Rasmus Svane Explained

Rasmus Svane
Country:Germany
Birth Date:21 May 1997
Birth Place:Allerød Municipality, Denmark
Grandmaster (2016)
Peakrating:2651 (May 2022)
Peakranking:No. 96 (October 2023)
Fideid:4657101

Rasmus Svane (born 21 May 1997) is a Danish-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 [2]

Personal life

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]

Chess career

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 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]

Notable games

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2023-02-12. Mads Boe. Rasmus Svane stormester. nyheder.skak.dk. 29 June 2015 .
  2. Web site: PERIOD: SEPTEMBER 2023 – RANK STANDARD RATING GERMANY. FIDE.
  3. Web site: Vom Prinzen zum Titelfavoriten. Jens. Kürbis. Lübecker Nachrichten. 22 November 2016. German.
  4. Web site: Svane, Frederik FIDE Chess Profile. Staff writer(s). FIDE. 2018.
  5. Web site: Die neue Kaderliste des Deutschen Schachbundes. André. Schulz. ChessBase. 6 December 2017. German.
  6. News: Brettspiel: Schach. Helmut. Pfleger. Die Zeit. German. 8 November 2017.
  7. Web site: Spieler des Jahres > 2009, U14, männlich. Deutsche Schachjugend im Deutschen Schachbund e. V.. Staff writer(s). 2010. German.
  8. Web site: Spieler des Jahres > 2010, U14, männlich. Deutsche Schachjugend im Deutschen Schachbund e. V.. Staff writer(s). 2011. German.
  9. Web site: Ergebnisse: Spieler des Jahres - 2010. Deutsche Schachjugend im Deutschen Schachbund e. V.. Staff writer(s). 2011. German.
  10. https://ratings.fide.com/title_applications.phtml?details=1&id=4657101&title=IM&pb=36 2nd quarter Presidential Board Meeting 2013, 4-7 May, Baku, AZE
  11. https://ratings.fide.com/title_applications.phtml?details=1&id=4657101&title=GM&pb=46 87th FIDE Congress 2016, 1-14 September, Baku, Azerbaijan
  12. Web site: European Team Chess Championship 2017 Open Section. Staff writer(s). Chess Results. 6 November 2017.
  13. Web site: European Team Chess Championship 2017 Open Section: The best players per board. Staff writer(s). Chess Results. 6 November 2017.
  14. Web site: World Junior under 20 Championship 2017 (150309): Svane Rasmus. Staff writer(s). Chess Results. 25 November 2017.
  15. Web site: World Junior under 20 Championship 2017 (150309). Staff writer(s). Chess Results. 25 November 2017.
  16. Web site: Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2018 - Masters: Svane Rasmus. Staff writer(s). Chess Results. 7 February 2018.
  17. Web site: Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2018 - Masters. Staff writer(s). Chess Results. 7 February 2018.
  18. Web site: Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2018. Mark. Crowthers. The Week in Chess. 1 February 2018.
  19. Web site: Aeroflot Open 2018 A. Staff writer(s). Chess Results. 28 February 2018.
  20. Web site: Aeroflot Open 2018 A: Svane Rasmus. Staff writer(s). Chess Results. 28 February 2018.
  21. Web site: European Individual Chess Championship 2018. Staff writer(s). Chess Results. 28 March 2018.
  22. Web site: European Individual Chess Championship 2018: Svane Rasmus. Staff writer(s). Chess Results. 28 March 2018.
  23. Web site: Riga Tech University Open: Armenians on top. Conrad. Schormann. ChessBase. 18 August 2018.
  24. Web site: 43rd Olympiad Batumi 2018 Open. Staff writer(s). Chess Results. 5 October 2018.
  25. Web site: The Week in Chess 1311. 2020-07-09. theweekinchess.com.