Christian Bauer (born 11 January 1977) is a French chess grandmaster and author.

He is a three-time French Chess Champion (1996, 2012, 2015).

[2] In 2009, came first at Vicente Bonil ahead of 21 GMs and 33 titled players.

[3] In 2010, he tied for 1st–7th with Alexander Riazantsev, Vitali Golod, Nadezhda Kosintseva, Leonid Kritz, Sébastien Feller, Sébastien Mazé in the 43rd Biel Chess Festival.

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