Frederik Svane (born January 21, 2004) is a German chess grandmaster.
| Frederik Svane | |
|---|---|
 Svane in 2023 | |
| Country | Germany |
| Born | January 21, 2004 Lübeck, Germany |
| Title | Grandmaster (2022)[1] |
| FIDE rating | 2654 (November 2024) |
| Peak rating | 2655 (October 2024) |
| Ranking | No. 72 (November 2024) |
| Peak ranking | No. 72 (October 2024) |
Chess career
editSvane is the younger brother of Rasmus Svane. At age four, Frederik joined a chess club and began learning and playing against Rasmus.[2]
In December 2020, Svane won the World Online Junior U16 Championship.[3]
In April 2021, Svane, then a FIDE Master, defeated Matthias Blübaum (then the top-rated German player) in a surprise upset in the Kader Challenge, a tournament for top-level German chess players.[3]
In October 2021, Svane achieved his first GM norm by finishing in second place at a round-robin in Kiel, Germany.[2]
In May 2022, he obtained two GM norms in less than one day by finishing second in a closed GM tournament held by the Hamburg Chess Club with a performance rating of 2607, and then drawing against Eduardas Rozentalis in the Hamburg Invitational.[4]
In October 2022, he had a strong standing in the World Junior Chess Championship.[5]
Svane played in the Chess World Cup 2023, where he defeated Lee Jun Hyeok in the first round, but was defeated by Ivan Cheparinov in the second round.
At his Chess Olympiad debut in 2024, he earned an individual gold medal, scoring 8/9 on board five.[6]
References
edit- ^ "FIDE Title Application (GM)" (PDF).
- ^ a b Doggers, Peter (June 1, 2022). "Frederik Svane Sets Likely Record, Scoring Final 2 GM Norms In 24 Hours".
- ^ a b Fischer, Johannes (April 6, 2021). "German top tournament starts with a surprise".
- ^ "Frederik Svane becomes GM after earning two norms in 24 hours". May 28, 2022.
- ^ Schulz, Andre (October 18, 2022). "Frederik Svane leads at World Junior Championship".
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20240922192658/https://chess-results.com/tnr967173.aspx?lan=1&art=21&flag=30%2A