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Johan-Sebastian Christiansen
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Johan-Sebastian Christiansen

NorwayBorn 1998 (age 28)FIDE ID 1512668

Luft classical

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Monthly Luft ratings, now 2587
FIDE

FIDE classical

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Monthly FIDE ratings, now 2633
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Luft classical rating

Not ranked yet: the Luft classical rating needs at least 10 classical games in top events over the last year.

Openings

Their most-played, from 30 classical games in top events over the last 4 years

OpeningGamesScore
Sicilian Defense667%
Vienna Game250%
Center Game1100%
English Opening150%
Ruy Lopez150%

Sicilian Defense

With White: 6 games, won 3, drew 2, lost 1 · 67%

VariationGamesScore
Najdorf Variation2100%
Smith-Morra Gambit1100%
Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack150%
Delayed Alapin Variation150%
French Variation10%

Vienna Game

With White: 2 games, won 0, drew 2, lost 0 · 50%

VariationGamesScore
Falkbeer Variation150%
Vienna Gambit150%

Center Game

With White: 1 game, won 1, drew 0, lost 0 · 100%

VariationGamesScore
Hall Variation1100%

English Opening

With White: 1 game, won 0, drew 1, lost 0 · 50%

VariationGamesScore
Agincourt Defense150%

Ruy Lopez

With White: 1 game, won 0, drew 1, lost 0 · 50%

VariationGamesScore
Cozio Defense150%

French Defense

With Black: 5 games, won 1, drew 1, lost 3 · 30%

VariationGamesScore
Classical Variation250%
Advance Variation150%
Tarrasch Variation10%
Two Knights Variation10%

Catalan Opening

With Black: 2 games, won 0, drew 1, lost 1 · 25%

VariationGamesScore
Open Defense225%

Ruy Lopez

With Black: 2 games, won 0, drew 1, lost 1 · 25%

VariationGamesScore
Schliemann Defense150%
Morphy Defense10%

Italian Game

With Black: 1 game, won 0, drew 1, lost 0 · 50%

VariationGamesScore
Two Knights Defense150%

Old Indian Defense

With Black: 1 game, won 0, drew 1, lost 0 · 50%

VariationGamesScore
Two Knights Variation150%

Recent events

EventPlace+/−+/−
46th FIDE Chess Olympiad Samarkand 202627 Sep 20265/10−23−19
FIDE World Cup 20255 Nov 2025½/2−6−5
German Bundesliga 2024/2527 Apr 20252½/10−28−22
45th Chess Olympiad Budapest 202422 Sep 20246/11−11−10

Best wins

OpponentRating
GMD. Horvath18 Sep 2024 · 45th Chess Olympiad Budapest 20242559
GMJ. Cardoso Cardoso13 Sep 2024 · 45th Chess Olympiad Budapest 20242508
IMF. Haring14 Sep 2024 · 45th Chess Olympiad Budapest 20242503
GMR. Vasquez Schroeder23 Sep 2026 · 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad Samarkand 20262457
IMF. Xie17 Sep 2026 · 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad Samarkand 20262423

Most played

OpponentGamesWDL
GMM. TabatabaeiLast 26 Apr 2025 · German Bundesliga 2024/252011
GME. NajerLast 5 Nov 2025 · FIDE World Cup 20252011
IMLee JunhyeokLast 11 Sep 2024 · 45th Chess Olympiad Budapest 20241100
GMS. Rodrigue-LemieuxLast 12 Sep 2024 · 45th Chess Olympiad Budapest 20241001
GMJ. Cardoso CardosoLast 13 Sep 2024 · 45th Chess Olympiad Budapest 20241100

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How attributes are calculated

From their games in top events over the last 12 months, each judged against the opponent's rating

  • TacticsHow well they score in sharp games they chose to make sharp.
  • PositionalHow well they score in quiet, manoeuvring games they steered.
  • EndgameHow they do in endgames against what the position promised when it began: converting a winning one earns a little, saving a losing one earns a lot, and throwing a winning one costs a lot.
  • OpeningsThe engine's verdict on their position around moves 15 to 20, against what's normal for that colour, as the score it points to. Over the last 4 years, with older games counting less.
  • ComposureHow well they score under pressure: the game straight after a loss, and the last 3 games of an event while they can still win it. Over the last 4 years.
  • DefenceHow they do in games where they were 0.8 pawns or more worse after move 18, against what that position usually scores: holding the draw earns, turning it around earns more, and losing costs a little.
  • SpeedTheir Luft rapid and blitz ratings. With neither, an estimate a little below their classical level.
  • ConsistencyTheir Luft rating, less their off days: tournaments (5+ games each) over the last 4 years where they played 50+ below it. Anything better never counts against them.

  • "How well they score" is a performance rating: the opponent's rating, plus 400 for a win and minus 400 for a loss, averaged. So it's always judged against who they played.

    The score out of 100: 80 is a 2600 level, and each 13 rating points adds one, so 2860 and up is 100.

    Fair to everyone: with only a few games of a kind, the result leans towards their overall Luft rating. Strengths and weaknesses are measured against their overall level and compared with the top 100, so a specialist's best side stands out. A little recent form is added to all but Speed.