GM Larry Christiansen Christiansen in 1982. Photo: Hans van Dijk/Dutch National Archives. Full name Larry Christiansen Born Jun 27, 1956 (age 68) Place of birth Federation United States Profiles #256 World Ranking 2571 Classical 2584 Rapid Rating Bio Bio coming soon. Most Played Openings White Pieces English Opening: Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto Line (18 games) English Opening: Symmetrical, Three Knights System (16 games) English Opening: Symmetrical Variation (10 games) English Opening: Anglo-Indian, Queen's Knight Variation (10 games) Sicilian Defense: Open, Accelerated Dragon, Maróczy Bind Formation (10 games) Black Pieces Bogo-Indian Defense: Grünfeld Variation (15 games) Modern Defense with 1.e4 (14 games) Bogo-Indian Defense: Wade-Smyslov Variation (14 games) Alapin Sicilian Defense (13 games) Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack (12 games) Games Players Result Moves Year Larry Christiansen (2579) Igor Novikov (2509) ½-½ 45 2024 Larry Christiansen (2579) Gregory Kaidanov (2548) ½-½ 40 2024 Larry Christiansen (2579) Julio Becerra Rivero (2419) ½-½ 45 2024 Larry Christiansen (2579) Douglas Root (2463) ½-½ 30 2024 Larry Christiansen (2577) Maxim Dlugy (2513) 1-0 53 2022 Larry Christiansen (2577) Maxim Dlugy (2513) 1-0 54 2022 Larry Christiansen (2577) Alexander Shabalov (2510) 0-1 63 2022 Larry Christiansen (2577) Alexander Shabalov (2510) 0-1 58 2022 Larry Christiansen (2577) Gregory Kaidanov (2548) ½-½ 42 2022 Larry Christiansen (2577) Nick de Firmian (2496) ½-½ 32 2022 Show All Games