Sebastian Bogner
German-Swiss chess grandmaster (born 1991)
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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, 2024 and 2025.
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Switzerland (since 2013)
Sebastian Bogner, 2016 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 17 January 1991 (age 35) Pforzheim, Germany |
| Chess career | |
| Country | Germany (until 2013) Switzerland (since 2013) |
| Title | Grandmaster (2009) |
| FIDE rating | 2552 (March 2026) |
| Peak rating | 2619 (August 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]
