Dennis Wagner (chess player)
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 Dennis Wagner in 2023 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 19 June 1997 (age 28) Kassel, Germany |
Spouse | |
| Chess career | |
| Country | Germany |
| Title | Grandmaster (2015) |
| FIDE rating | 2592 (April 2026) |
| Peak rating | 2620 (March 2024) |
Dennis Wagner (born 19 June 1997) is a German chess grandmaster.
Born in 1997, Wagner won the U10 German Chess Championship in 2007.[1] He competed in the World U12 Chess Championship in 2008, placing ninth.[2] He won the U12 German Chess Championship in 2009.[3] He also placed second in the U14 German Chess Championship in 2010,[4] and second in the U16 German Chess Championship in 2011.[5] In December 2011, he won the Paderborn Cup, scoring 6½/7 (+6–0=1) for a performance rating of over 2700.[5]
He earned his international master title in June 2012 and in November participated in the World U16 Chess Championship, finishing sixth.[6] He finished second in the German Chess Championship in November 2014 and in December achieved the final norm needed for his grandmaster title.[7] He was officially awarded the title in 2015. At the 2015 Gibraltar Open, held from 27 January to 5 February 2015, he scored 7½/10 (+6–1=3) for a performance rating of 2757. In November, he played on board 5 for Germany at the European Team Chess Championship, scoring 3½/6 (+1–0=5).[8]
He is the No. 17 ranked German player as of November 2017.[9] In March 2018, he competed in the European Individual Chess Championship. He placed one-hundred-and-fifty-second,[10] scoring 5½/11 (+3–3=5).[11]
In 2022, he married fellow chess player Dinara Dordzhieva.[12][13]