Alexander Naumann is a German chess Grandmaster who was born on 24th October 1985 in Bonn. He learned how to play chess at the age of eight and became a member of the German Chess Youth National team in 1999, and won the European Youth Chess Championship that year.
In 2007, Naumann won the championship of North Rhine-Westphalia and one year later, he came second in the prestigious international Neckar-Open with 7.5 points out of 9. In 2010, he came 3rd in the German Chess Championship. He won the 2011 Bad Wiessee Open tournament.