Christian Bauer

Christian Bauer (born 11 January 1977) is a French chess grandmaster and author. He is a three-time French Chess Champion (1996, 2012, 2015).^[1]

In 2005 he won the 2nd Calvia Chess Festival.^[2] In 2009, came first at Vicente Bonil ahead of 21 GMs and 33 titled players.^[3] In 2010, he tied for 1st–7th with Alexander Riazantsev, Vitali Golod, Nadezhda Kosintseva, Leonid Kritz, Sébastien Feller, Sébastien Mazé in the 43rd Biel Chess Festival.^[4]

Books

Bauer, Christian (2005). Play 1...b6: A Dynamic and Hypermodern Opening System for Black. Everyman Chess. ISBN 1-857444-10-8.
Bauer, Christian (2006). The Philidor Files. Everyman Chess. ISBN 1-85744-4361.
Bauer, Christian (2010). Play the Scandinavian. Quality Chess. ISBN 978-1-906552-55-8.
Bauer, Christian (2018). Candidate Moves: A Grandmaster's Method. Thinkers Publishing. ISBN 978-9492510242.

^ Championnats de France^{[permanent dead link]} (in French)
^ Crowther, Mark (2005-10-31). "TWIC 573: II Calvia Chess Festival". Chess.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2012-07-24. Retrieved 19 March 2012.
^ "GM Christian Bauer wins the strong tournament Vicente Bonil". Chessdom. Archived from the original on 14 June 2017. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
^ Crowther, Mark (2010-07-29). "The Week in Chess: Biel Chess Festival 2010". Chess.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2012-07-30. Retrieved 3 January 2012.