Christian Bauer

Christian Bauer
Bauer in 2023
CountryFrance
Born (1977-01-11) 11 January 1977
Forbach, France
TitleGrandmaster (1997)
FIDE rating2561 (June 2025)
Peak rating2682 (August 2012)
Peak rankingNo. 57 (April 2005)

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

In 2005 he won the 2nd Calvia Chess Festival. In 2009, came first at Vicente Bonil ahead of 21 GMs and 33 titled players. 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.