Frederik Svane

World rank: No. 52 (October 2026)
Rating: 2662 (+7 this month)
Peak rating: 2671 (May 2025)
Title: Grandmaster (2022)
Federation: Germany
Born: January 21, 2004, Lübeck, Germany (age 22)
FIDE ID: 12923044

A young German grandmaster with two Olympiad individual golds. Svane scored 8/9 on board five on his debut in 2024, and 8½/11 on board three in Samarkand in 2026, with a 2796 performance.

At the 2025 World Cup in Goa he knocked out the reigning world champion, Gukesh Dommaraju, before losing to the eventual winner, Javokhir Sindarov. He also finished third at the 2024 European Championship.

Career highlights

Olympiad individual gold in 2024 and 2026
Knocked world champion Gukesh out of the 2025 World Cup
Third at the 2024 European Championship

Frederik Svane in The Chess Herald

Oct 11, 2026Fifteen Chess Tourists, Eight Days and One Bronze Medal for Monika
Oct 11, 2026Weekly Recap: Samarkand Afterglow, Fagernes Heats Up and Caruana Eyes a Record
Oct 8, 2026Svane's Second Olympiad Gold and Germany's Board-Prize History
Oct 7, 2026Germany's Bronze Traces Back to Bernd Vökler's Chess Princes
Sep 28, 2026Madaminov's Unbeaten 5.5/7 Seals Uzbekistan's Second Gold

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Sep 28, 2026Uzbekistan Crowned as Samarkand Olympiad Closes in Fireworks
Sep 21, 2026Germany Stuns Top-Seeded USA as Uzbekistan Routs Hungary

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