Johan-Sebastian Christiansen (born 10 June 1998) is a Norwegian

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grandmaster. He was awarded the titles

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, in 2015, and Grandmaster, in 2018, by

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Personal life

Christiansen was born on 10 June 1998.

Chess career

Christiansen first played for the

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-based chess club Caissa, and later for Vålerenga and Offerspill. He achieved the

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s required for the title of Grandmaster in the 2017

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, in

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in July 2018 and in

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in August 2018. In 2022, Christiansen won the 1st Colonia de Sant Jordi Chess Festival on a tie-break with

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, with a score of 7.5/9.

References

External links

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Johan-Sebastian Christiansen
team chess record at Olimpbase.org https://chess24.com/en/read/news/carlsen-karjakin-as-new-in-chess-classic-starts-saturday 1998 births Living people Norwegian chess players Chess Grandmasters Place of birth missing (living people) Chess Olympiad competitors {{Norway-chess-bio-stub