GM Larry Christiansen

Larry Christiansen

Christiansen in 1982. Photo: Hans van Dijk/Dutch National Archives.

Full name

Larry Christiansen

Born

Jun 27, 1956 (age 69)‎

Place of birth

Riverside, California, USA

Federation

United States

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 (2571) Igor Novikov (2485)	1-0	74	2025
Larry Christiansen (2571) Maxim Dlugy (2514)	0-1	154	2025
Larry Christiansen (2571) Timothy Taylor (2147)	½-½	39	2025
Larry Christiansen (2571) Vladimir Akopian (2586)	½-½	44	2025
Alexander Fishbein (2368) Larry Christiansen (2571)	1-0	42	2025
Alexander Shabalov (2478) Larry Christiansen (2571)	0-1	42	2025
Gregory Kaidanov (2505) Larry Christiansen (2571)	0-1	56	2025
Joel Benjamin (2473) Larry Christiansen (2571)	½-½	21	2025
Alexander Goldin (2541) Larry Christiansen (2571)	½-½	75	2025
Larry Christiansen (2579) Igor Novikov (2509)	½-½	45	2024