Christian Gabriel ( German: Christian Gabriel ; born , ) - German chess player , grandmaster ( 1996 ), bronze medalist of the European Team Championship 1999.
 Christian Gabrielle | |
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 Christian Gabrielle (2013) | |
| Countries |  Romania  Germany |
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| Rank | grandmaster ( 1996 ) international master ( 1992 ) |
| Maximum rating | 2581 (January 1999) |
| Actual Rating | 2498 (October 2019 ) |
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Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 Results Table
- 3 Rating changes
- 4 notes
- 5 Links
Biography
Christian Gabriel grew up in a family that is seriously interested in chess - his father and elder brother are FIDE masters . Christian himself took part in his first chess tournament at the age of seven, and in 1987 became the champion of Romania among cadets . The following year, his family moved to Germany, where the boy studied at the Altensteig chess school in Stuttgart. He studied in particular with Ludek Pachman , Miroslav Filip and Lothar Vogt . In 1989, at the youthful (under 14 years old) World Cup, Gabriel took third place after Vladimir Kramnik and Veselin Topalov . At the World Junior Championship (under 20) in 1994, he claimed first place, leading the standings to the end of the tournament [1] , but in the last game lost to Icelandic champion Helgi Gretarsson [2] .
He received the title of Grandmaster at 21, in 1996. The following year, he participated in the European team championship as part of the German national team and took third place on his board with three wins and five draws in eight matches; German national team finished fifth overall. Two years later, in 1999, Gabriel again represented the German national team at the European Team Championship in Batumi. This time he showed on his board only the seventh result with two wins and five draws in seven games, but together with the national team he won bronze medals in the overall standings [3] . In the interval between the two European championships, Gabrielle also played in the German national team at the 33rd chess Olympiad , taking with her a common sixth place.
He participated in the European Club Cup with the team of the Zurich Chess Club, with which he became the champion of Switzerland four times. In Germany, he played for the clubs of Munich, Solingen, Eppingen and Baden-Baden, with the club Bavaria (Munich) became the champion of the Bundesliga. In 2000, he left professional chess and entered the law faculty of the University of Constance . Upon graduation, he works in the tax administration [2] .
Results Table
| Year | City | Tournament | + | - | = | Result | A place |
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| 1997 | Pula | 11th European Team Championship | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5Β½ out of 8 | |
| 1998 | Elista | 33rd Olympiad | one | 0 | 5 | 3Β½ out of 6 | |
| 1999 | Batumi | 12th European Team Championship | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4Β½ out of 7 |
Rating Changes
Notes
- β Final table of the 1994 World Junior Championship in the BrasilBase database (port)
- β 1 2 Heiner Kowal. Beamtenlaufbahn statt Schachkarriere (German) . AltmΓΌhl-Bote . Date of treatment January 20, 2016. Archived February 23, 2009.
- β Performances at the European Team Championships in the OlimpBase database
- β Elo rating from FIDE lists. Sources: fide.com , benoni.de , olimpbase.org