There are a couple of reasons why a team in a match might have an average rating above 2400.75. They are:

1. Each team is allowed to use any rating list from September of the previous year through August of the current year. The ratings shown on this page will all be from August though - sometimes resulting in a seemingly higher rating average than would legally be allowed.

2. When a team uses a player rated above 2590, that player only counts as 2600 when determining a lineup's legality. However what is shown on this page will be the actual average which of course might be higher.

There are a couple of reasons why a team in a match might have an average rating above 2400.75. They are:

1. Each team is allowed to use any rating list from January through August of the current year. The ratings shown on this page will all be from August though - sometimes resulting in a seemingly higher rating average than would legally be allowed.

2. When a team uses a player rated above 2600, that player only counts as 2600 when determining a lineup's legality. However what is shown on this page will be the actual average which of course might be higher.

If there is a tie during the regular season as to the finishing order for playoff positioning, the following rules will be used (for instance if two teams are tied for second place with seven match points each). Tiebreak #1 is of course the first tiebreak with the lower ones being used only if all the above tiebreak procedures also result in a tie.

1. Total Team Game Points. Thus winning a match 4 - 0 will give you more tiebreak points than winning a match 3 - 1.

2. Average rating of opponents throughout the season, using the August rating list of that season.

3. Head to Head Results. If you have beaten the opposing team 1.5 - 0.5 during the regular season, you will get the higher seeding.

4. Total Match Points versus Divisional Teams. Thus if Team A went 4.0 - 2.0 in Divisional Matches while Team B went 3.5 - 2.5 then Team A would have the better tiebreaks.

5. Total Game Points versus Divisional Teams

6. Total Game Points from Board 1

7. Total Game Points from Board 2

8. Total Game Points from Board 3

9. Total number of team wins. Thus if one team has a total of twenty five points, with twenty of these points being from wins, whereas another team has a total of twenty five points with only nineteen being from wins, the team with twenty wins has the better tiebreaks.

10. An Armageddon blitz game between chosen members of the teams

If there is a tie between three teams in both match points and game points, we will use the above rules to decide the order amongst the teams. The last resort will be an online blitz game between chosen members of the teams.

If there is a tie during the regular season as to the finishing order for playoff positioning, the following rules will be used (for instance if two teams are tied for second place with seven match points each). Tiebreak #1 is of course the first tiebreak with the lower ones being used only if all the above tiebreak procedures also result in a tie.

1. Total Team Game Points. Thus winning a match 4 - 0 will give you more tiebreak points than winning a match 3 - 1.

2. Strength of Schedule; the team whose opponents have the highest combined record wins the tiebreak.

3. Average rating of opponents throughout the season, using the August rating list of that season.

4. Head to Head Results. If you have beaten the opposing team 1.5 - 0.5 during the regular season, you will get the higher seeding.

5. Total Match Points versus Divisional Teams. Thus if Team A went 5.0 - 3.0 in Divisional Matches while Team B went 4.5 - 3.5 then Team A would have the better tiebreaks.

6. Total Game Points versus Divisional Teams

7. Total Game Points from Board 1

8. Total Game Points from Board 2

9. Total Game Points from Board 3

10. Total number of team wins. Thus if one team has a total of twenty five points, with twenty of these points being from wins, whereas another team has a total of twenty five points with only nineteen being from wins, the team with twenty wins has the better tiebreaks.

11. An Armageddon blitz game between chosen members of the teams

If there is a tie between three teams in both match points and game points, we will use the above rules to decide the order amongst the teams. The last resort will be an online blitz game between chosen members of the teams.

If the regulation match is tied 2 - 2, the following tiebreak procedures will be take place after a ten minute break:

1. The fourth boards from each team will play each other. The team that won on the highest board during the original match will choose their color for the first game. If all regulation games were drawn, the lower rated team gets to choose colors for the first tiebreak game. The time control will be three minutes with a three second increment. The loser of this game will be eliminated, and the winner then faces Board Three of the opposing team.

2. This process continues with the next higher board on each team continually replacing any player of their team who gets eliminated.

3. If a game ends in a draw, both players are eliminated, except if at least one team is using its Board One in which case there is no elimination on a draw, instead colors reverse, and the game is replayed until there is a decisive result.

4. Colors will switch every game for the teams in all circumstances.

5. This process repeats itself until all four players from one team have been eliminated. Thus in order for your opponents to win the match, every one of your team members must be eliminated.

Boston Blitz /

GM Larry Christiansen


Larry Christiansen's Games

2011 Games: (0.0/1)

  1. Week 6: GM Larry Christiansen (BOS) vs IM Mackenzie Molner (ARZ) 0-1

2011 MVP Points: (-4)
2011 Performance Rating: 2082



2010 Games: (6.0/10)

  1. Week 1: GM Alex Lenderman (NY) vs GM Larry Christiansen (BOS) 1-0
  2. Week 2: GM Larry Christiansen (BOS) vs GM Magesh Panchanathan (PHI) 1/2-1/2
  3. Week 4: GM Larry Christiansen (BOS) vs IM Sam Shankland (NE) 1-0
  4. Week 5: GM Joel Benjamin (NJ) vs GM Larry Christiansen (BOS) 1/2-1/2
  5. Week 6: GM Larry Christiansen (BOS) vs GM Jesse Kraai (SF) 1-0 (Game of the Week!)     article
  6. Week 7: GM Larry Christiansen (BOS) vs GM Joel Benjamin (NJ) 1/2-1/2
  7. Week 8: IM Jonathan Schroer (CAR) vs GM Larry Christiansen (BOS) 0-1 (Game of the Week!)     article
  8. Week 9: GM Sergey Erenburg (BAL) vs GM Larry Christiansen (BOS) 1/2-1/2
  9. Quarterfinals: GM Sergey Erenburg (BAL) vs GM Larry Christiansen (BOS) 1-0
  10. Semifinals: GM Larry Christiansen (BOS) vs IM Sam Shankland (NE) 1-0

2010 MVP Points: 11
2010 Performance Rating: 2659



2009 Games: (2.0/5)

  1. Week 1: GM Alex Stripunsky (MAN) vs GM Larry Christiansen (BOS) 0-1
  2. Week 3: IM Jacek Stopa (DAL) vs GM Larry Christiansen (BOS) 1-0
  3. Week 5: GM Leonid Kritz (BAL) vs GM Larry Christiansen (BOS) 0-1
  4. Week 7: GM Larry Christiansen (BOS) vs IM Eli Vovsha (MAN) 0-1
  5. Quarterfinals: GM Giorgi Kacheishvili (NY) vs GM Larry Christiansen (BOS) 1-0 (Game of the Week!)     article

2009 MVP Points: 2
2009 Performance Rating: 2530



2008 Games: (5.0/8)

  1. Week 2: GM Larry Christiansen (BOS) vs IM Lev Milman (CAR) 1/2-1/2
  2. Week 4: GM Joel Benjamin (NJ) vs GM Larry Christiansen (BOS) 1-0
  3. Week 5: GM Vinay Bhat (SF) vs GM Larry Christiansen (BOS) 0-1
  4. Week 7: GM Larry Christiansen (BOS) vs GM Pascal Charbonneau (NY) 0-1
  5. Week 9: GM Sergey Kudrin (PHI) vs GM Larry Christiansen (BOS) 1/2-1/2 (Game of the Week!)     article
  6. Week 10: GM Larry Christiansen (BOS) vs IM Dmitry Schneider (MAN) 1-0
  7. Quarterfinals: GM Larry Christiansen (BOS) vs GM Alex Stripunsky (MAN) 1-0
  8. Championship: GM Larry Christiansen (BOS) vs IM Marko Zivanic (DAL) 1-0 (Game of the Year!)     article
  9. Championship Tiebreaker Game #6: IM Davorin Kuljasevic (DAL) vs GM Larry Christiansen (BOS) 1/2-1/2
  10. Championship Tiebreaker Game #7: GM Larry Christiansen (BOS) vs IM Davorin Kuljasevic (DAL) 0-1

2008 MVP Points: 2
2008 Performance Rating: 2652
*Tiebreak Games don't count towards official USCL records



2007 Games: (6.0/10)

  1. Week 1: GM Gregory Serper (SEA) vs GM Larry Christiansen (BOS) 1/2-1/2
  2. Week 2: GM Larry Christiansen (BOS) vs GM Ildar Ibragimov (MAN) 1-0
  3. Week 4: GM Hikaru Nakamura (NY) vs GM Larry Christiansen (BOS) 1/2-1/2
  4. Week 5: GM Larry Christiansen (BOS) vs GM Pawel Blehm (BAL) 1/2-1/2
  5. Week 6: GM Larry Christiansen (BOS) vs GM Patrick Wolff (SF) 1-0 (Game of the Week!)     article
  6. Week 8: GM Joel Benjamin (NJ) vs GM Larry Christiansen (BOS) 1/2-1/2
  7. Week 9: GM Alex Stripunsky (MAN) vs GM Larry Christiansen (BOS) 1/2-1/2
  8. Week 10: GM Larry Christiansen (BOS) vs GM Sergey Kudrin (PHI) 1/2-1/2
  9. Semifinals: GM Hikaru Nakamura (NY) vs GM Larry Christiansen (BOS) 1/2-1/2
  10. Championship: IM Drasko Boskovic (DAL) vs GM Larry Christiansen (BOS) 1/2-1/2
  11. Championship Tiebreaker Game #5: GM Larry Christiansen (BOS) vs IM Davorin Kuljasevic (DAL) 1/2-1/2
  12. Championship Tiebreaker Game #6: IM Davorin Kuljasevic (DAL) vs GM Larry Christiansen (BOS) 0-1
  13. Championship Tiebreaker Game #7: GM Larry Christiansen (BOS) vs IM Drasko Boskovic (DAL) 0-1

2007 MVP Points: 12
2007 Performance Rating: 2719
*Tiebreak Games don't count towards official USCL records



2006 Games: (4.5/7)

  1. Week 1: GM Larry Christiansen (BOS) vs GM Julio Becerra (MIA) 1-0
  2. Week 3: GM Larry Christiansen (BOS) vs GM Pascal Charbonneau (NY) 0-1
  3. Week 5: IM Lev Milman (CAR) vs GM Larry Christiansen (BOS) 0-1 (Game of the Week!)     article
  4. Week 6: GM Larry Christiansen (BOS) vs GM Pawel Blehm (BAL) 0-1
  5. Week 7: IM Ron Burnett (TEN) vs GM Larry Christiansen (BOS) 0-1
  6. Week 9: GM Larry Christiansen (BOS) vs IM Lev Milman (CAR) 1-0
  7. Semifinals: GM Larry Christiansen (BOS) vs GM Pascal Charbonneau (NY) 1/2-1/2

2006 MVP Points: 10
2006 Performance Rating: 2641



2005 Games: (3.0/4)

  1. Week 2: FM Norman Rogers (PHI) vs GM Larry Christiansen (BOS) 0-1
  2. Week 3: IM Lev Milman (CAR) vs GM Larry Christiansen (BOS) 0-1 (Game of the Week!)     article
  3. Week 4: GM Larry Christiansen (BOS) vs IM Pascal Charbonneau (BAL) 0-1 (Game of the Year!)     article
  4. Week 9: GM Larry Christiansen (BOS) vs FM Norman Rogers (PHI) 1-0

2005 MVP Points: 10
2005 Performance Rating: 2621



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Stats as of August 2015

Rating2661
MVP Pts43
Lifetime Score26.5/45 (59%)
Performance Rating2638
Date of Birth1956