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Christian Seel
C Seel 
Photo by Gerhard Hund 

Number of games in database: 216
Years covered: 1999 to 2024
Last FIDE rating: 2477 (2408 rapid, 2489 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2500
Overall record: +31 -48 =85 (44.8%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 52 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Slav (18) 
    D12 D11 D14 D13
 English (18) 
    A17 A13 A15 A14
 Queen's Pawn Game (16) 
    A41 D02 A40 D00 A50
 Reti System (14) 
    A04 A05
 Queen's Gambit Declined (11) 
    D37 D38 D39
 English, 1 c4 c5 (10) 
    A30 A35 A39 A34 A31
With the Black pieces:
 Philidor's Defense (23) 
    C41
 Grunfeld (20) 
    D85 D76 D71 D86 D73
 English, 1 c4 c5 (10) 
    A34 A39 A31
 Slav (6) 
    D12 D15 D10 D11
 Queen's Pawn Game (5) 
    D02 A45 A41 A40
 Scandinavian (5) 
    B01
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   C Seel vs R Lagunow, 2015 1-0
   C Seel vs R Menk, 2003 1-0
   C Ward vs C Seel, 2004 0-1
   C Seel vs J Stark, 2015 1-0

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Maitre de la Cote d'Azur (2001)
   German Championship (2011)
   Bundesliga 2005/06 (2005)
   Oberwart Open (1999)
   Cappelle Open (2004)
   Bundesliga 2008/09 (2008)
   Gibraltar Masters (2004)
   Bundesliga 2010/11 (2010)

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 Bundesliga West 2023/24
   D Gukesh vs C Seel (Feb-02-24) 1-0
   C Seel vs N Lubbe (Aug-28-23) 0-1, rapid
   Y Li vs C Seel (Aug-28-23) 0-1, rapid
   Bologan vs C Seel (Aug-28-23) 1-0, rapid
   C Seel vs S Kraus (Aug-28-23) 1-0, rapid

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CHRISTIAN SEEL
(born Dec-28-1983, 41 years old) Germany

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International Master

Wikipedia article: Christian Seel

Last updated: 2022-12-03 21:11:41

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 page 1 of 9; games 1-25 of 216  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. S Martinovic vs C Seel  ½-½361999Oberwart OpenA05 Reti Opening
2. C Seel vs Z Korpics  0-1281999Oberwart OpenD07 Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense
3. C Seel vs M Nielsen  ½-½301999Oberwart OpenA15 English
4. C Seel vs G Kovacs  1-0461999Oberwart OpenA30 English, Symmetrical
5. S Baumegger vs C Seel  1-0541999Oberwart OpenA69 Benoni, Four Pawns Attack, Main line
6. C Seel vs K Schein  1-0471999Oberwart OpenA04 Reti Opening
7. C Seel vs S Berger  0-1612000GER-chT U20A04 Reti Opening
8. B Kohlweyer vs C Seel  ½-½142000Bad Wildbad opE91 King's Indian
9. D Kuljasevic vs C Seel  0-1642000EU-chT U18E67 King's Indian, Fianchetto
10. N Djukic vs C Seel  ½-½572000EU-chT U18D86 Grunfeld, Exchange
11. C Seel vs A Kovchan  0-1602000EU-chT U18A04 Reti Opening
12. L Havlicek vs C Seel  ½-½362000EU-chT U18B01 Scandinavian
13. G Novak vs C Seel ½-½692000EU-chT U18B01 Scandinavian
14. C Seel vs A S Rasmussen  ½-½332000Wch U18A97 Dutch, Ilyin-Genevsky
15. C Seel vs D Guadalpi  0-1472001FRA-chT E97 King's Indian
16. P Govciyan vs C Seel  0-1282001Maitre de la Cote d'AzurD78 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6
17. C Seel vs B Bujisho  ½-½542001Maitre de la Cote d'AzurD46 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
18. C Seel vs M Caposciutti  0-1482001Maitre de la Cote d'AzurA41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6)
19. A Dunis vs C Seel  0-1512001Maitre de la Cote d'AzurD85 Grunfeld
20. C Seel vs F Gandolphe  1-0432001Maitre de la Cote d'AzurA13 English
21. R de Labaca vs C Seel  ½-½262001Maitre de la Cote d'AzurB07 Pirc
22. C Seel vs M Mrdja  ½-½472001Maitre de la Cote d'AzurE91 King's Indian
23. F Perez vs C Seel  0-1832001Maitre de la Cote d'AzurB01 Scandinavian
24. C Seel vs P Levacic  1-0382001Maitre de la Cote d'AzurA50 Queen's Pawn Game
25. I Manolov vs C Seel  1-0292001Maitre de la Cote d'AzurB02 Alekhine's Defense
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Kibitzer's Corner
Jul-12-08  Alphastar: German IM (as of a few years ago, at least)

Wrote a book about the philidor exchange variation. "The philidor: a secret weapon".

Jul-12-08  Calli: http://www.classicalgames.com/Merch...

Expensive!

Jul-12-08  myschkin: http://www.newinchess.com/Shop/Prod...

Discounter!

Jul-12-08  whiteshark: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches...

Expert!

Jul-12-08  Calli: <myschkin> Not if shipped from NED to USA!
Jul-12-08  myschkin: <Lupe>
http://www.dvdworldonline.com/DVD/S...

sorry, being busy :)

Aug-06-09  whiteshark: * December 28, 1983 in Troisdorf/Germany

Bio: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ...
non-chess homepage: http://www.seel-media.de/

Dec-28-10  DarthStapler: Reading this player's name gives me an image of a marine mammal with a little crucifix around its neck
Jun-14-11  wordfunph: <Alphastar: Wrote a book about the philidor exchange variation. "The philidor: a secret weapon".>

+3-8=3 with Philidor Defense, his losses mostly from GMs..

Oct-19-11  BIDMONFA: Christian Seel

SEEL, Christian
http://www.bidmonfa.com/seel_christ...
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Dec-03-22  schachkatze: IM Christian Seel has his own YouTube channel where he mostly analyzes his own classical tournament games. https://youtube.com/@christianseelc...

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