GM Larry Christiansen

• USCF Rating: 2669
• Openings : +0
• Tactical Ability : +100
• Positional Play : -50
• Endgame Technique : -50
• Speed Chess : 9
• Consistency : 8
• Tenacity : 7
• Overall Aggressiveness : 7
• Against Strong Players : 9
• Against Weak Players : 7

Strengths: Larry is well known for his amazing attacking and tactical abilities, and this makes him a very dangerous opponent for strong players. His style is very mature so he does better than most aggressive players when playing lesser opposition.

Weaknesses: His dislike for boring positions makes him more vunerable in very positional games and in technical endgames.

Amusing Story:

Larry is one of the few players to ever skip the IM title on his way to becoming a GM. He also holds the record for the quickest win over a world champion, beating Anatoly Karpov in only 12 moves with white white pieces.

Reason for this song choice:
Larry never backs down from a chess slug fest. Even though he's getting older, he still has the "Eye of the Tiger".