Christiansen, Larry

USA USA·Born 1956·FIDE #2000059·2,001 Games

Classical25631,968 Games

Rapid258427 Games

Blitz—6 Games

Statistics

2001

Total

843

Wins

760

Draws

398

Losses

42%38%20%

Play Style

What you need to know before facing them

Elite accuracy: 93.6% average

Very consistent (91%)

Very precise: only 0.0 blunders/game

Dominates 1.g3 ♔ (73% in 11 games)

Deep Analysis

Stockfish 18 · Classical games · 91 analyzed

Accuracy by phase

Opening96.7%

Middlegame94.2%

Endgame94.6%

Clutch Factor

Performance under pressure

+5%

Winning (+2 or more)96%

16 Games

Equal position94%

54 Games

Losing (-2 or more)90%

21 Games

Problematic Pieces

Which pieces cause most errors?

♙

38%

34 errors

♗

18%

16 errors

♖

17%

15 errors

♞

12%

11 errors

♔

8 errors

♕

6 errors

Critical Moment

When does the first serious error occur?

Move 37average

1-15

16-25

26-35

36-45

46+

67% of blunders occur between move 36-45. Keep tension until that moment.

Error Heatmap

Where do most errors occur?

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Many

Few

Critical squares

e65 err

f45 err

f65 err

d44 err

f54 err

e6/f4 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Recent Games

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½-½

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½-½

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1-0

Openings

Based on player games

Weaknesses

EXPLOIT!

White

No significant weaknesses detected as White

Black

No significant weaknesses detected as Black

Strengths

AVOID

White

King's Indian: Saemisch

70.0%

40 Games·Wins

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3

English: Four Knights

67.7%

31 Games·Wins

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6

Black

Nimzo-Indian: Classical

52.9%

17 Games·Wins

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2

Sicilian: d6 Systems

47.8%

46 Games·Wins

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6

Critical Blunders

Tactical errors analyzed with Stockfish

10 errors

▶

#46Nc2??

Endgame

vs Korchnoi

OTB·2000

▶

#43Kg2??

Endgame

vs Reshevsky

OTB·1984

▶

#23d5??

Tactics

vs Reshevsky

OTB

▶

#58e6??

Endgame

vs Reshevsky

OTB

▶

#44h4??

Endgame

vs Reshevsky

OTB

▶

#24Ng6??

Tactics

vs Anand

OTB

▶

#20e6??

Tactics

vs Korchnoi

OTB

▶

#44b6d4??

Endgame

vs Karpov

OTB

▶

#34h3??

Tactics

vs Shirov

OTB

▶

#19fxg6??

Tactics

vs Polgar

OTB

Endgame Statistics

20 endgame categories analyzed — discover where they collapse under pressure

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Starting Position

1021 Games

47%37%16%

Move	Games	%
1.d4	432	65%
1.c4	277	70%
1.e4	208	62%
1.Nf3	86	56%
1.g3 Strong	11	73%
1.b3	6	67%
1.Nc3 Strong	1	100%

1.d4

65%

432

1.c4

70%

277

1.e4

62%

208

1.Nf3

56%

1.g3

73%

1.b3

67%

1.Nc3

100%

Christiansen, Larry

Play against Christiansen, Larry's Twin

Statistics

Play Style

Deep Analysis

Clutch Factor

Problematic Pieces

Critical Moment

Error Heatmap

Recent Games

Openings

Weaknesses

Strengths

King's Indian: Saemisch

English: Four Knights

Nimzo-Indian: Classical

Sicilian: d6 Systems

Critical Blunders