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

Published rating lists through Nov 2026.

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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
951 2016-04-30 4NCL 2015-16 Birmingham ENG 9.151 Christian Bauer Ravi Haria 1-0 47 Open
952 2016-04-17 TCh-SUI 2016 Switzerland SUI 2.3 Christian Bauer Jonas Wyss 1-0 24 Open
953 2016-03-26 GRENKE Chess Open 2016 Karlsruhe GER 4.6 Andreas Heimann Christian Bauer 1-0 50 Open
954 2016-03-20 TCh-SUI 2016 Switzerland SUI 1.2 Christian Bauer Richard Forster 1-0 44 Open
955 2016-03-13 Bundesliga 2015-16 Norderstedt GER 11.3 Tigran Gharamian Christian Bauer 1/2-1/2 20 Open
956 2016-03-12 Bundesliga 2015-16 Norderstedt GER 10.4 Christian Bauer Jan Votava 1-0 42 Open
957 2016-02-20 32nd Cappelle Open 2016 Cappelle la Grande FRA 9.4 Christian Bauer Jules Moussard 1-0 41 Open
958 2016-02-19 32nd Cappelle Open 2016 Cappelle la Grande FRA 8.4 Alexandr Kharitonov Christian Bauer 1/2-1/2 20 Open
959 2016-02-18 32nd Cappelle Open 2016 Cappelle la Grande FRA 7.2 Artur Jussupow Christian Bauer 1/2-1/2 20 Open
960 2016-02-17 32nd Cappelle Open 2016 Cappelle la Grande FRA 6.1 Christian Bauer Martyn Kravtsiv 1/2-1/2 31 Open
961 2016-02-16 32nd Cappelle Open 2016 Cappelle la Grande FRA 5.1 Christian Bauer Vladimir Burmakin 1-0 43 Open
962 2016-02-15 32nd Cappelle Open 2016 Cappelle la Grande FRA 4.6 Marcel Kanarek Christian Bauer 0-1 49 Open
963 2016-02-15 32nd Cappelle Open 2016 Cappelle la Grande FRA 3.2 Christian Bauer Vishnu Prasanna. V 1/2-1/2 80 Open
964 2016-02-14 32nd Cappelle Open 2016 Cappelle la Grande FRA 2.4 Yunguo Wan Christian Bauer 0-1 51 Open
965 2016-02-13 32nd Cappelle Open 2016 Cappelle la Grande FRA 1.7 Christian Bauer Nicolas Clery 1-0 37 Open
966 2016-01-24 4NCL 2015-16 Birmingham ENG 4.141 Christian Bauer Martin Brown 1-0 44 Open
967 2016-01-23 4NCL 2015-16 Birmingham ENG 3.141 Yang-Fan Zhou Christian Bauer 0-1 30 Open
968 2015-12-30 39th Zurich Christmas Zurich SUI 7.1 Christian Bauer Arkadij Naiditsch 1/2-1/2 14 Open
969 2015-12-29 39th Zurich Christmas Zurich SUI 6.2 Christian Bauer Vitaly Kunin 1/2-1/2 38 Open
970 2015-12-29 39th Zurich Christmas Zurich SUI 5.2 Kiril Georgiev Christian Bauer 1/2-1/2 25 Open
971 2015-12-28 39th Zurich Christmas Zurich SUI 4.2 Christian Bauer Laszlo Gonda 1-0 55 Open
972 2015-12-27 39th Zurich Christmas Zurich SUI 3.2 Vincent Riff Christian Bauer 0-1 40 Open
973 2015-12-27 39th Zurich Christmas Zurich SUI 2.3 Christian Bauer Nenad I Todorovic 1-0 46 Open
974 2015-12-26 39th Zurich Christmas Zurich SUI 1.3 Sladjan Jovanovic Christian Bauer 0-1 30 Open
975 2015-12-23 12th Vandoeuvre Open 2015 Vandoeuvre les Nancy FRA 9.2 Vladimir Hamitevici Christian Bauer 1/2-1/2 61 Open
976 2015-12-22 12th Vandoeuvre Open 2015 Vandoeuvre les Nancy FRA 8.4 Lucas Di Nicolantonio Christian Bauer 0-1 48 Open
977 2015-12-22 12th Vandoeuvre Open 2015 Vandoeuvre les Nancy FRA 7.1 Christian Bauer Sergey A. Fedorchuk 0-1 66 Open
978 2015-12-21 12th Vandoeuvre Open 2015 Vandoeuvre les Nancy FRA 6.3 Christophe Sochacki Christian Bauer 0-1 24 Open
979 2015-12-19 12th Vandoeuvre Open 2015 Vandoeuvre les Nancy FRA 2.2 Xiangyu Xu Christian Bauer 1-0 46 Open
980 2015-12-19 12th Vandoeuvre Open 2015 Vandoeuvre les Nancy FRA 1.2 Christian Bauer Adel Choukri 1-0 30 Open
981 2015-12-13 London Classic Superrapid London ENG 9.8 Christian Bauer Peter K Wells 1-0 33 Open
982 2015-12-13 London Classic Superrapid London ENG 8.8 Jonathan Rowson Christian Bauer 1/2-1/2 65 Open
983 2015-12-13 London Classic Superrapid London ENG 7.6 Christian Bauer Tal Baron 1/2-1/2 78 Open
984 2015-12-13 London Classic Superrapid London ENG 6.9 Tiberiu-Marian Georgescu Christian Bauer 0-1 33 Open
985 2015-12-13 London Classic Superrapid London ENG 10.5 David J Eggleston Christian Bauer 1-0 91 Open
986 2015-12-12 London Classic Superrapid London ENG 5.18 Christian Bauer John R Richardson 1-0 31 Open
987 2015-12-12 London Classic Superrapid London ENG 4.17 Daniel Howard Fernandez Christian Bauer 1/2-1/2 56 Open
988 2015-12-12 London Classic Superrapid London ENG 3.6 Christian Bauer Jonny Hector 1/2-1/2 38 Open
989 2015-12-12 London Classic Superrapid London ENG 2.7 Mihaela-Veronica Foisor Christian Bauer 0-1 38 Open
990 2015-12-12 London Classic Superrapid London ENG 1.7 Christian Bauer Raghu Kamath 1-0 34 Open
991 2015-11-15 4NCL 2015-16 Birmingham ENG 2.131 Nicholas W Ivell Christian Bauer 0-1 43 Open
992 2015-11-14 4NCL 2015-16 Birmingham ENG 1.121 Christian Bauer Justin Tan 1-0 41 Open
993 2015-11-08 TCh-AUT 2015-16 Austria AUT 4.2 Jaroslaw Krassowizkij Christian Bauer 1-0 75 Open
994 2015-11-07 TCh-AUT 2015-16 Austria AUT 3.5 Christian Bauer Richard Rapport 0-1 40 Open
995 2015-11-06 TCh-AUT 2015-16 Austria AUT 2.3 Sebastian Testor Christian Bauer 1/2-1/2 72 Open
996 2015-11-05 TCh-AUT 2015-16 Austria AUT 1.4 Christian Bauer Thomas Luther 1/2-1/2 51 Open
997 2015-10-23 31st ECC Open 2015 Skopje MKD 6.7 Christian Bauer Jonas Lampert 1-0 59 Open
998 2015-10-22 31st ECC Open 2015 Skopje MKD 5.3 Leinier Dominguez Perez Christian Bauer 1/2-1/2 40 Open
999 2015-10-21 31st ECC Open 2015 Skopje MKD 4.8 Christian Bauer Robin Swinkels 1-0 48 Open
1000 2015-10-20 31st ECC Open 2015 Skopje MKD 3.8 Bo 1984 Lindberg Christian Bauer 1/2-1/2 65 Open
  1. vs Ravi HariaWon · 1-0White · 2016-04-30 · Round 9.1514NCL 2015-16
  2. vs Jonas WyssWon · 1-0White · 2016-04-17 · Round 2.3TCh-SUI 2016
  3. vs Andreas HeimannLost · 1-0Black · 2016-03-26 · Round 4.6GRENKE Chess Open 2016
  4. vs Richard ForsterWon · 1-0White · 2016-03-20 · Round 1.2TCh-SUI 2016
  5. vs Tigran GharamianDraw · ½–½Black · 2016-03-13 · Round 11.3Bundesliga 2015-16
  6. vs Jan VotavaWon · 1-0White · 2016-03-12 · Round 10.4Bundesliga 2015-16
  7. vs Jules MoussardWon · 1-0White · 2016-02-20 · Round 9.432nd Cappelle Open 2016
  8. vs Alexandr KharitonovDraw · ½–½Black · 2016-02-19 · Round 8.432nd Cappelle Open 2016
  9. vs Artur JussupowDraw · ½–½Black · 2016-02-18 · Round 7.232nd Cappelle Open 2016
  10. vs Martyn KravtsivDraw · ½–½White · 2016-02-17 · Round 6.132nd Cappelle Open 2016
  11. vs Vladimir BurmakinWon · 1-0White · 2016-02-16 · Round 5.132nd Cappelle Open 2016
  12. vs Marcel KanarekWon · 0-1Black · 2016-02-15 · Round 4.632nd Cappelle Open 2016
  13. vs Vishnu Prasanna. VDraw · ½–½White · 2016-02-15 · Round 3.232nd Cappelle Open 2016
  14. vs Yunguo WanWon · 0-1Black · 2016-02-14 · Round 2.432nd Cappelle Open 2016
  15. vs Nicolas CleryWon · 1-0White · 2016-02-13 · Round 1.732nd Cappelle Open 2016
  16. vs Martin BrownWon · 1-0White · 2016-01-24 · Round 4.1414NCL 2015-16
  17. vs Yang-Fan ZhouWon · 0-1Black · 2016-01-23 · Round 3.1414NCL 2015-16
  18. vs Arkadij NaiditschDraw · ½–½White · 2015-12-30 · Round 7.139th Zurich Christmas
  19. vs Vitaly KuninDraw · ½–½White · 2015-12-29 · Round 6.239th Zurich Christmas
  20. vs Kiril GeorgievDraw · ½–½Black · 2015-12-29 · Round 5.239th Zurich Christmas
  21. vs Laszlo GondaWon · 1-0White · 2015-12-28 · Round 4.239th Zurich Christmas
  22. vs Vincent RiffWon · 0-1Black · 2015-12-27 · Round 3.239th Zurich Christmas
  23. vs Nenad I TodorovicWon · 1-0White · 2015-12-27 · Round 2.339th Zurich Christmas
  24. vs Sladjan JovanovicWon · 0-1Black · 2015-12-26 · Round 1.339th Zurich Christmas
  25. vs Vladimir HamiteviciDraw · ½–½Black · 2015-12-23 · Round 9.212th Vandoeuvre Open 2015
  26. vs Lucas Di NicolantonioWon · 0-1Black · 2015-12-22 · Round 8.412th Vandoeuvre Open 2015
  27. vs Sergey A. FedorchukLost · 0-1White · 2015-12-22 · Round 7.112th Vandoeuvre Open 2015
  28. vs Christophe SochackiWon · 0-1Black · 2015-12-21 · Round 6.312th Vandoeuvre Open 2015
  29. vs Xiangyu XuLost · 1-0Black · 2015-12-19 · Round 2.212th Vandoeuvre Open 2015
  30. vs Adel ChoukriWon · 1-0White · 2015-12-19 · Round 1.212th Vandoeuvre Open 2015
  31. vs Peter K WellsWon · 1-0White · 2015-12-13 · Round 9.8London Classic Superrapid
  32. vs Jonathan RowsonDraw · ½–½Black · 2015-12-13 · Round 8.8London Classic Superrapid
  33. vs Tal BaronDraw · ½–½White · 2015-12-13 · Round 7.6London Classic Superrapid
  34. vs Tiberiu-Marian GeorgescuWon · 0-1Black · 2015-12-13 · Round 6.9London Classic Superrapid
  35. vs David J EgglestonLost · 1-0Black · 2015-12-13 · Round 10.5London Classic Superrapid
  36. vs John R RichardsonWon · 1-0White · 2015-12-12 · Round 5.18London Classic Superrapid
  37. vs Daniel Howard FernandezDraw · ½–½Black · 2015-12-12 · Round 4.17London Classic Superrapid
  38. vs Jonny HectorDraw · ½–½White · 2015-12-12 · Round 3.6London Classic Superrapid
  39. vs Mihaela-Veronica FoisorWon · 0-1Black · 2015-12-12 · Round 2.7London Classic Superrapid
  40. vs Raghu KamathWon · 1-0White · 2015-12-12 · Round 1.7London Classic Superrapid
  41. vs Nicholas W IvellWon · 0-1Black · 2015-11-15 · Round 2.1314NCL 2015-16
  42. vs Justin TanWon · 1-0White · 2015-11-14 · Round 1.1214NCL 2015-16
  43. vs Jaroslaw KrassowizkijLost · 1-0Black · 2015-11-08 · Round 4.2TCh-AUT 2015-16
  44. vs Richard RapportLost · 0-1White · 2015-11-07 · Round 3.5TCh-AUT 2015-16
  45. vs Sebastian TestorDraw · ½–½Black · 2015-11-06 · Round 2.3TCh-AUT 2015-16
  46. vs Thomas LutherDraw · ½–½White · 2015-11-05 · Round 1.4TCh-AUT 2015-16
  47. vs Jonas LampertWon · 1-0White · 2015-10-23 · Round 6.731st ECC Open 2015
  48. vs Leinier Dominguez PerezDraw · ½–½Black · 2015-10-22 · Round 5.331st ECC Open 2015
  49. vs Robin SwinkelsWon · 1-0White · 2015-10-21 · Round 4.831st ECC Open 2015
  50. vs Bo 1984 LindbergDraw · ½–½Black · 2015-10-20 · Round 3.831st ECC Open 2015

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