| Axel Bachmann | |
|---|---|
 Bachmann at the World Rapid Chess Championship 2015, Berlin | |
| Full name | Axel Bachmann Schiavo |
| Country | Paraguay |
| Born | 4 November 1989 Ciudad del Este, Paraguay |
| Title | Grandmaster (2007) |
| FIDE rating | 2571 (October 2024) |
| Peak rating | 2662 (July 2017) |
| Peak ranking | No. 85 (July 2017) |
Axel Bachmann Schiavo (born 4 November 1989) is a Paraguayan chess player who holds the Grandmaster title.
Bachmann went to study to the University of Texas at Brownsville on a chess scholarship due to a recommendation by Peruvian grandmaster Daniel Fernandez. There, Bachmann was a teammate and training partner of Chilean grandmaster Mauricio Flores Ríos. [1]
Bachmann won the 5th Iberoamerican Chess Championship held in Linares, Jaén, Spain in 2014. [2]
Bachmann won, or tied for first, the following tournaments:
Bachmann played for Paraguay in the Chess Olympiads: [3]
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