Rasmus Svane

Rasmus Svane (born 21 May 1997) is a Danish-German chess grandmaster living in Lübeck, Germany.

[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.

[9] Svane earned his first international master (IM) norm at the 2011 German Chess Championship, scoring 5/9.

[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.

He placed joint eighth (seventeenth on tiebreak) with a score of 7½/11 (+6–2=3),[14] one point behind the winner Aryan Tari.

[23] Svane represented Germany on the reserve board at the 43rd Chess Olympiad, from 24 September to 5 October.