6 Christian Bauer Rene Stern 1-0 34 Open
845 2017-04-29 Bundesliga 2016-17 Berlin GER 13.8 Laurent Fressinet Christian Bauer 1/2-1/2 47 Open
846 2017-04-23 TCh-SUI 2017 Switzerland SUI 3.2 Christian Bauer Mihajlo Stojanovic 0-1 37 Open
847 2017-04-17 Zurich Korchnoi Open 2017 Zurich SUI 7.5 Christian Bauer Imre Jr. Hera 1/2-1/2 51 Open
848 2017-04-16 Zurich Korchnoi Open 2017 Zurich SUI 6.4 Alexander Motylev Christian Bauer 1/2-1/2 13 Open
849 2017-04-16 Zurich Korchnoi Open 2017 Zurich SUI 5.1 Christian Bauer Eltaj Safarli 1/2-1/2 14 Open
850 2017-04-15 Zurich Korchnoi Open 2017 Zurich SUI 4.2 Ivan Ivanisevic Christian Bauer 1/2-1/2 25 Open
  1. vs Zoltan Dr. MedvegyLost · 0-1White · 2017-12-18 · Round 6.5Dr Geza Hetenyi Mem GM
  2. vs Benjamin GleduraDraw · ½–½White · 2017-12-16 · Round 5.1Dr Geza Hetenyi Mem GM
  3. vs Gergely AczelLost · 1-0Black · 2017-12-15 · Round 4.5Dr Geza Hetenyi Mem GM
  4. vs Levente VajdaDraw · ½–½White · 2017-12-14 · Round 3.2Dr Geza Hetenyi Mem GM
  5. vs Ferenc BerkesLost · 1-0Black · 2017-12-13 · Round 2.1Dr Geza Hetenyi Mem GM
  6. vs Robert RuckDraw · ½–½White · 2017-12-12 · Round 1.3Dr Geza Hetenyi Mem GM
  7. vs Jan-Krzysztof DudaLost · 0-1White · 2017-11-06 · Round 9.821st European Teams
  8. vs Ivan SaricWon · 1-0White · 2017-11-05 · Round 8.521st European Teams
  9. vs Dusko PavasovicDraw · ½–½Black · 2017-11-04 · Round 7.821st European Teams
  10. vs Robert MarkusLost · 1-0Black · 2017-11-01 · Round 5.621st European Teams
  11. vs Maxim RodshteinLost · 0-1White · 2017-10-30 · Round 3.521st European Teams
  12. vs David Anton GuijarroDraw · ½–½White · 2017-10-29 · Round 2.521st European Teams
  13. vs Mika KarttunenWon · 1-0White · 2017-10-28 · Round 1.1221st European Teams
  14. vs Nico GeorgiadisDraw · ½–½Black · 2017-10-15 · Round 9.2TCh-SUI 2017
  15. vs Andreas HeimannWon · 1-0White · 2017-10-14 · Round 8.2TCh-SUI 2017
  16. vs Maxime LagardeDraw · ½–½White · 2017-10-01 · Round 2.2TCh-BEL 2017-18
  17. vs Robert HuebnerDraw · ½–½White · 2017-09-03 · Round 7.2TCh-SUI 2017
  18. vs Frank ZellerWon · 0-1Black · 2017-09-02 · Round 6.2TCh-SUI 2017
  19. vs Etienne BacrotLost · 0-1White · 2017-08-27 · Round 9.192nd ch-FRA 2017
  20. vs Tigran GharamianLost · 1-0Black · 2017-08-26 · Round 8.192nd ch-FRA 2017
  21. vs Sebastien MazeDraw · ½–½White · 2017-08-25 · Round 7.192nd ch-FRA 2017
  22. vs Matthieu CornetteDraw · ½–½Black · 2017-08-24 · Round 6.192nd ch-FRA 2017
  23. vs Laurent FressinetDraw · ½–½White · 2017-08-23 · Round 5.192nd ch-FRA 2017
  24. vs Jean-Luc ChabanonWon · 0-1Black · 2017-08-22 · Round 4.492nd ch-FRA 2017
  25. vs Maxime LagardeDraw · ½–½White · 2017-08-21 · Round 3.292nd ch-FRA 2017
  26. vs Jean-Francois JollyWon · 0-1Black · 2017-08-20 · Round 2.592nd ch-FRA 2017
  27. vs Yannick GozzoliWon · 1-0White · 2017-08-19 · Round 1.392nd ch-FRA 2017
  28. vs Jozsef HorvathDraw · ½–½White · 2017-07-21 · Round 9.18th Vaujany Open 2017
  29. vs Viktor GazikWon · 1-0White · 2017-07-19 · Round 7.18th Vaujany Open 2017
  30. vs Mikita MayorauDraw · ½–½Black · 2017-07-16 · Round 4.18th Vaujany Open 2017
  31. vs Quentin LoiseauWon · 1-0White · 2017-07-15 · Round 3.18th Vaujany Open 2017
  32. vs Sebastien AbelloWon · 0-1Black · 2017-07-14 · Round 2.18th Vaujany Open 2017
  33. vs Balazs FodorWon · 1-0White · 2017-07-13 · Round 1.18th Vaujany Open 2017
  34. vs Fabian MaeserWon · 1-0White · 2017-06-11 · Round 5.2TCh-SUI 2017
  35. vs Sebastian BognerWon · 1-0White · 2017-06-05 · Round 7.211th BPB Limburg Open
  36. vs Thomas BeerdsenWon · 0-1Black · 2017-06-05 · Round 6.211th BPB Limburg Open
  37. vs Liam VrolijkDraw · ½–½White · 2017-06-04 · Round 5.211th BPB Limburg Open
  38. vs Edwyn MesmanWon · 1-0White · 2017-06-04 · Round 4.311th BPB Limburg Open
  39. vs Ivan SokolovDraw · ½–½Black · 2017-06-03 · Round 3.111th BPB Limburg Open
  40. vs Fred BerendWon · 1-0White · 2017-06-03 · Round 2.211th BPB Limburg Open
  41. vs Anne HaastWon · 0-1Black · 2017-06-02 · Round 1.211th BPB Limburg Open
  42. vs Guillaume SermierDraw · ½–½Black · 2017-05-14 · Round 4.2TCh-SUI 2017
  43. vs Hrant MelkumyanDraw · ½–½Black · 2017-05-01 · Round 15.6Bundesliga 2016-17
  44. vs Rene SternWon · 1-0White · 2017-04-30 · Round 14.6Bundesliga 2016-17
  45. vs Laurent FressinetDraw · ½–½Black · 2017-04-29 · Round 13.8Bundesliga 2016-17
  46. vs Mihajlo StojanovicLost · 0-1White · 2017-04-23 · Round 3.2TCh-SUI 2017
  47. vs Imre Jr. HeraDraw · ½–½White · 2017-04-17 · Round 7.5Zurich Korchnoi Open 2017
  48. vs Alexander MotylevDraw · ½–½Black · 2017-04-16 · Round 6.4Zurich Korchnoi Open 2017
  49. vs Eltaj SafarliDraw · ½–½White · 2017-04-16 · Round 5.1Zurich Korchnoi Open 2017
  50. vs Ivan IvanisevicDraw · ½–½Black · 2017-04-15 · Round 4.2Zurich Korchnoi Open 2017

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