Christian Seel

Christian Seel is a German player of chess and shogi, and an academic specializing in economics and game theory.

Academic career

Seel has a Ph.D. from the University of Bonn, and is a professor in the Department of Microeconomics and Public Economics at Maastricht University, where his research involves game theory and bounded rationality.

Shogi

In shogi, Seel placed third in the 2012 German open championship, winning 2nd Dan.

Chess

Seel has been an International Master (IM) in chess since 2004. In the Chess Bundesliga, he plays first board for the SK Aachen team.
He is the author of a chess opening book on the Antoshin variation of the Philidor Defence. Originally in German, entitled Geheimwaffe Philidor, it has been translated into English as The Philidor: A Secret Weapon.