Gert Schnider is an Austrian professional multi-talented board-game player, e.g. of Chess (FIDE master), Go (5th Dan) and shogi (5th Dan in Japan and 3rd Dan in Europe) and an Abalone grandmaster.
He is the MSO world champion of Abalone in 1999 and 2000 and the MSO world champion of Decamentathlon in 2000.
In 2000, he held the First International Austrian Shogi Championship. Champion of the 2nd International Shogi Forum in 2002.
He is living in Graz as an officially approved chess teacher ("staatlich geprüfter Schachlehrwart").