Christian Gabriel is an Argentine chess grandmaster. He was born on July 12, 1982 in Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina. He won the Buenos Aires City Championship in 2001, and two years later at the age of 21, he was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE. Gabriel has had multiple accomplishments in competitive chess, including winning the Argentine Championship in 2003, defeating Veselin Topalov at the Chess Olympiad in 2004, and coming in second place in the World Junior Chess Championship in 2001.
In 2005, Gabriel was a member of the Argentinian team at the World Team Chess Championship. In the same year, he also competed at the FIDE World Cup. Gabriel also participated in the FIDE World Cup 2017 where he was knocked out in the third round by Wei Yi.