Christian Bauer

For the German sport shooter, see Christian Bauer (sport shooter).

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]

Christian Bauer

Bauer in 2023
Personal information
Born	(1977-01-11) 11 January 1977 (age 48) Forbach, France
Chess career
Country	France
Title	Grandmaster (1997)
FIDE rating	2552 (December 2025)
Peak rating	2682 (August 2012)
Peak ranking	No. 57 (April 2005)

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.