Johan-Sebastian Christiansen

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Johan-Sebastian Christiansen
Personal information
Born (1998-06-10) 10 June 1998 (age 27)
Chess career
Country Norway
Title Grandmaster (2018)
FIDE   rating 2661 (October 2025)
Peak rating 2664 (January 2025)
Ranking No. 57 (October 2025)
Peak rankingNo. 53 (November 2025)

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.

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Personal life

Christiansen was born on 10 June 1998. [1]

Chess career

Christiansen first played for the Sandefjord-based chess club Caissa, and later for Vålerenga and Offerspill. [1]

He 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. [2]

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. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 Stanford, Sheila. "Johan-Sebastian Christiansen". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  2. ↑ "Title Applications. 89th FIDE Congress 2018, 26 Sep - 6 Oct, Batumi, Georgia". FIDE. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
  3. ↑ "The Week in Chess 1440". theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 28 June 2022.

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