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
901 2016-08-19 91st ch-FRA 2016 Agen FRA 7.3 Christian Bauer Laurent Fressinet 1/2-1/2 40 Open
902 2016-08-18 91st ch-FRA 2016 Agen FRA 6.1 Tigran Gharamian Christian Bauer 1-0 51 Open
903 2016-08-17 91st ch-FRA 2016 Agen FRA 5.4 Christian Bauer Sebastien Maze 1-0 35 Open
904 2016-08-16 91st ch-FRA 2016 Agen FRA 4.3 Yannick Gozzoli Christian Bauer 1/2-1/2 51 Open
905 2016-08-15 91st ch-FRA 2016 Agen FRA 3.4 Christian Bauer Sebastien Feller 1-0 30 Open
906 2016-08-14 91st ch-FRA 2016 Agen FRA 2.2 Jean-Francois Jolly Christian Bauer 1-0 40 Open
907 2016-08-13 91st ch-FRA 2016 Agen FRA 1.3 Christian Bauer Adrien Demuth 1-0 33 Open
908 2016-07-23 7th Vaujany Open 2016 Vaujany FRA 8.4 Christian Bauer Dylan Viennot 1-0 34 Open
909 2016-07-22 7th Vaujany Open 2016 Vaujany FRA 7.5 Christian Bauer Sonja Maria Bluhm 1-0 34 Open
910 2016-07-21 7th Vaujany Open 2016 Vaujany FRA 6.2 Boris Chatalbashev Christian Bauer 1-0 59 Open
911 2016-07-20 7th Vaujany Open 2016 Vaujany FRA 5.2 Christian Bauer Jozsef Horvath 1/2-1/2 35 Open
912 2016-07-19 7th Vaujany Open 2016 Vaujany FRA 4.3 Sebastien Joie Christian Bauer 0-1 55 Open
913 2016-07-17 7th Vaujany Open 2016 Vaujany FRA 2.1 Christian Bauer Ramon Chalmeta Ugas 1-0 83 Open
914 2016-07-16 7th Vaujany Open 2016 Vaujany FRA 1.1 Jean-Yves Soyer Christian Bauer 0-1 30 Open
915 2016-07-03 3rd ch-Francophonie Rapid Geneva SUI 9.2 Jean-Noel Riff Christian Bauer 1/2-1/2 14 Open
916 2016-07-03 3rd ch-Francophonie Rapid Geneva SUI 15.2 Jean-Christophe Olivier Christian Bauer 0-1 34 Open
917 2016-07-03 3rd ch-Francophonie Rapid Geneva SUI 14.2 Fred Berend Christian Bauer 0-1 80 Open
918 2016-07-03 3rd ch-Francophonie Rapid Geneva SUI 13.2 Christian Bauer Slim Bouaziz 1-0 20 Open
919 2016-07-03 3rd ch-Francophonie Rapid Geneva SUI 12.2 Christian Bauer Andreas Huss 1-0 61 Open
920 2016-07-03 3rd ch-Francophonie Rapid Geneva SUI 11.2 Yevgen Bondar Christian Bauer 0-1 45 Open
921 2016-07-03 3rd ch-Francophonie Rapid Geneva SUI 10.2 Christian Bauer Yohan Benitah 1-0 57 Open
922 2016-07-02 3rd ch-Francophonie Rapid Geneva SUI 8.1 Christian Bauer Clovis Vernay 1-0 47 Open
923 2016-07-02 3rd ch-Francophonie Rapid Geneva SUI 7.1 Michele Godena Christian Bauer 1-0 26 Open
924 2016-07-02 3rd ch-Francophonie Rapid Geneva SUI 6.1 Christian Bauer Alexandre Vuilleumier 1-0 53 Open
925 2016-07-02 3rd ch-Francophonie Rapid Geneva SUI 5.1 Igor Efimov Christian Bauer 0-1 14 Open
926 2016-07-02 3rd ch-Francophonie Rapid Geneva SUI 4.1 Christian Bauer Aurelio Colmenares 1-0 24 Open
927 2016-07-02 3rd ch-Francophonie Rapid Geneva SUI 3.1 Antoine Flick Christian Bauer 0-1 38 Open
928 2016-07-02 3rd ch-Francophonie Rapid Geneva SUI 2.1 Christian Bauer Jean-Olivier Leconte 1-0 37 Open
929 2016-07-02 3rd ch-Francophonie Rapid Geneva SUI 1.1 Andrea Pinchetti Christian Bauer 0-1 41 Open
930 2016-06-12 TCh-SUI 2016 Switzerland SUI 5.2 Michael Prusikin Christian Bauer 1/2-1/2 33 Open
931 2016-06-11 TCh-SUI 2016 Switzerland SUI 4.2 Christian Bauer Aurelio Colmenares 1-0 24 Open
932 2016-06-07 TCh-FRA Top 12 2016 Drancy FRA 11.4 Christian Bauer Philippe Brochet 0-1 57 Open
933 2016-06-06 TCh-FRA Top 12 2016 Drancy FRA 10.4 642371 Christian Bauer 0-1 36 Open
934 2016-06-05 TCh-FRA Top 12 2016 Drancy FRA 9.5 Francesco Rambaldi Christian Bauer 1/2-1/2 85 Open
935 2016-06-04 TCh-FRA Top 12 2016 Drancy FRA 8.5 Christian Bauer Vladimir Baklan 1/2-1/2 46 Open
936 2016-06-03 TCh-FRA Top 12 2016 Drancy FRA 7.2 Andreas Heimann Christian Bauer 1/2-1/2 30 Open
937 2016-06-02 TCh-FRA Top 12 2016 Drancy FRA 6.3 Christian Bauer Christophe Philippe 1-0 41 Open
938 2016-06-01 TCh-FRA Top 12 2016 Drancy FRA 5.4 Cyril Marcelin Christian Bauer 1/2-1/2 64 Open
939 2016-05-31 TCh-FRA Top 12 2016 Drancy FRA 4.2 Jean-Philippe Karr Christian Bauer 0-1 55 Open
940 2016-05-30 TCh-FRA Top 12 2016 Drancy FRA 3.5 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Christian Bauer 1-0 47 Open
941 2016-05-29 TCh-FRA Top 12 2016 Drancy FRA 2.4 Christian Bauer Damian Justo 1/2-1/2 18 Open
942 2016-05-28 TCh-FRA Top 12 2016 Drancy FRA 1.1 Christian Bauer Etienne Bacrot 0-1 35 Open
943 2016-05-22 TCh-SUI 2016 Switzerland SUI 3.2 Lukas Muheim Christian Bauer 0-1 25 Open
944 2016-05-16 10th BPB Limburg Open Maastricht NED 7.3 Christian Bauer Emanuel Berg 1-0 42 Open
945 2016-05-16 10th BPB Limburg Open Maastricht NED 6.7 Stefan Beukema Christian Bauer 0-1 29 Open
946 2016-05-15 10th BPB Limburg Open Maastricht NED 5.3 Christian Bauer Tigran Gharamian 1/2-1/2 11 Open
947 2016-05-14 10th BPB Limburg Open Maastricht NED 3.4 Markus Watzlawek Christian Bauer 0-1 18 Open
948 2016-05-13 10th BPB Limburg Open Maastricht NED 1.1 Hing Ting Lai Christian Bauer 1/2-1/2 36 Open
949 2016-05-02 4NCL 2015-16 Birmingham ENG 11.151 Christian Bauer Samuel Chow 1-0 42 Open
950 2016-05-01 4NCL 2015-16 Birmingham ENG 10.151 David Pardo Simon Christian Bauer 1-0 78 Open
  1. vs Laurent FressinetDraw · ½–½White · 2016-08-19 · Round 7.391st ch-FRA 2016
  2. vs Tigran GharamianLost · 1-0Black · 2016-08-18 · Round 6.191st ch-FRA 2016
  3. vs Sebastien MazeWon · 1-0White · 2016-08-17 · Round 5.491st ch-FRA 2016
  4. vs Yannick GozzoliDraw · ½–½Black · 2016-08-16 · Round 4.391st ch-FRA 2016
  5. vs Sebastien FellerWon · 1-0White · 2016-08-15 · Round 3.491st ch-FRA 2016
  6. vs Jean-Francois JollyLost · 1-0Black · 2016-08-14 · Round 2.291st ch-FRA 2016
  7. vs Adrien DemuthWon · 1-0White · 2016-08-13 · Round 1.391st ch-FRA 2016
  8. vs Dylan ViennotWon · 1-0White · 2016-07-23 · Round 8.47th Vaujany Open 2016
  9. vs Sonja Maria BluhmWon · 1-0White · 2016-07-22 · Round 7.57th Vaujany Open 2016
  10. vs Boris ChatalbashevLost · 1-0Black · 2016-07-21 · Round 6.27th Vaujany Open 2016
  11. vs Jozsef HorvathDraw · ½–½White · 2016-07-20 · Round 5.27th Vaujany Open 2016
  12. vs Sebastien JoieWon · 0-1Black · 2016-07-19 · Round 4.37th Vaujany Open 2016
  13. vs Ramon Chalmeta UgasWon · 1-0White · 2016-07-17 · Round 2.17th Vaujany Open 2016
  14. vs Jean-Yves SoyerWon · 0-1Black · 2016-07-16 · Round 1.17th Vaujany Open 2016
  15. vs Jean-Noel RiffDraw · ½–½Black · 2016-07-03 · Round 9.23rd ch-Francophonie Rapid
  16. vs Jean-Christophe OlivierWon · 0-1Black · 2016-07-03 · Round 15.23rd ch-Francophonie Rapid
  17. vs Fred BerendWon · 0-1Black · 2016-07-03 · Round 14.23rd ch-Francophonie Rapid
  18. vs Slim BouazizWon · 1-0White · 2016-07-03 · Round 13.23rd ch-Francophonie Rapid
  19. vs Andreas HussWon · 1-0White · 2016-07-03 · Round 12.23rd ch-Francophonie Rapid
  20. vs Yevgen BondarWon · 0-1Black · 2016-07-03 · Round 11.23rd ch-Francophonie Rapid
  21. vs Yohan BenitahWon · 1-0White · 2016-07-03 · Round 10.23rd ch-Francophonie Rapid
  22. vs Clovis VernayWon · 1-0White · 2016-07-02 · Round 8.13rd ch-Francophonie Rapid
  23. vs Michele GodenaLost · 1-0Black · 2016-07-02 · Round 7.13rd ch-Francophonie Rapid
  24. vs Alexandre VuilleumierWon · 1-0White · 2016-07-02 · Round 6.13rd ch-Francophonie Rapid
  25. vs Igor EfimovWon · 0-1Black · 2016-07-02 · Round 5.13rd ch-Francophonie Rapid
  26. vs Aurelio ColmenaresWon · 1-0White · 2016-07-02 · Round 4.13rd ch-Francophonie Rapid
  27. vs Antoine FlickWon · 0-1Black · 2016-07-02 · Round 3.13rd ch-Francophonie Rapid
  28. vs Jean-Olivier LeconteWon · 1-0White · 2016-07-02 · Round 2.13rd ch-Francophonie Rapid
  29. vs Andrea PinchettiWon · 0-1Black · 2016-07-02 · Round 1.13rd ch-Francophonie Rapid
  30. vs Michael PrusikinDraw · ½–½Black · 2016-06-12 · Round 5.2TCh-SUI 2016
  31. vs Aurelio ColmenaresWon · 1-0White · 2016-06-11 · Round 4.2TCh-SUI 2016
  32. vs Philippe BrochetLost · 0-1White · 2016-06-07 · Round 11.4TCh-FRA Top 12 2016
  33. vs 642371Won · 0-1Black · 2016-06-06 · Round 10.4TCh-FRA Top 12 2016
  34. vs Francesco RambaldiDraw · ½–½Black · 2016-06-05 · Round 9.5TCh-FRA Top 12 2016
  35. vs Vladimir BaklanDraw · ½–½White · 2016-06-04 · Round 8.5TCh-FRA Top 12 2016
  36. vs Andreas HeimannDraw · ½–½Black · 2016-06-03 · Round 7.2TCh-FRA Top 12 2016
  37. vs Christophe PhilippeWon · 1-0White · 2016-06-02 · Round 6.3TCh-FRA Top 12 2016
  38. vs Cyril MarcelinDraw · ½–½Black · 2016-06-01 · Round 5.4TCh-FRA Top 12 2016
  39. vs Jean-Philippe KarrWon · 0-1Black · 2016-05-31 · Round 4.2TCh-FRA Top 12 2016
  40. vs Maxime Vachier-LagraveLost · 1-0Black · 2016-05-30 · Round 3.5TCh-FRA Top 12 2016
  41. vs Damian JustoDraw · ½–½White · 2016-05-29 · Round 2.4TCh-FRA Top 12 2016
  42. vs Etienne BacrotLost · 0-1White · 2016-05-28 · Round 1.1TCh-FRA Top 12 2016
  43. vs Lukas MuheimWon · 0-1Black · 2016-05-22 · Round 3.2TCh-SUI 2016
  44. vs Emanuel BergWon · 1-0White · 2016-05-16 · Round 7.310th BPB Limburg Open
  45. vs Stefan BeukemaWon · 0-1Black · 2016-05-16 · Round 6.710th BPB Limburg Open
  46. vs Tigran GharamianDraw · ½–½White · 2016-05-15 · Round 5.310th BPB Limburg Open
  47. vs Markus WatzlawekWon · 0-1Black · 2016-05-14 · Round 3.410th BPB Limburg Open
  48. vs Hing Ting LaiDraw · ½–½Black · 2016-05-13 · Round 1.110th BPB Limburg Open
  49. vs Samuel ChowWon · 1-0White · 2016-05-02 · Round 11.1514NCL 2015-16
  50. vs David Pardo SimonLost · 1-0Black · 2016-05-01 · Round 10.1514NCL 2015-16

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