Sebastian Bogner
Sebastian Bogner, 2016
CountryGermany (until 2013)
Switzerland (since 2013)
Born17 January 1991 (1991-01-17) (age 32)
Pforzheim, Germany
TitleGrandmaster (2009)
FIDE rating2538 (January 2024)
Peak rating2619 (August 2018)

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

Chess career

Born in 1991, Bogner earned his international master title in 2005 and his grandmaster title in 2009. He competed for Germany at the 39th Chess Olympiad.[1] He transferred to Switzerland in 2013. He competed for Switzerland at the 42nd Chess Olympiad.[2] In March 2018, he competed in the European Individual Chess Championship. He placed sixty-eighth,[3] scoring 6½/11 (+4–2=5).[4] He won the Swiss Chess Championship in July 2018.[5] He is the No. 2 ranked Swiss player as of July 2021, with a rating of 2581, behind only Vadim Milov.[6]

In July 2021, Bogner competed in the FIDE World Cup, and was eliminated in the first round by Indian grandmaster P. Iniyan.[7]

References

  1. ↑ 39th Chess Olympiad: Khanty-Mansiysk 2010
  2. ↑ 42nd Chess Olympiad: Baku 2016
  3. ↑ Staff writer(s) (28 March 2018). "European Individual Chess Championship 2018". Chess Results.
  4. ↑ Staff writer(s) (28 March 2018). "European Individual Chess Championship 2018: Bogner Sebastian". Chess Results.
  5. ↑ Bogner wins Swiss Championship 2018
  6. ↑ "FIDE Country Top chess players". ratings.fide.com. Archived from the original on 2018-07-06. Retrieved 2021-07-21.
  7. ↑ "Tournament tree — FIDE World Cup 2021". worldcup-results.fide.com. Retrieved 2021-07-21.
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