Larry Mark Christiansen (born June 27, 1956) is an American
chess
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player of Danish ancestry. He was awarded the title
Grandmaster by
FIDE
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in 1977. Christiansen was the
U.S. champion in 1980, 1983, and 2002. He competed in the
FIDE World Championship in
1998
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Events January
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and
2002
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, and in the
FIDE World Cup in
2013
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2013 was designated as:
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*International Year of Quinoa
Events
January
* January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...
.
Biography
Christiansen grew up in
Riverside, California
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, United States. In 1971, he became the first junior high-school student to win the National High School Championship. He went on to win three invitational U.S. Junior Championships in 1973, 1974, and 1975. In 1977, at age 21, he became a
grandmaster without first having been an
international master. Christiansen tied for first place with
Anatoly Karpov
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at
Linares 1981. He won the 2001
Canadian Open Chess Championship. He also won
Curaçao
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Curaçao includ ...
2008 and the Bermuda Open 2011.
Christiansen played on the United States teams in the
Chess Olympiad
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in 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1996 and 2002. He won the team silver medal in 1990 and the team bronze in 1982, 1984, 1986 and 1996.
Christiansen describes his playing style as "aggressive-tactical", and he lists his favorite opening as the
Sämisch King's Indian.
Notable games
* Larry Christiansen vs. ''
Chessmaster 9000'' (September 2002), annotated at GameKnot:
Game 1Game 2Game 3Game 4
Books
* Christiansen, Larry (2000). ''Storming the Barricades''. Gambit Publications. .
* Christiansen, Larry (2004). ''Rocking the Ramparts''. Batsford.
See also
* Deep Blue (chess computer)
References
External links
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worldchessnetwork.com
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1956 births
Living people
American chess players
American chess writers
Chess Grandmasters
Chess Olympiad competitors
Sportspeople from Riverside, California
American male non-fiction writers
American people of Danish descent