LARRY CHRISTIANSEN (born Jun-27-1956, 68 years old) United States of America [what is this?] Larry Mark Christiansen was born in Riverside, California. He is known as a very strong attacking player. He won the National High School Championship in 1971 while still in junior high school, the first ever to do so. He won three invitational U.S. Junior Championships. After winning Torremolinos 1977, he became a Grandmaster at the age of 21, skipping over the usual step of becoming an International Master first. Christiansen won the U.S. Championship in 1980 (1), 1983 (2) and 2002 (3). He won the U.S. Open thrice. He won the 2009 U.S. Senior Championship. He is an eleven-time member of the United States Olympiad team. He was inducted into the U.S. Chess Hall of Fame in 2000. His international wins include 1st place at Linares 1979, Linares (1981) (jointly with Anatoly Karpov), Cologne 1988, SKA-Mephisto Tournament (1991) (1.5 points ahead of Huebner, Beliavsky, Gelfand, and Hertneck), Wiesbaden 1994, Reykjavik Open (1998), Essen 1999, and the 2001 Canadian Open. In the World Cup (2013) he lost to Laurent Fressinet in the first round. He was a frequent competitor in the German Bundesliga. Larry is one of the most prolific Internet chess players, having played tens of thousands of games online at the Internet Chess Club under the handle "Larry C." (1) Christiansen was editor-in-chief of the Players Chess News (1981-84). He has written a number of books, including 54th Hastings International Chess Congress 1978-1979 (1979); Tallinn 1979: VI Paul Keres Memorial Chess Tournament (1979); 1980 U.S. Championship (with Tim Redman) (1980); U.S. Championship 1983 (1983); Dutch Defense (with Jeremy Silman) (1989); On Top of the Chess World: The 1995 World Chess Championship Match (with John Fedorowicz and Ilya Gurevich (1995); Storming the Barricades (2000); and Rocking the Ramparts (2004). Wikipedia article: Larry Christiansen; (1) http://graeme.50webs.com/chesschamp...; (2) http://graeme.50webs.com/chesschamp...; (3) http://graeme.50webs.com/chesschamp... https://www.uschesschamps.com/bio/l... Last updated: 2025-02-28 09:26:59

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page 1 of 68; games 1-25 of 1,690  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. L Christiansen vs J MacPhail   0-1 46 1971 US Jnr Open A25 English 2. L Christiansen vs Gheorghiu   0-1 77 1971 72nd US Open A10 English 3. L Christiansen vs I Romanenko   1-0 56 1971 72nd US Open A30 English, Symmetrical 4. L Binet Tapaszto vs L Christiansen   ½-½ 15 1971 72nd US Open A45 Queen's Pawn Game 5. L Christiansen vs W Cunningham   0-1 40 1971 72nd US Open E92 King's Indian 6. L Christiansen vs D Fritzinger   1-0 53 1971 72nd US Open D41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch 7. L Christiansen vs D Krystall 1-0 20 1972 Pacific Southwest Op A04 Reti Opening 8. G Treppner vs L Christiansen   0-1 30 1972 Schilde,jr A07 King's Indian Attack 9. L Christiansen vs Browne ½-½ 50 1972 Lone Pine A37 English, Symmetrical 10. W Martz vs L Christiansen   ½-½ 29 1972 Lone Pine A22 English 11. L Christiansen vs M Costa   1-0 49 1972 Lone Pine A05 Reti Opening 12. E Martinovsky vs L Christiansen   1-0 64 1972 Lone Pine A43 Old Benoni 13. L Christiansen vs T Hay   0-1 41 1972 Lone Pine A05 Reti Opening 14. R Flacco vs L Christiansen   0-1 37 1972 Lone Pine A22 English 15. L Gilden vs L Christiansen   0-1 51 1972 Lone Pine B32 Sicilian 16. D Kopec vs L Christiansen   0-1 29 1972 USA-ch Juniors B32 Sicilian 17. L Christiansen vs A Beliavsky   0-1 34 1973 Teesside A40 Queen's Pawn Game 18. A Beliavsky vs L Christiansen 1-0 42 1973 Wch U20 prel-A B32 Sicilian 19. L Christiansen vs A Mengarini   ½-½ 31 1973 Lone Pine D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 20. R J Gross vs L Christiansen 0-1 12 1973 Lone Pine A53 Old Indian 21. L Christiansen vs J Frankle   1-0 41 1973 USA-ch jr B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation 22. D Berry vs L Christiansen   0-1 25 1973 USA-ch jr E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 23. J L Peterson vs L Christiansen   0-1 37 1973 USA-ch jr B22 Sicilian, Alapin 24. L Christiansen vs C Barnes   1-0 37 1973 USA-ch jr B27 Sicilian 25. L David Truesdel vs L Christiansen 0-1 28 1974 Southern Open A22 English  page 1 of 68; games 1-25 of 1,690

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 8 OF 8 ·  Later Kibitzing> Mar-16-16    Party Animal: Larry's makeup looks like Ziggy Stardust. ; P May-26-16    diagonal: quote (if you are *just* married - read it later): http://www.azquotes.com/quote/693362. Bio of Larry and Natasha Christiansen: http://www.uschesschamps.com/bio/la... Jun-27-16    waustad: Welcome to sexigenarianism! Or however you spell that. Mar-16-17    Fusilli: <diagonal> I think it's a pretty good quote. "Attack with Larry C" is now my favorite video series on ICC. It used to be Yermo's "What every Russian schoolboy knows" but I got tired of Yermo's long rambling at the beginning of each video. I don't know if it's the software I use, but I can't jump to a different part of each video (or backup), so I am forced to watch the whole thing. But Larry goes straight into business and he is fast-paced. Oct-13-17    zanzibar: Here's some advice on how to beat Larry: https://www.metro.us/boston/how-to-... Oct-13-17    saffuna: Nice advice by Christiansen there. Jun-27-18    waustad: Happy birthday to a fascinating player. His commentary is amazing, since he goes into such unexpected tactical lines. I haven’t heard him recently, but chess broadcasting has changed dramatically in the last decade, not all for the better. Jun-27-18    Granny O Doul: Not that he's ancient, but it is impressive to me that his current rating here (whatever it is based on) is just 51 points below his peak (whatever it is based on). Jun-27-18    Richard Taylor: He used to be on a site I was on and he would challenge all comers. People would egg him on to sac say a R somewhere and then try to win. He mostly did. Very impressive lightening player. I have one of his books, 'Storming the Barricades'. I recall the stories he used to tell. Once I think he was commenting on a game (with audio and we could type suggestions etc) and I suggested a (bad idea): "No Richard, don't go there." He said. He was right of course. He was also amusing. He put on a kind of exaggerated New York or some part of NY accent, and we could hear him eating potato chips as he played...The good old days... Jun-27-18    Ironmanth: Happy birthday, Grandmaster! Enjoyed the few blitz games on the Internet that we played over the years, and especially your commentaries. Thanks for all you did for American chess these last decades; all the best to you today, Larry. Jun-27-18    Scuvy: I had the privilege of playing Christiansen in a 1980 simultaneous display at Eugene, Ore. during the Church's tour. After I lost, Larry graciously went over our game and showed me a couple of chances I missed. Happy Birthday to a gentleman of Chess! Jun-27-18    Check It Out: Great to see all the admiration for an attacking legend. Jun-27-22    Scuvy: Happy Birthday to a great attacking player! I have always admired Larry's commonsense approach to tactics and advice on how to improve. Just found a copy of "Rocking the Ramparts" at a used bookstore and am looking forward to going through it. Jun-27-22    HeMateMe: Back when the USA had homegrown Olympiad talent! Jun-27-22    Check It Out: I just went in to a used book store to see if any of the highly recommended GM Larry C's books were there. They had ONE chess book. The store owner blamed it on the internet; he said nobody is bringing chess books in anymore. I didn't quite get the logic of that. Jun-27-22    perfidious: <CIO>, not sure I understand any more than you, but wherever I travel, used chess books are indeed tough to come by. Jun-28-22    Z free or die: Well, finding a good used book store these days, of any type, is getting to be a challenge. But, before Rodney's pulled out of Central Sq. (Cambridge), they had a pretty good chess book section (including old chess horizons with Alan Shaw games!) - and it was one of the better performing categories according to the owner. He's pulled up stakes due to Covid and rent / lease issues - so he's only online these days. https://www.rodneysbookstore.com/pr... Which seems rather scanty, though Keene's <Evolution of Chess Openings> is there. See also: https://www.facebook.com/rodneysboo... and https://business.facebook.com/rodne... . Jun-28-22    Check It Out: <perf> <Z> Where do chess books go when they die?/They don't go to stores where the rents are high/They go to a dump and get real fried/See 'em again when Houdini dies Jun-28-22    HeMateMe: Fewer chess books are printed. So many game collections and latest tournaments are readily available for free on the internet. If there are fewer items in print there will be fewer bargains to be had at Good Will. Jun-28-22    Z free or die: I'm an anachronism before my time! Do I miss having good used bookstores in the neighborhood. . Jun-28-22    keypusher: If any of you are ever in the neighborhood, the Nashville Chess Center has a really nice library. Also, the internet gives as well as takes -- I'm sure some of the books I own now I never would have found in a bookstore. Jun-28-22    Check It Out: <keypusher> It's true, you can get just about any book you want online - but, it doesn't have the same thrill as finding a good one in a dusty used book store. Jun-30-22    HeMateMe: I've moved several times and lost most of my chess books when I've moved (long story...) which includes all of those great used book store bargains like 1. Attack with Tal 2. My 60 Memorable games 3. Kasparov v. Deep Blue 4. Pawn Power 5. Secrets of Grandmaster endgames (Soltis) 6. Capablanca's best games 7. The Spassky Green Book. 8. Profile of a Prodigy (Fischer) 9. 400 Brilliant and instructive endgames (Troitzky) others. Jun-30-22    Sally Simpson: Don't go to used books joints, people take their books there to sell, they will not get offered what they think they are worth so they either dump them, take them home or give them to a charity shop (if you want rid of them why not just the money) A large proportion of my books came from charity shops. You will usually find them in the Games/Sports/Hobbies section, although I did pick up a load of T D Harding and David Levy books in a computer section. If the shop is busy DO NOT ask the person at the till if there any chess books. The till person is usually a volunteer and won't know, they will shout out across the shop floor to the manager 'Are there any chess books?' Everyone will turn around to look at the lone loser in a charity shop asking for chess books. Jun-30-22    HeMateMe: Well, better that than a cross dresser looking for some reasonably priced items... "Mable! We got any girl things that fit blokes?" 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