Johan-Sebastian Christiansen

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Johan-Sebastian Christiansen
CountryNorway
Born (1998-06-10) 10 June 1998 (age 25)
TitleGrandmaster (2018)
FIDE rating2637 (April 2024)
Peak rating2633 (March 2024)

Johan-Sebastian Christiansen (born 10 June 1998) is a Norwegian chess grandmaster. He was awarded the titles International Master, in 2015, and Grandmaster, in 2018, by FIDE.

Chess career[edit]

Christiansen achieved the norms required for the title of Grandmaster in the 2017 European Team Chess Championship in Hersonissos, in Pardubice in July 2018 and in Gothenburg in August 2018.[1]

In 2022, Christiansen won the 1st Colonia de Sant Jordi Chess Festival on a tie-break with Brandon Clarke, with a score of 7.5/9[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Title Applications. 89th FIDE Congress 2018, 26 Sep - 6 Oct, Batumi, Georgia". FIDE. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
  2. ^ "The Week in Chess 1440". theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 28 June 2022.

External links[edit]

https://chess24.com/en/read/news/carlsen-karjakin-as-new-in-chess-classic-starts-saturday