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Christian Seel (b28. December 1983 in Troisdorf) is a German Chess player

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Christian Seel studied economics at the University of Bonn. He is assistant professor at the University of Maastricht.

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He is International Master (since July 2004) and was a member of the German national team. He was trained mainly by Thomas Jackelen, but he also got in his time at the SG Porz Training by Christopher Lutz and the Godesberger SK by Rustam Kasimjanov. Meanwhile, the Troisdorf is itself national youth coach of the SBNRW (Chess Federation North Rhine-Westphalia).

Achievments in Chess
At the German Junior Singles Championships U18 (in June 2001) in Willingen he was behind Thomas Pähtz, and Stanislaw Korotkjevich third. In May 2002 he won the city open championship of Schweinfurt and in July 2002 he won the Godesburg Open of Godesberger SK. At the NATO Championship in Høvelte (Denmark) in September 2003, he was with the Bundeswehr team champion and came second in the individual competition. In October 2003 he won the Gocher Open. At the Open International Bavarian Chess Championship in November 2003 in Bad Wiessee Seel was awarded the rating for the best adolescents. At the gabele.com Masters inGibraltar achieved his third IM standard in February 2004. In March 2005, he won the International Youth Tournament in Los Llanos de Aridane. He became German Internet champion U25 in April 2005. With the Godesberger team he became NRW Cup team champion on the top board in 2005 and then in March 2006 in Herford NRW Blitz team champion (with Kasimjanov on board 1).

After SG Porz he went to Godesberger SK, for which he played in the 2005/06 season in the German Chess Bundesliga. Because of a longer study stay in Spain, he was reported lower-grade in the 2006/07 season, namely at the SG Niederkassel, with whom he was able to reach the final of the North Rhine-Westphalian lightning championship on the top board. From the season 2007/08 to the season 2009/10 he played in the 1st Bundesliga with the Sportfreunde Katernberg, in the seasons 2010/11 and 2011/12 at SC Remagen , then in the2nd Bundesliga West at Aachen SV. In Belgium he used to play for Namur Echecs, in the 2013/14 season he became Belgian Team Champion with the KSK 47 Eynatten , in the season 2014/15 he plays for the KSK Rochade Eupen-Kelmis. In Austria he played in the season 2010/11 for Wüstenrot SIR Salzburg, in the Dutch Meesterklasse he plays since 2012 for the Schaakvereniging Voerendaal. In February 2015 he is 61st in the German Elo ranking list

Erfolge im Shōgi
Im Shōgi trägt er den Meisterrang 2. Dan und liegt mit Stand Juli 2013 mit einer Elo-Zahl von 1864 auf dem vierten Platz der deutschen Rangliste. Er gewann im Januar 2011 ein Turnier in Enschede, wurde im März 2011 Zweiter beim Tokin-Turnier in Den Haag und gewann im Mai 2011 ein Turnier in Ludwigshafen. Im Januar 2012 konnte er seinen Titel in Enschede verteidigen und wurde Ende des Monats Deutscher Meister in Heigenbrücken.

Veröffentlichungen

 * Geheimwaffe Philidor. Chessgate, Nettetal 2005, ISBN 3-935748-11-6. (Antoschin-Variante)