Sebastian Bogner
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Sebastian Bogner (born 17 January 1991) is a German-Swiss
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grandmaster. He represented Germany until transferring to Switzerland in 2013. He won the
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in 2018.


Chess career

Born in 1991, Bogner earned his
international master FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (''Fédération Internationale des Échecs'') for outstanding performance. The highest such title is Grandmaster (GM). Titles generally require a combination of Elo rating and ...
title in 2005 and his grandmaster title in 2009. He competed for Germany at the
39th Chess Olympiad The 39th Chess Olympiad (, ''39-ya Shakhmatnaya olimpiada''), organised by FIDE and comprising an open and a women's tournament, as well as several other events designed to promote the game of chess, took place from September 19 to October 4, 201 ...
. He transferred to Switzerland in 2013. He competed for Switzerland at the
42nd Chess Olympiad The 42nd Chess Olympiad (; also known as the Baku Chess Olympiad), organised by the FIDE, Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE) and comprising an openAlthough sometimes referred to as the "men's division", this section is open to all pl ...
. In March 2018, he competed in the
European Individual Chess Championship The European Individual Chess Championship is a chess tournament organised by the European Chess Union. It was established in 2000 and has since then taken place on a yearly basis. Apart from determining the European champions (open and women's) ...
. He placed sixty-eighth, scoring 6½/11 (+4–2=5). He won the
Swiss Chess Championship The Swiss Chess Championship is held annually during two weeks of July. It is organised by the Swiss Chess Federation (the SSB), which has been a member of the overall governing body, Swiss Olympic, since 2000. The SSB is itself a relatively new org ...
in July 2018. He is the No. 2 ranked Swiss player as of July 2021, with a rating of 2581, behind only Vadim Milov. In July 2021, Bogner competed in the FIDE World Cup, and was eliminated in the first round by Indian grandmaster P. Iniyan.


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* * 1991 births Living people Chess Grandmasters German chess players Swiss chess players Sportspeople from Pforzheim {{Switzerland-chess-bio-stub