GMRasmus Svane

Rasmus Svane was born in Allerød, Denmark, and grew up in Lübeck. He learned chess at four from a computer program included with a cereal box. He won Germany's under-14 championship in 2010 after finishing second in the under-12 event the previous year. On his Bundesliga debut in 2012 he defeated former world champion Rustam Kasimdzhanov. He became an international master in 2013. His grandmaster norms came at the Aeroflot Open, Visma tournament and German Bundesliga, with FIDE awarding the title in 2016. He completed his school-leaving examinations that same year. In 2017 he won individual silver on board four at the European Team Championship. He made his Olympiad debut for Germany in 2018 and shared second place at Sunway Sitges in 2019. His younger brother Frederik also became a grandmaster, while their father Troels is a professional cellist.