Rasmus Svane
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Rasmus Svane, Karlsruhe 2019
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| Country | Denmark |
| Born | 21 May 1997 Allerød Municipality, Denmark |
| Title | Grandmaster (2016) |
| FIDE rating | 2529 (December 2024) |
| Peak rating | 2651 (May 2022) |
| Peak ranking | No. 98 (April 2022) |
Rasmus Svane (born 21 May 1997) is a Danish chess grandmaster living in Lübeck, Germany.[1] He has represented Germany at the European Team Chess Championship and Chess Olympiad. He is the No. 8 ranked German player as of July 2020.[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 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]
Notable games
- Svane vs Rustam Kasimdzhanov, Bundesliga (20 October 2012), Gruenfeld Defense: Exchange. Modern Exchange Variation (D85), 1–0 Svane, in his first Chess Bundesliga game, defeats the former FIDE World Champion Rustam Kasimdzhanov
- Svane vs Gawain Jones, Bundesliga (2 February 2013), King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation. Gligoric-Taimanov System (E92), 1–0 15-year-old Svane defeats the 2641-rated Gawain Jones in 39 moves, sacrificing a rook for a decisive attack in the process
- Alexander Moiseenko vs Svane, Politiken Cup (29 July 2014), Semi-Slav Defense: Accelerated Meran Variation (D45), 0–1 Svane scores his first victory over a 2700+ opponent as he defeats Alexander Moiseenko with the black pieces in 53 moves
- Ernesto Inarkiev vs Svane, Aeroflot Open (4 April 2015), French Defense: Steinitz Variation (C11), 0–1 Svane, as black, defeats the 2706-rated Ernesto Inarkiev in 33 moves
- Svane vs Pentala Harikrishna, Bundesliga (20 November 2016), Catalan Opening: Open Defense (E04), 1–0 Svane defeats the 2762-rated Pentala Harikrishna in 28 moves
References
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External links
- Rasmus Svane player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Rasmus Svane rating card at FIDE
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