Rasmus Svane | |
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![]() Rasmus Svane, Dortmund 2023 | |
Country | Germany |
Born | Allerød Municipality, Denmark | 21 May 1997
Title | Grandmaster (2016) |
FIDE rating | 2633 (July 2024) |
Peak rating | 2651 (May 2022) |
Peak ranking | No. 96 (October 2023) |
Rasmus Svane (born 21 May 1997) is a German chess grandmaster living in Lübeck, Germany. [1] He has represented Germany at the European Team Chess Championship and Chess Olympiad. He is the No. 5 ranked German player as of September 2023. [update] [2]
Svane was born in Allerød Municipality, Denmark. He is a son of the Danish cellist Troels Svane, [3] and Danish is his first language. [1] Svane has a younger brother, Frederik (born 2004), [4] who is also a chess player. [5]
Svane received his Abitur in 2016, and when asked in 2017 what he plans to do if a career as a professional chess player does not work out he stated he can return to his studies. [6]
Svane learned to play chess at the age of 4 after discovering a chess CD in a cereal packet. [3] He finished second at the German U12 Chess Championship in 2009, [7] and won the German U14 Chess Championship in 2010. [8] He was named the 2010 U14 Player of the Year by the German Chess Federation in recognition of the latter achievement. [9]
Svane earned his first international master (IM) norm at the 2011 German Chess Championship, scoring 5/9. He earned his second and third IM norms in 2012. The former came at the Politiken Cup held in July–August, where he scored 7½/10; the latter was achieved at the 1st Korbach GM tournament in December, with a score of 7/11. He was officially awarded the title by FIDE in May 2013. [10]
He earned his first grandmaster (GM) norm at the 2015 Aeroflot Open, scoring 4½/9. He earned his second at the 2015 Visma GM tournament, scoring 6/9, and attained the final norm during the 2015/2016 Chess Bundesliga season, scoring 6/10. He was awarded his GM title in September 2016, at age 19. [11]
From 28 October to 6 November 2017, he competed for Germany on board 4 at the European Team Chess Championship, scoring 5½/7 (+5–1=1) for a performance rating of 2762. [12] This was the second-best board 4 performance at the tournament, behind Rauf Mamedov's 2920 performance. [13] From 13 to 25 November, he competed at the World Junior Chess Championship. He placed joint eighth (seventeenth on tiebreak) with a score of 7½/11 (+6–2=3), [14] one point behind the winner Aryan Tari. [15]
From 23 January to 1 February 2018, Svane competed in the Tradewise Gibraltar Masters. He finished forty-first, scoring 6½/10 (+4–1=5), [16] one point behind the winner Levon Aronian. [17] [18] From 20 to 28 February, he participated in the Aeroflot Open. He finished forty-seventh out of ninety-two, [19] scoring 4½/9 (+2–2=5). [20] From 17 to 28 March, he competed in the 2018 European Individual Chess Championship. He placed thirty-ninth, [21] scoring 7/11 (+6–3=2). [22] In August, he competed in the Riga Technical University Open. He placed fifth with 7/9 (+5–0=4). [23] Svane represented Germany on the reserve board at the 43rd Chess Olympiad, from 24 September to 5 October. He scored 4½/8 (+3–2=3), [24] as Germany finished 13th.
In 2019, he tied for 2nd-3rd place in the Sunway Sitges Festival with Vasif Durarbayli. [25]
Rasmus Svane | |
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![]() Rasmus Svane, Dortmund 2023 | |
Country | Germany |
Born | Allerød Municipality, Denmark | 21 May 1997
Title | Grandmaster (2016) |
FIDE rating | 2633 (July 2024) |
Peak rating | 2651 (May 2022) |
Peak ranking | No. 96 (October 2023) |
Rasmus Svane (born 21 May 1997) is a German chess grandmaster living in Lübeck, Germany. [1] He has represented Germany at the European Team Chess Championship and Chess Olympiad. He is the No. 5 ranked German player as of September 2023. [update] [2]
Svane was born in Allerød Municipality, Denmark. He is a son of the Danish cellist Troels Svane, [3] and Danish is his first language. [1] Svane has a younger brother, Frederik (born 2004), [4] who is also a chess player. [5]
Svane received his Abitur in 2016, and when asked in 2017 what he plans to do if a career as a professional chess player does not work out he stated he can return to his studies. [6]
Svane learned to play chess at the age of 4 after discovering a chess CD in a cereal packet. [3] He finished second at the German U12 Chess Championship in 2009, [7] and won the German U14 Chess Championship in 2010. [8] He was named the 2010 U14 Player of the Year by the German Chess Federation in recognition of the latter achievement. [9]
Svane earned his first international master (IM) norm at the 2011 German Chess Championship, scoring 5/9. He earned his second and third IM norms in 2012. The former came at the Politiken Cup held in July–August, where he scored 7½/10; the latter was achieved at the 1st Korbach GM tournament in December, with a score of 7/11. He was officially awarded the title by FIDE in May 2013. [10]
He earned his first grandmaster (GM) norm at the 2015 Aeroflot Open, scoring 4½/9. He earned his second at the 2015 Visma GM tournament, scoring 6/9, and attained the final norm during the 2015/2016 Chess Bundesliga season, scoring 6/10. He was awarded his GM title in September 2016, at age 19. [11]
From 28 October to 6 November 2017, he competed for Germany on board 4 at the European Team Chess Championship, scoring 5½/7 (+5–1=1) for a performance rating of 2762. [12] This was the second-best board 4 performance at the tournament, behind Rauf Mamedov's 2920 performance. [13] From 13 to 25 November, he competed at the World Junior Chess Championship. He placed joint eighth (seventeenth on tiebreak) with a score of 7½/11 (+6–2=3), [14] one point behind the winner Aryan Tari. [15]
From 23 January to 1 February 2018, Svane competed in the Tradewise Gibraltar Masters. He finished forty-first, scoring 6½/10 (+4–1=5), [16] one point behind the winner Levon Aronian. [17] [18] From 20 to 28 February, he participated in the Aeroflot Open. He finished forty-seventh out of ninety-two, [19] scoring 4½/9 (+2–2=5). [20] From 17 to 28 March, he competed in the 2018 European Individual Chess Championship. He placed thirty-ninth, [21] scoring 7/11 (+6–3=2). [22] In August, he competed in the Riga Technical University Open. He placed fifth with 7/9 (+5–0=4). [23] Svane represented Germany on the reserve board at the 43rd Chess Olympiad, from 24 September to 5 October. He scored 4½/8 (+3–2=3), [24] as Germany finished 13th.
In 2019, he tied for 2nd-3rd place in the Sunway Sitges Festival with Vasif Durarbayli. [25]