Carlsen, Magnus Age 33

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Title
Grandmaster
Live Rating
2830.0
FIDE Rating
2830
World Rank
#1
Norway Rank
#1
FIDE Peak Rating
2882 - May 2014 (Age 23)
FIDE Peak Rank
#1 (2810) - Jan 2010 (Age 19)
Rapid
2828 World #1, Peak 2919 (Jul 2017)
Blitz
2886 World #1, Peak 2986 (Dec 2017)
Born
30 Nov 1990
Tønsberg, Vestfold, Norway
FIDE ID 1503014
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Active Years:
2001 - 2024
Total Games:
3421
Wins:
1536 (45%)
Losses:
527 (15%)
Draws:
1358 (40%)
Total score:
65%
Performance :
Performance for the last active 12 months:
2850
White:
C65 Ruy Lopez (42 games)
D02 London System (39 games)
B90 Sicilian Defense (29 games)
Black:
B33 Sicilian Defense (55 games)
E15 Queen's Indian Defense (48 games)
C54 Italian Game (42 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

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 PlayerRatingBlack PlayerRatingResultMovesSiteDate 
101Carlsen, Magnus2830So, Wesley27521/2-1/283Toronto11 Dec 2023
102Carlsen, Magnus2830Nakamura, Hikaru27881-051Toronto10 Dec 2023
103Nakamura, Hikaru2788Carlsen, Magnus28301/2-1/231Toronto10 Dec 2023
104Carlsen, Magnus2830Nakamura, Hikaru27881/2-1/235Toronto10 Dec 2023
105Caruana, Fabiano2794Carlsen, Magnus28300-139Toronto10 Dec 2023
106Carlsen, Magnus2830Caruana, Fabiano27941/2-1/2100Toronto10 Dec 2023
107Carlsen, Magnus Abdusattorov, Nodirbek 1-045Toronto9 Dec 2023
108Abdusattorov, Nodirbek2727Carlsen, Magnus28301/2-1/231Toronto9 Dec 2023
109Carlsen, Magnus2830Abdusattorov, Nodirbek27271/2-1/294Toronto9 Dec 2023
110Lazavik, Denis2566Carlsen, Magnus28301/2-1/227Toronto9 Dec 2023
111Carlsen, Magnus2830Lazavik, Denis25661-055Toronto9 Dec 2023
112Carlsen, Magnus2829Van Foreest, Jorden27001-056Budva19 Nov 2023
113Bjerre, Jonas Buhl2633Carlsen, Magnus28291/2-1/255Budva18 Nov 2023
114Carlsen, Magnus2829Georgiadis, Nico25561-070Budva17 Nov 2023
115Schitco, Ivan2503Carlsen, Magnus28291/2-1/243Budva15 Nov 2023
116Keinanen, Toivo2527Carlsen, Magnus28290-164Budva14 Nov 2023
117Carlsen, Magnus2829Gretarsson, Hjorvar Steinn25181-047Budva13 Nov 2023
118Dragnev, Valentin2589Carlsen, Magnus28291/2-1/266Budva12 Nov 2023
119Carlsen, Magnus2829Pechac, Jergus25801-036Budva11 Nov 2023
120Carlsen, Magnus2839Petkov, Momchil24991-058Norway27 Oct 2023
121Puranik, Abhimanyu Sameer2618Carlsen, Magnus28391/2-1/258Doha20 Oct 2023
122Carlsen, Magnus2839Kaidanov, Gregory S25541-044Doha19 Oct 2023
123Carlsen, Magnus2839Karthikeyan, Murali26110-145Doha18 Oct 2023
124Samant, Aditya S2511Carlsen, Magnus28390-143Doha17 Oct 2023
125Carlsen, Magnus2839Bharath, Subramaniyam H25001-036Doha15 Oct 2023
126Pranesh, Munirethinam2515Carlsen, Magnus28391/2-1/253Doha14 Oct 2023
127Carlsen, Magnus2839Muthaiah, Al24701-053Doha13 Oct 2023
128Suleymenov, Alisher2512Carlsen, Magnus28391-031Doha12 Oct 2023
129Carlsen, Magnus2839Srihari, LR.24381-023Doha11 Oct 2023
130Carlsen, Magnus2839Vachier Lagrave, Maxime27271/2-1/247Durres7 Oct 2023
131Rapport, Richard2752Carlsen, Magnus28391/2-1/228Durres6 Oct 2023
132Carlsen, Magnus2839Keymer, Vincent27171-029Durres5 Oct 2023
133Carlsen, Magnus2839Sarana, Alexey26821-043Durres4 Oct 2023
134Maksimovic, Bojan2502Carlsen, Magnus28390-161Durres3 Oct 2023
135Carlsen, Magnus2839Haria, Ravi25221-032Durres2 Oct 2023
136Carlsen, Magnus2825Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu26451/2-1/222Baku24 Aug 2023
137Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu2645Carlsen, Magnus28250-147Baku24 Aug 2023
138Carlsen, Magnus2835Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu26901/2-1/230Baku23 Aug 2023
139Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu2690Carlsen, Magnus28351/2-1/235Baku22 Aug 2023
140Abasov, Nijat Azad2632Carlsen, Magnus28351/2-1/274Baku20 Aug 2023
141Carlsen, Magnus2835Abasov, Nijat Azad26321-043Baku19 Aug 2023
142Carlsen, Magnus2835Gukesh, Dommaraju27441/2-1/259Baku16 Aug 2023
143Gukesh, Dommaraju2744Carlsen, Magnus28350-148Baku15 Aug 2023
144Ivanchuk, Vassily2667Carlsen, Magnus28350-143Baku13 Aug 2023
145Carlsen, Magnus2835Ivanchuk, Vassily26671-043Baku12 Aug 2023
146Carlsen, Magnus2835Keymer, Vincent26901-068Baku11 Aug 2023
147Keymer, Vincent2690Carlsen, Magnus28351/2-1/244Baku11 Aug 2023
148Keymer, Vincent2690Carlsen, Magnus28351/2-1/256Baku11 Aug 2023
149Carlsen, Magnus2835Keymer, Vincent26901/2-1/255Baku11 Aug 2023
150Carlsen, Magnus2835Keymer, Vincent26901-062Baku10 Aug 2023
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