Carlsen, Magnus Age 34

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Title
Grandmaster
Live Rating
2832.5
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
2819 World #1, Peak 2919 (Jul 2017)
Blitz
2889 World #1, Peak 2986 (Dec 2017)
Born
30 Nov 1990
Tønsberg, Vestfold, Norway
FIDE ID 1503014
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Active Years:
2001 - 2025
Total Games:
3649
Wins:
1664 (46%)
Losses:
552 (15%)
Draws:
1433 (39%)
Total score:
66%
Performance :
Performance for the last active 12 months:
2861
White:
C65 Ruy Lopez (44 games)
D02 London System (43 games)
C42 Russian Game (32 games)
Black:
B33 Sicilian Defense (56 games)
E15 Queen's Indian Defense (48 games)
C54 Italian Game (48 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 outright World Blitz Champion 7 times in 2009, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022 and 2023, as well as joint World Blitz Champion (with Nepomniachtchi) in 2024. He was triple World Champion (classical, rapid and blitz) in 2014, 2019 and 2022.

Currently (as at Jan 2025) he is the World #1 in standard chess, World #1 in rapid 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. In 2019-20, he recorded the longest ever unbeaten streak in top level chess of 125 games.

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

He represented Norway on board 1 at the Chess Olympiads of 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2014, 2016 and 2024 and at the European Team Championship in 2023 where he won gold for board 1..

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). He

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 PlayerRatingBlack PlayerRatingResultMovesSiteDate 
1Carlsen, Magnus2831Wei, Yi27511/2-1/236Germany12 Jan 2025
2Warmerdam, Max2646Carlsen, Magnus28310-133Germany11 Jan 2025
3Nepomniachtchi, Ian2755Carlsen, Magnus28311/2-1/248New York31 Dec 2024
4Carlsen, Magnus2831Nepomniachtchi, Ian27551/2-1/231New York31 Dec 2024
5Nepomniachtchi, Ian2755Carlsen, Magnus28311/2-1/243New York31 Dec 2024
6Carlsen, Magnus2831Nepomniachtchi, Ian27550-131New York31 Dec 2024
7Nepomniachtchi, Ian2755Carlsen, Magnus28311-054New York31 Dec 2024
8Carlsen, Magnus2831Nepomniachtchi, Ian27551-036New York31 Dec 2024
9Nepomniachtchi, Ian2755Carlsen, Magnus28310-157New York31 Dec 2024
10Carlsen, Magnus2831Duda, Jan Krzysztof27401-041New York31 Dec 2024
11Duda, Jan Krzysztof2740Carlsen, Magnus28310-147New York31 Dec 2024
12Carlsen, Magnus2831Duda, Jan Krzysztof27401-060New York31 Dec 2024
13Niemann, Hans Moke2734Carlsen, Magnus28310-185New York31 Dec 2024
14Carlsen, Magnus2831Niemann, Hans Moke27341-039New York31 Dec 2024
15Niemann, Hans Moke2734Carlsen, Magnus28311-041New York31 Dec 2024
16Carlsen, Magnus2831Niemann, Hans Moke27341/2-1/243New York31 Dec 2024
17Firouzja, Alireza2763Carlsen, Magnus28311/2-1/212New York30 Dec 2024
18Carlsen, Magnus2831Sevian, Samuel26961-076New York30 Dec 2024
19Carlsen, Magnus2831Niemann, Hans Moke27341/2-1/260New York30 Dec 2024
20So, Wesley2747Carlsen, Magnus28311/2-1/221New York30 Dec 2024
21Carlsen, Magnus2831Nepomniachtchi, Ian27551/2-1/239New York30 Dec 2024
22Caruana, Fabiano2805Carlsen, Magnus28311/2-1/245New York30 Dec 2024
23Carlsen, Magnus2831Aronian, Levon27471-060New York30 Dec 2024
24Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar2738Carlsen, Magnus28310-123New York30 Dec 2024
25Carlsen, Magnus2831Shankland, Samuel L26721/2-1/247New York30 Dec 2024
26Carlsen, Magnus2831Shimanov, Aleksandr25931-018New York30 Dec 2024
27Bok, Benjamin2593Carlsen, Magnus28311/2-1/249New York30 Dec 2024
28Carlsen, Magnus2831Hovhannisyan, Robert26261-046New York30 Dec 2024
29Bezold, Michael2469Carlsen, Magnus28310-143New York30 Dec 2024
30Carlsen, Magnus2838Tari, Aryan25591-040New York27 Dec 2024
31Dardha, Daniel2554Carlsen, Magnus28381/2-1/246New York27 Dec 2024
32Carlsen, Magnus2838Hardaway, Brewington21811-040New York27 Dec 2024
33Lazavik, Denis2553Carlsen, Magnus28381-051New York26 Dec 2024
34Carlsen, Magnus2838Shimanov, Aleksandr25781/2-1/267New York26 Dec 2024
35Dudin, Gleb2436Carlsen, Magnus28381/2-1/270New York26 Dec 2024
36Carlsen, Magnus2838Kadric, Denis25131-038New York26 Dec 2024
37Liang, Awonder2519Carlsen, Magnus28381/2-1/267New York26 Dec 2024
38Carlsen, Magnus2831Nepomniachtchi, Ian27551-023Oslo21 Dec 2024
39Nepomniachtchi, Ian2755Carlsen, Magnus28311/2-1/252Oslo21 Dec 2024
40Carlsen, Magnus2831Nepomniachtchi, Ian27551/2-1/287Oslo21 Dec 2024
41Nepomniachtchi, Ian2755Carlsen, Magnus28310-140Oslo21 Dec 2024
42Carlsen, Magnus2831Nepomniachtchi, Ian27551-078Oslo21 Dec 2024
43Carlsen, Magnus2831Vachier Lagrave, Maxime27311-058Oslo20 Dec 2024
44Vachier Lagrave, Maxime2731Carlsen, Magnus28311/2-1/254Oslo20 Dec 2024
45Carlsen, Magnus2831Vachier Lagrave, Maxime27311-045Oslo20 Dec 2024
46Vachier Lagrave, Maxime2731Carlsen, Magnus28311-057Oslo20 Dec 2024
47Carlsen, Magnus2831Vachier Lagrave, Maxime27311-049Oslo20 Dec 2024
48Lazavik, Denis2578Carlsen, Magnus28311/2-1/243Oslo19 Dec 2024
49Carlsen, Magnus2831Lazavik, Denis25781-056Oslo19 Dec 2024
50Aronian, Levon2747Carlsen, Magnus28311/2-1/258Oslo18 Dec 2024
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