Boylston Chess: GM Larry Christiansen Virtual Chess Lecture / Chat on Twitch.tv

photo:  Tony Cortizas, Jr.  Pillsbury Lecture,   2019 BC (Before Coronavirus)




Larry C Virtual Chess Skittles Room 

for Boylston Players and friends

photo:  Tony Cortizas, Jr.  Pillsbury Lecture, 2019 BC (Before Coronavirus)

GM Larry Christiansen 

will present a 

free virtual lecture/chat

Tuesday April 21 at 3-4 pm

for Boylston Chess players and friends

on  
twitch.tv/larrychr

LarryC  virtual skittles room for Boylston players and friends 

will feature tactics and instructive games.

 Just follow this link 3 pm:  twitch.tv/larrychr

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See some of Larry's games:  Larry C on chessgames.com

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 

Larry Christiansen
Larry Christiansen  at the 2002 U.S. Chess Championships in Seattle, Washington

	Larry M. Christiansen
	United States
Born	June 27, 1956 (age 63) Riverside, California, United States
Title	Grandmaster (1977)
FIDE rating	2567 (April 2020)

 
Larry M. Christiansen (born June 27, 1956) is an American chess player of Danish ancestry.

He was awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 1977.

Christiansen was the U.S. champion three times -
in 1980, 1983, and 2002.


He competed in the FIDE World Championship in 1998 and 2002, and in the FIDE World Cup in 2013.

Christiansen grew up in Riverside, California, 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 at Linares 1981. He won the 2001 Canadian Open Chess Championship. He also won Curaçao 2008^[1] and the Bermuda Open 2011.^[2]

Christiansen played on the United States teams in the Chess Olympiad 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.^[3]

Christiansen describes his playing style as "aggressive-tactical" and he lists his favorite opening as the Sämisch King's Indian.

Books

• Christiansen, Larry (2000). Storming the Barricades. Gambit Publications. ISBN 978-1-901983-25-8.
• Christiansen, Larry (2004). Rocking the Ramparts. Batsford. ISBN 0-7134-8776-3