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Checkmate, the Media Chess Club, welcomed a grandmaster chess champion on Tuesday night. Three-time U. S. Champion International Grandmaster Larry Christiansen visited the group for an evening reliving his successes, including beating former Soviet Grandmaster Anatoly Karpov, followed by a 31-player simultaneous match with club members. “Larry is one of great American grandmasters, playing against (and winning) almost all the great world grandmasters from the 2nd half 20th century and forward,” said club member George Chressanthis, a Temple University business professor who sponsored the chess legend. “There are less than 2, 200 grandmasters in the world, and of those, less than half are active players. Larry is still active playing in tournaments. Almost 7, 300 people have climbed Mount Everest! That’s how difficult it is to be an active GM chess player and compete at the highest level.” Following his talk, during which he demonstrated some of his winning games over the years, Christiansen, 69, answered questions and told stories, including going for Chinese food late one night in LA with the legendary American chess Grandmaster Bobby Fischer. “He meets me in a jungle element, with a pith helmet and jungle clothes . and he knew all the streets of LA with a photographic memory . he didn’t drive a car but he knew everything.” Christianson said he began playing at age 9 and as a young person developed the ability to close his eyes and visualize the board. When he was growing up he began to “try to play blindfold in the car or analyze the positions blindfold, . and I developed the skill.” His advice to playing chess is don’t get discouraged. “I quit chess two or three times, after some tough losses, which everybody has. I quit and came back stronger. You learn you don’t want to make the same mistake more than five times . learn from your mistakes and don’t get discouraged,” he said. Nick Lampros, one of the co-founders of the Media Chess Club said the group is about two years old, and members play rated games, which are tracked, as well as casual games. He said about 25 to 30 members take part and the sport is growing scholastically with chess clubs, coaches and events at colleges in the area. The club meets Tuesdays at 6: 30 p. m. in the hall below the Media Methodist Church, 350 W. State St., on the Lemon Street side. Chressanthis said he finds chess to be a great way to make connections with people from other cultures. “I’ve played throughout Europe and the U. S. I always take the opportunity when I travel. It’s amazing I don’t know who I’m playing, and whatever our differences may be, the language, we connect over the board,” he said. “Chess is a great unifier.” Chressanthis said the first thing he tries to teach kids is to have fun when they play, and for those taking part Tuesday night they had a rare treat to play a grandmaster. Following four hours of competition one of the 31 members to best Christianson Tuesday night was Tariq Yue, 11, of Wallingford who is a rising star who recently won a national championship at his age level. Yue began playing during the pandemic, his mother said and, “loved it, and that passion continues until now.”.
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International chess grandmaster visits Media Chess Club
