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

2823 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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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.

Every chart point has info (FIDE Rating, Date, Rank, Age). Click on the chart to compare the player with any other top player.

Games

#	White Player	Rating	Black Player	Rating	Result	Moves	Site	Date
51	So, Wesley	2737	Carlsen, Magnus	2818	1/2-1/2	46	Toronto	16 Dec 2023
52	Carlsen, Magnus	2830	So, Wesley	2752	1/2-1/2	49	Toronto	15 Dec 2023
53	So, Wesley	2752	Carlsen, Magnus	2830	0-1	60	Toronto	15 Dec 2023
54	Carlsen, Magnus	2830	So, Wesley	2752	1/2-1/2	41	Toronto	15 Dec 2023
55	So, Wesley	2752	Carlsen, Magnus	2830	1/2-1/2	44	Toronto	15 Dec 2023
56	Carlsen, Magnus	2830	Caruana, Fabiano	2794	1-0	36	Toronto	14 Dec 2023
57	Caruana, Fabiano	2794	Carlsen, Magnus	2830	1-0	36	Toronto	14 Dec 2023
58	Carlsen, Magnus	2830	Caruana, Fabiano	2794	1-0	67	Toronto	14 Dec 2023
59	Caruana, Fabiano	2794	Carlsen, Magnus	2830	1/2-1/2	66	Toronto	14 Dec 2023
60	Carlsen, Magnus	2830	Caruana, Fabiano	2794	1/2-1/2	32	Toronto	14 Dec 2023
61	Caruana, Fabiano	2794	Carlsen, Magnus	2830	0-1	39	Toronto	13 Dec 2023
62	Caruana, Fabiano	2794	Carlsen, Magnus	2830	0-1	55	Toronto	13 Dec 2023
63	Carlsen, Magnus	2830	Caruana, Fabiano	2794	0-1	49	Toronto	13 Dec 2023
64	Caruana, Fabiano	2794	Carlsen, Magnus	2830	1-0	60	Toronto	13 Dec 2023
65	Carlsen, Magnus	2830	Caruana, Fabiano	2794	1-0	91	Toronto	13 Dec 2023
66	Carlsen, Magnus		Firouzja, Alireza		1-0	51	Toronto	12 Dec 2023
67	Firouzja, Alireza	2763	Carlsen, Magnus	2830	0-1	93	Toronto	12 Dec 2023
68	Carlsen, Magnus	2830	Firouzja, Alireza	2763	0-1	36	Toronto	12 Dec 2023
69	Vachier Lagrave, Maxime	2731	Carlsen, Magnus	2830	1/2-1/2	52	Toronto	11 Dec 2023
70	Carlsen, Magnus	2830	Vachier Lagrave, Maxime	2731	1-0	23	Toronto	11 Dec 2023
71	So, Wesley		Carlsen, Magnus		1-0	59	Toronto	11 Dec 2023
72	So, Wesley	2752	Carlsen, Magnus	2830	1/2-1/2	17	Toronto	11 Dec 2023
73	Carlsen, Magnus	2830	So, Wesley	2752	1/2-1/2	83	Toronto	11 Dec 2023
74	Carlsen, Magnus	2830	Nakamura, Hikaru	2788	1-0	51	Toronto	10 Dec 2023
75	Nakamura, Hikaru	2788	Carlsen, Magnus	2830	1/2-1/2	31	Toronto	10 Dec 2023
76	Carlsen, Magnus	2830	Nakamura, Hikaru	2788	1/2-1/2	35	Toronto	10 Dec 2023
77	Caruana, Fabiano	2794	Carlsen, Magnus	2830	0-1	39	Toronto	10 Dec 2023
78	Carlsen, Magnus	2830	Caruana, Fabiano	2794	1/2-1/2	100	Toronto	10 Dec 2023
79	Carlsen, Magnus		Abdusattorov, Nodirbek		1-0	45	Toronto	9 Dec 2023
80	Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	2727	Carlsen, Magnus	2830	1/2-1/2	31	Toronto	9 Dec 2023
81	Carlsen, Magnus	2830	Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	2727	1/2-1/2	94	Toronto	9 Dec 2023
82	Lazavik, Denis	2566	Carlsen, Magnus	2830	1/2-1/2	27	Toronto	9 Dec 2023
83	Carlsen, Magnus	2830	Lazavik, Denis	2566	1-0	55	Toronto	9 Dec 2023
84	Carlsen, Magnus	2829	Van Foreest, Jorden	2700	1-0	56	Budva	19 Nov 2023
85	Bjerre, Jonas Buhl	2633	Carlsen, Magnus	2829	1/2-1/2	55	Budva	18 Nov 2023
86	Carlsen, Magnus	2829	Georgiadis, Nico	2556	1-0	70	Budva	17 Nov 2023
87	Schitco, Ivan	2503	Carlsen, Magnus	2829	1/2-1/2	43	Budva	15 Nov 2023
88	Keinanen, Toivo	2527	Carlsen, Magnus	2829	0-1	64	Budva	14 Nov 2023
89	Carlsen, Magnus	2829	Gretarsson, Hjorvar Steinn	2518	1-0	47	Budva	13 Nov 2023
90	Dragnev, Valentin	2589	Carlsen, Magnus	2829	1/2-1/2	66	Budva	12 Nov 2023
91	Carlsen, Magnus	2829	Pechac, Jergus	2580	1-0	36	Budva	11 Nov 2023
92	Carlsen, Magnus	2839	Petkov, Momchil	2499	1-0	58	Norway	27 Oct 2023
93	Puranik, Abhimanyu Sameer	2618	Carlsen, Magnus	2839	1/2-1/2	58	Doha	20 Oct 2023
94	Carlsen, Magnus	2839	Kaidanov, Gregory S	2554	1-0	44	Doha	19 Oct 2023
95	Carlsen, Magnus	2839	Karthikeyan, Murali	2611	0-1	45	Doha	18 Oct 2023
96	Samant, Aditya S	2511	Carlsen, Magnus	2839	0-1	43	Doha	17 Oct 2023
97	Carlsen, Magnus	2839	Bharath, Subramaniyam H	2500	1-0	36	Doha	15 Oct 2023
98	Pranesh, Munirethinam	2515	Carlsen, Magnus	2839	1/2-1/2	53	Doha	14 Oct 2023
99	Carlsen, Magnus	2839	Muthaiah, Al	2470	1-0	53	Doha	13 Oct 2023
100	Suleymenov, Alisher	2512	Carlsen, Magnus	2839	1-0	31	Doha	12 Oct 2023