Carlsen, Magnus Age 33
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- Title
- Grandmaster
- Live Rating
- 2831.0
- FIDE Rating
- 2831
- World Rank
- #1
- Norway Rank
- #1
- FIDE Peak Rating
- 2882 - May 2014 (Age 23)
- FIDE Peak Rank
- #1 (2810) - Jan 2010 (Age 19)
- Rapid
- 2834 World #1, Peak 2919 (Jul 2017)
- Blitz
- 2888 World #1, Peak 2986 (Dec 2017)
- Active Years:
- 2001 - 2024
- Total Games:
- 3528
- Wins:
- 1602 (45%)
- Losses:
- 539 (16%)
- Draws:
- 1387 (39%)
- Total score:
- 65%
- Performance :
- Performance for the last active 12 months:
- 2869
C65 Ruy Lopez (43 games)
D02 London System (41 games)
B90 Sicilian Defense (29 games)
Black:
B33 Sicilian Defense (56 games)
E15 Queen's Indian Defense (48 games)
C54 Italian Game (45 games)
World Champion 2013 till 2023. After defeating Anand to take the world crown in classical chess in 2013, he successfully defended his title against Anand in 2014, Karjakin in 2016, Caruana in 2018 and Nepomniachtchi in 2021, Carlsen retired from the World Championship cycle ceding the crown to the winner of the Nepomniachtchi-Ding Liren World Championship match held in April 2023. He is the first player to retire from the title.
He was World Rapid Champion 5 times in 2014, 2015, 2019, 2022 and 2023 and World Blitz Champion 7 times in 2009, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022 and 2023. He was triple World Champion (classical, rapid and blitz) in 2014, 2019 and 2022.
World #1 in standard, World #1 in rapid (live rating wef 7 Jan 2024) and World #1 in blitz, he is the only player to have ratings of over 2800 in each of these formats of the game. He has also had ratings of over 2900 in the rapid and blitz formats, the only player to have done so.
Carlsen became a Grandmaster in 2004 when he was 13 years old, at that time the second youngest grandmaster ever.
Norwegian Champion 2006.
Eight-time winner at Wijk aan Zee (Corus until 2010, currently the Tata Steel Tournament) in 2008, 2010, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019 and 2022.
Also won the category 21 Pearl Spring Tournament (2009) in Nanjing with 8/10 and a record performance rating of 3002.
Other victories in major events include
- Biel 2007 & 2011
- Aerosvit 2008
- the London Classic in 2009, 2010, 2012 & 2015
- King's Tournament 2010 & 2011
- Pearl Spring Tournament 2009 & 2010
- Bilbao Masters 2011, 2012 & 2016
- Tal Memorial 2011 & 2012
- Sinquefield Cup 2013 & 2018 (co-winner)
- Zurich Chess Challenge 2014
- Gashimov Memorial 2014, 2015, 2018 and 2019
- Qatar Masters 2015
- Altibox Norway 2016 & 2019
- Isle of Man Masters 2017 and
- Grenke 2019, Zagreb (Grand Chess Tour) 2019).
He represented Norway on board 1 at the Chess Olympiads of 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2014 and 2016.
Carlsen played in the category 22 Sinquefield Cup 2019 in August 2019, placing equal first alongside Ding Liren in the classical games, both scoring 6.5/11, but losing to Ding in the rapid/blitz playoff by 1-1 (rapid) and 2-0 (blitz).
Carlsen beat Wesley So in the Champions Chess Tour (CCT) finals to win the CCT for a third successive year.
In 2023, he achieved his dream of winning the World Cup, defeating Praggnanandhaa in the final 1-1 (classical) 1.5-0.5 (rapid). This was his fifth participation in the World Cup. In 2005, he placed 10th thereby qualifying for the Candidates Tournament, and at the age of 15 was the youngest player to do so, beating Fischer's record by 5 months. In 2007, Carlsen reached the semi-final but lost to Aronian and subsequently declined to participate in 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2019. In 2017, Carlsen lost to Bu Xiangzhi in round 3, in 2021 he lost to Duda in the tiebreak in the semi final before finally breaking through to win in 2023 in a tense final.
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Games
| # | White Player | Rating | Black Player | Rating | Result | Moves | Site | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carlsen, Magnus | 2834 | Firouzja, Alireza | 2742 | 0-1 | 81 | London | 4 Oct 2024 |  |
| 2 | Anand, Viswanathan | 2749 | Carlsen, Magnus | 2834 | 1/2-1/2 | 48 | London | 3 Oct 2024 | |
| 3 | Carlsen, Magnus | 2832 | Schitco, Ivan | 2527 | 1-0 | 42 | Budapest | 21 Sep 2024 | |
| 4 | Carlsen, Magnus | 2832 | Fedoseev, Vladimir1 | 2692 | 0-1 | 55 | Budapest | 20 Sep 2024 | |
| 5 | Le, Quang Liem | 2741 | Carlsen, Magnus | 2832 | 0-1 | 45 | Budapest | 19 Sep 2024 | |
| 6 | Dragnev, Valentin | 2556 | Carlsen, Magnus | 2832 | 0-1 | 40 | Budapest | 18 Sep 2024 | |
| 7 | Carlsen, Magnus | 2832 | Maghsoodloo, Parham | 2723 | 1/2-1/2 | 87 | Budapest | 16 Sep 2024 | |
| 8 | Yilmaz, Mustafa | 2587 | Carlsen, Magnus | 2832 | 1/2-1/2 | 54 | Budapest | 15 Sep 2024 | |
| 9 | Carlsen, Magnus | 2832 | Gazik, Viktor | 2561 | 1-0 | 28 | Budapest | 14 Sep 2024 | |
| 10 | Garcia Pantoja, Roberto | 2550 | Carlsen, Magnus | 2832 | 0-1 | 40 | Budapest | 13 Sep 2024 | |
| 11 | Carlsen, Magnus | 2832 | Firouzja, Alireza | 2767 | 1-0 | 17 | Paris | 8 Sep 2024 | |
| 12 | Firouzja, Alireza | 2767 | Carlsen, Magnus | 2832 | 0-1 | 37 | Paris | 8 Sep 2024 | |
| 13 | Carlsen, Magnus | 2832 | Firouzja, Alireza | 2767 | 1-0 | 41 | Paris | 8 Sep 2024 | |
| 14 | Firouzja, Alireza | 2767 | Carlsen, Magnus | 2832 | 0-1 | 42 | Paris | 8 Sep 2024 | |
| 15 | Carlsen, Magnus | 2832 | Firouzja, Alireza | 2767 | 1-0 | 34 | Paris | 8 Sep 2024 | |
| 16 | Firouzja, Alireza | 2767 | Carlsen, Magnus | 2832 | 0-1 | 27 | Paris | 8 Sep 2024 | |
| 17 | Carlsen, Magnus | 2832 | Firouzja, Alireza | 2767 | 1-0 | 48 | Paris | 8 Sep 2024 | |
| 18 | Firouzja, Alireza | 2767 | Carlsen, Magnus | 2832 | 0-1 | 36 | Paris | 8 Sep 2024 | |
| 19 | Carlsen, Magnus | 2832 | Firouzja, Alireza | 2767 | 0-1 | 76 | Paris | 8 Sep 2024 | |
| 20 | Firouzja, Alireza | 2767 | Carlsen, Magnus | 2832 | 1-0 | 45 | Paris | 8 Sep 2024 | |
| 21 | Carlsen, Magnus | 2832 | Firouzja, Alireza | 2767 | 1/2-1/2 | 58 | Paris | 8 Sep 2024 | |
| 22 | Firouzja, Alireza | 2767 | Carlsen, Magnus | 2832 | 0-1 | 32 | Paris | 8 Sep 2024 | |
| 23 | Carlsen, Magnus | 2832 | Firouzja, Alireza | 2767 | 1-0 | 40 | Paris | 8 Sep 2024 | |
| 24 | Carlsen, Magnus | 2832 | Firouzja, Alireza | 2767 | 1-0 | 43 | Paris | 8 Sep 2024 | |
| 25 | Firouzja, Alireza | 2767 | Carlsen, Magnus | 2832 | 1-0 | 27 | Paris | 8 Sep 2024 | |
| 26 | Carlsen, Magnus | 2832 | Firouzja, Alireza | 2767 | 1/2-1/2 | 24 | Paris | 8 Sep 2024 | |
| 27 | Firouzja, Alireza | 2767 | Carlsen, Magnus | 2832 | 0-1 | 28 | Paris | 8 Sep 2024 | |
| 28 | Carlsen, Magnus | 2832 | Firouzja, Alireza | 2767 | 1-0 | 53 | Paris | 8 Sep 2024 | |
| 29 | Firouzja, Alireza | 2767 | Carlsen, Magnus | 2832 | 0-1 | 60 | Paris | 8 Sep 2024 | |
| 30 | Carlsen, Magnus | 2832 | Firouzja, Alireza | 2767 | 1-0 | 24 | Paris | 8 Sep 2024 | |
| 31 | Firouzja, Alireza | 2767 | Carlsen, Magnus | 2832 | 1/2-1/2 | 122 | Paris | 8 Sep 2024 | |
| 32 | Carlsen, Magnus | 2832 | Firouzja, Alireza | 2767 | 1/2-1/2 | 39 | Paris | 8 Sep 2024 | |
| 33 | Firouzja, Alireza | 2767 | Carlsen, Magnus | 2832 | 0-1 | 24 | Paris | 8 Sep 2024 | |
| 34 | Carlsen, Magnus | 2832 | Firouzja, Alireza | 2767 | 1-0 | 30 | Paris | 8 Sep 2024 | |
| 35 | Firouzja, Alireza | 2767 | Carlsen, Magnus | 2832 | 0-1 | 35 | Paris | 8 Sep 2024 | |
| 36 | Carlsen, Magnus | 2832 | Firouzja, Alireza | 2767 | 1-0 | 44 | Paris | 8 Sep 2024 | |
| 37 | Firouzja, Alireza | 2767 | Carlsen, Magnus | 2832 | 1-0 | 42 | Paris | 8 Sep 2024 | |
| 38 | Carlsen, Magnus | 2832 | Firouzja, Alireza | 2767 | 0-1 | 59 | Paris | 8 Sep 2024 | |
| 39 | Firouzja, Alireza | 2767 | Carlsen, Magnus | 2832 | 0-1 | 61 | Paris | 8 Sep 2024 | |
| 40 | Carlsen, Magnus | 2832 | Firouzja, Alireza | 2767 | 1/2-1/2 | 61 | Paris | 8 Sep 2024 | |
| 41 | Gurel, Ediz | 2602 | Carlsen, Magnus | 2832 | 0-1 | 35 | Astana | 5 Aug 2024 | |
| 42 | Carlsen, Magnus | 2832 | Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar | 2778 | 1-0 | 52 | Astana | 5 Aug 2024 | |
| 43 | Carlsen, Magnus | 2832 | Kazakov, Konstantin | 2333 | 1-0 | 31 | Astana | 5 Aug 2024 | |
| 44 | Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar | 2778 | Carlsen, Magnus | 2832 | 1-0 | 52 | Astana | 5 Aug 2024 | |
| 45 | Rapport, Richard | 2715 | Carlsen, Magnus | 2832 | 1/2-1/2 | 45 | Astana | 5 Aug 2024 | |
| 46 | Carlsen, Magnus | 2832 | Rapport, Richard | 2715 | 1-0 | 38 | Astana | 5 Aug 2024 | |
| 47 | Shonazarov, Orash | 2277 | Carlsen, Magnus | 2832 | 0-1 | 36 | Astana | 5 Aug 2024 | |
| 48 | Carlsen, Magnus | 2832 | Primbetov, Nurassyl | 1784 | 1-0 | 65 | Astana | 5 Aug 2024 | |
| 49 | Bilguun, Sumiya | 2470 | Carlsen, Magnus | 2832 | 0-1 | 31 | Astana | 5 Aug 2024 | |
| 50 | Carlsen, Magnus | 2832 | Bilguun, Sumiya | 2470 | 1-0 | 51 | Astana | 5 Aug 2024 | |