Gert Schnider (born 1979) is an Austrian professional multi-talented board-game player. In chess he is an International Master, in Go a 5th Dan, [1] in shogi an amateur 5th Dan in Japan and 3rd Dan in Europe, [1] and in Abalone a grandmaster.
He is the MSO world champion of Abalone [2] in 1999 and 2000 and the MSO world champion of Decamentathlon in 2000. [3]
In 2000, he held the First International Austrian Shogi Championship. [4] Champion of the 2nd International Shogi Forum in 2002. [5]
He is living in Graz as an officially approved chess teacher "staatlich geprüfter Schachtrainer (A-Trainer)". [6]