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Christian Bauer
C Bauer 
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Number of games in database: 1,222
Years covered: 1991 to 2025
Last FIDE rating: 2561 (2569 rapid, 2674 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2682
Overall record: +431 -212 =488 (59.7%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 91 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (115) 
    B40 B50 B33 B90 B20
 Queen's Pawn Game (56) 
    D02 A46 A45 E00 A40
 French Defense (43) 
    C05 C11 C00 C03 C07
 English (28) 
    A13 A15 A11 A12 A18
 Caro-Kann (27) 
    B10 B12 B18 B17 B13
 Ruy Lopez (26) 
    C78 C77 C92 C65 C84
With the Black pieces:
 Queen's Pawn Game (95) 
    A40 A46 E00 A50 A41
 French Defense (80) 
    C10 C04 C03 C02 C01
 Sicilian (66) 
    B27 B32 B30 B22 B40
 Uncommon Opening (32) 
    B00 A00
 French Tarrasch (28) 
    C04 C03 C07
 Scandinavian (27) 
    B01
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   D Pavasovic vs C Bauer, 2011 1/2-1/2
   C Bauer vs J M Iruzubieta Villaluenga, 2010 1-0
   R Swinkels vs C Bauer, 2007 0-1
   C Bauer vs Korchnoi, 2003 1-0
   C Bauer vs Nakamura, 2005 1-0
   A David vs C Bauer, 2004 0-1
   P Tregubov vs C Bauer, 2004 0-1
   S Yu vs C Bauer, 2006 0-1
   J Chabanon vs C Bauer, 1997 0-1
   J Chabanon vs C Bauer, 2014 1/2-1/2

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: [what is this?]
   FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament (1999)

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   French Championship (1996)
   Bad Zwesten Open (2002)
   Biel MTO Open (2007)
   French Championship (1997)
   European Team Championship (2011)
   Basel Masters (2017)
   French Championship (1995)
   French Championship (1994)
   Trophee Anatoly Karpov (2012)
   French Championship (1993)
   Wichern Open (1999)
   European Junior Championship (1993)
   World Junior Championship (1997)
   Pro Chess League (2018)
   Batumi Olympiad (2018)

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 TCh-FRA Top 16 Haute
   M Boyer vs C Bauer (May-31-25) 1-0
   C Bauer vs S Lamaze (May-29-25) 0-1
   A Tahay vs C Bauer (Feb-21-25) 0-1
   C Bauer vs V Carnicelli (Feb-20-25) 1/2-1/2
   T Abergel vs C Bauer (Feb-19-25) 1/2-1/2

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CHRISTIAN BAUER
(born Jan-11-1977, 48 years old) France

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GM (1997); French Champion (1996, 2012 & 2015).

Christian Bauer was born in Forbach. He became French National Champion in 1996, 2012 where he shared the title with Romain Edouard, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Etienne Bacrot and in 2015. He took part in the 1999 FIDE World Championship in Las Vegas, and knocked out Rustam Kasimdzhanov in the first round before losing to Peter Leko in the second. He achieved his best-ever FIDE rating (2640) in January of 2005, when he was ranked 57th in the world. He currently lives with his family in Montpellier but suffered a tragic loss when his and his wife Nathalie's four month old son Louie died during the French Championship (2012).

He won the French Championship (2015) after a two game rapid tiebreaker against co-leader Tigran Gharamian.

Wikipedia article: Christian Bauer

Last updated: 2025-02-18 09:08:14

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 page 1 of 49; games 1-25 of 1,224  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. G Meszaros vs C Bauer  0-1411991Strasbourg opA46 Queen's Pawn Game
2. M Kaminski vs C Bauer  ½-½591991Wch U14B78 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long
3. C Bauer vs A Kunte 1-0661991Wch U14C35 King's Gambit Accepted, Cunningham
4. H A Gretarsson vs C Bauer  ½-½411992Wch U16D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
5. J Hickl vs C Bauer  1-0531993MontpellierB22 Sicilian, Alapin
6. C Bauer vs H Hamdouchi  0-1391993MontpellierA07 King's Indian Attack
7. J Degraeve vs C Bauer  ½-½611993MontpellierC02 French, Advance
8. C Bauer vs J Maiwald  ½-½611993MontpellierA04 Reti Opening
9. R Slobodjan vs C Bauer  1-0591993MontpellierA01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack
10. O Renet vs C Bauer  ½-½451993MontpellierC12 French, McCutcheon
11. C Bauer vs D Anic  0-1481993MontpellierA53 Old Indian
12. E Bricard vs C Bauer  0-1391993MontpellierE10 Queen's Pawn Game
13. Y Masserey vs C Bauer  0-1401993European Junior ChampionshipC02 French, Advance
14. C Bauer vs I Papaioannou  ½-½181993European Junior ChampionshipE54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System
15. M Antonsen vs C Bauer  0-1601993European Junior ChampionshipC01 French, Exchange
16. C Bauer vs V Georgiev  1-0451993European Junior ChampionshipA48 King's Indian
17. Onischuk vs C Bauer  1-0491993European Junior ChampionshipA34 English, Symmetrical
18. C Bauer vs P Kiriakov  0-1321993European Junior ChampionshipC03 French, Tarrasch
19. C Bauer vs R Liiva  1-0511993European Junior ChampionshipA12 English with b3
20. V Babula Sr vs C Bauer  1-0521993European Junior ChampionshipA40 Queen's Pawn Game
21. C Bauer vs J Maiwald  0-1301993European Junior ChampionshipB62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer
22. C Bauer vs J Petrov  1-0231993European Junior ChampionshipE54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System
23. A Savko vs C Bauer 0-1261993European Junior ChampionshipC42 Petrov Defense
24. A Hauchard vs C Bauer  ½-½181993French ChampionshipA28 English
25. O Renet vs C Bauer  0-1531993French ChampionshipA88 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6
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Oct-13-04  capablancakarpov: Christian Bauer won yesterday,12th of October of 2004, The VI City of Bilbao International Chess Open, Swiss system to 10 rounds with 15 minutes for player to finish,ahead of such important names like Topalov,Ponomariov,Karjakin,Milov and Van Wely.Here are the final standings:

http://www.jaque.tv/bilbao1004.htm

Nov-01-05  iron maiden: Last week Bauer won a nine-round open tournament in Calvià, finishing a point ahead of a field including Paco Vallejo, Vladimir Epishin and Ulf Andersson. http://www.calviafestival.com/fiche...
Jan-07-06  BIDMONFA: Christian Bauer

BAUER, Christian
http://www.bidmonfa.com/bauer_chris...
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Nov-22-06  crzyknight: does anyone have a 1..b6 game collection? Bauer has written a book on this opening and is supposed to be an expert on this opening!
Nov-22-06  Archives: I heard he is related to Jack Bauer. Can anyone verify this?
Nov-22-06  crzyknight: HAHA!!!
Apr-18-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  SwitchingQuylthulg: Well I suppose that he himself has a 1...b6 game collection! I've studied his 'Play 1...b6' book which really does help you to understand what this move is about (even if I'm too weak a player to get all the benefits!). Last yesterday I managed to beat a much stronger opponent just because it was a very sharp variation and I knew what I was supposed to do - wouldn't have stood a chance if I hadn't known the variation. In short, this book is a very good introduction to 1...b6 - it doesn't have an in-depth look at quite everything of course but imagine a 200-page book about 1 e4 that tells you 90 per cent of what's useful to know!

Looking at my recent games, I've gone for 1...b6 as Black in 59 out of last 60 games :)

Jan-11-08  spirit: must be an experienced GM...wondering how the "lip balm girl" vanquished him with blac despite being more than 300 ELO below him.They say it must have been rybka...they say its in her lip balm...they say her bag is a modem..."kids beware!!!"
Jan-11-08  Phoenix: I'll give you a clue as to how she did it: Bauer opened with 1.b4.
Jan-11-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  SwitchingQuylthulg: Happy birthday to GM Bauer!
Jan-11-08  DarthStapler: Isn't this the guy who Lasker invented the double - bishop sacrifice against?
Jan-11-08  Manic: <DarthStapler> I'm not sure whether your comments were a joke or not, but I'll take them seriously. Christian Bauer was not even born when Lasker died. The person you are thinking of is Johann Hermann Bauer
Jan-12-08  rover: So he had 100 years to find a reply and still lost the game? That's pretty bad.
Jan-14-08  DarthStapler: I can tell I have a bad sense of humor when people can't even tell that my jokes were jokes
Jun-10-08  stanleys: Got a draw against GM Bauer in a rapid game last weekend.He won the tournament anyway with 8 points from 9

Bauer(2619) - stanleys (2240)

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 0-0 5.0-0 d6 6.a4 Nbd7 7.a5 a6 8.d5 Nc5 9.Nc3 Rb8 10.Be3 e6 11.de6 Nxe6 12.Ra3 Ng4 13.Bc1 Nc5 14.Nd5 Nf6 15.c4 Nxd5 16.cd5 Re8 17.Bg5 Bf6 18.Bxf6 Qxf6 19.Qd4 Kg7 20.b4 Ne4 21.Rc1 c5 22.dc6 bc6 23.Re3 Qxd4 24.Nxd4 Rxb4 25.Nxc6 Ra4 26.Rd1 Bb7 1/2 - 1/2

Jun-10-08  stanleys: Some corrections to the move order:
9.Be3 e6 10.de6 Nxe6 11.Nc3 Ng4 12.Bc1 Tb8 13.Nd5 Nf6 14.c4 Nxd5 15.cxd5 Nc5 16.Ra3 Re8
Nov-07-08  Whitehat1963: Who knew Gary Bauer (such an obvious moron) could also be such a good chessplayer? Perhaps I'm confusing the two? Nah, I never do that!
Nov-07-08  Phoenix: <Whitehat1963> May I redirect you to the Odd Lie page? It's right over here -------> Odd Lie

;)

Nov-01-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  Tabanus: Christian Bauer won today the Geneva Blitz Masters ahead of several GM's and IM's:

http://chess-results.com/tnr26868.a..., congratrulations!

Nov-01-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  HeMateMe: I didn't recognize any of the names, except for Glen Flear, of England. He writes backgammon books, as well as being a chess pro.
Jun-09-10  HolyKnight: I have at least one of Bauer's Books, but that picture in chess base he took kind or looked creepy to me.
Jul-31-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  Tabanus: 5th place in Biel Masters (Switzerland) 17-30 July 2010:

http://www.bielchessfestival.ch/en/...

Nov-19-10  Wyatt Gwyon: This dude plays the craziest stuff against 1.d4
Nov-20-10  wordfunph: <Crzyknight: does anyone have a 1..b6 game collection? Bauer has written a book on this opening and is supposed to be an expert on this opening!>

i can give you a copy, visit my forum..

GM Bauer also wrote The Philidor Files - Detailed Coverage of a Dynamic Opening.

Nov-20-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  Eric Schiller: 1...b6?!: http://www.chess.com/article/view/w... 'nuff said!
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