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Item Number: 35

Time Left: CLOSED

Value: Priceless

Online Close: Apr 25, 2019 8:30 PM EDT

Bid History: 0 bids

Description

If you love chess then this is the opportunity of a lifetime!  The winning bidder will spend an hour with Grand master Larry Christiansen to talk all things chess related.  Known as an American master of attack, he has also published two widely praised books on the subject of attacking chess.


In addition to meeting 1:1 with reknowned chess champion and author, you will take home this beautiful chess board. 


About Larry Christiansen


Larry was awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 1977. Christiansen was the U.S. champion in 1980, 1983, and 2002. He competed in the FIDE World Championship in 1998 and 2002, and in the FIDE World Cup in 2013.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 CuraƧao 2008 and the Bermuda Open 2011.


Larry 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.


 

Special Instructions

Meeting to be held at Mr. Christiansen's home in Cambridge or online via Skype; date & time to be mutually agreed upon by Mr. Christiansen & the winning bidder.