Sebastian Siebrecht

In 1993, Siebrecht earned his FIDE master title, and three years later, gained his International Master title. He achieved five grandmaster norms overall, his first at the 8th International Bavarian Championships 2004, also at the 21st Chess Festival 2005, at the 8th Individual European Championship 2007 in Dresden and at the Kaupthing Opens 2007 and then finally the Conca della Presolana 2007. FIDE awarded him the grandmaster title despite never crossing 2500+ fide on the official FIDE ratings list. In August 2010, Siebrecht won the Chess960 competition in Baden-Baden. He is a tournament director for Freestyle Chess.

Siebrecht has been known to come up against cheaters in his over-the-board games. First in 2011, in the German Championships, FIDE master Christoph Natsidis was found with a smartphone analyzing the current position he was in.^[2] A year later, Falko Bindrich had his game declared lost after he refused to hand over his smartphone and was later suspended from over-the-board play.^[3][4]

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