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Name: Magnus Carlsen
Federation:  Norway
Sex:  Male
Born: 1990
 FIDE ID: 1503014 FIDE Profile
Title: Grand Master
ELO Classic: 2830
ELO Rapid: 2823
ELO Blitz: 2828
Years: 2000 - 2023
Total Games: 3466
Wins: 1485 (42.84 %)
Draws: 1468 (42.35 %)
Losses: 513 (14.8 %)
Score: 64.02 %

Magnus Carlsen

Bio

Magnus Carlsen was born in Tønsberg, Norway on November 30, 1990. Since childhood, he was trained by the master Simen Agdestein achieving incredible results being considered the Mozart of Chess. He was the youngest player to reach first position in the ranking at the age of 19 and at 22 he was the youngest player to reach 2800 ELO. He is the youngest world champion in history after Garry Kasparov.

He reaching the world champion title in 2013 beating Viswanathan Anand with a categorical score of 6.5 - 3.5. This match was played in Madras (India) and Magnus did not lose any game. In 2014, he defended the title again against Viswanathan Anand in Sochi Russia by a score of 6.5 - 4.5. The second defense of the world championship was obtained against Sergey Karjakin in playoffs, this match was played in 2016 in New York, USA. He retained the title in London in 2018, he faced Fabiano Caruana and defeated him in tie-breaks after tied all 12 games.

He has won the Tata Steel tournament (formerly known as Corus) seven times, in 2008 drawing with Levon Aronian, 2010, 2013 (undefeated), 2015, 2016 (undefeated), in 2018 beating Anish Giri in tie-breaks and in 2019 undefeated with 1.5 points over Anish Giri. He is also the top winner of the London Chess Classic: in 2009, 2010, 2012 and 2015. He won the 2013 Sinquefield Cup and tied for first place in the 2018 edition with Fabiano Caruana and Levon Aronian. He was the winner of the Zurich Chess Challenge 2014 (the only edition he played) undefeated, this was the first category XXIII tournament in history. In 2011, he tied with Levon Aronian for first place in the Tal Memorial, he won this tournament in 2012 without losing games. He won the Bilbao Chess Masters Final for the first time in 2011, he also won this tournament in 2012 and in the last edition played in 2016. At the Pearl Spring Chess Tournament in 2009 he obtained one of the most outstanding performances in history with 8/12 points, he also won this tournament in 2010 without losing games. He was the winner of the four editions in which he participated in the Gashimov Memorial played in Shamkir Azerbaijan, in 2014, 2015 undefeated, in 2018 undefeated and in 2019 with two points of advantage over Ding Liren. In his country he won Norway Chess 2016, also win in 2019 and in 2020 ahead of the emerging player Alireza Firouzja.
Without a doubt, he is the dominant player of the last years of world chess.

Last tournaments played

Tournament Date Elo Avg. Country
World Blitz 2023 12/29/2023 2519  Uzbekistan
World Rapid 2023 12/26/2023 2520  Uzbekistan
CCT Final KO 2023 12/13/2023 2776  Canada

Magnus Carlsen Repertoire with White pieces (most played)

ECO Opening Games
C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin defence 55 games
D37 Queen's Gambit Declined, 4.Nf3 53 games
C42 Petrov's defence 38 games
C67 Ruy Lopez, Berlin defence, open variation 37 games

Magnus Carlsen Repertoire with Black pieces (most played)

ECO Opening Games
B30 Sicilian defence 59 games
B33 Sicilian defence 55 games
C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin defence 49 games
D37 Queen's Gambit Declined, 4.Nf3 48 games

Games played by Magnus Carlsen

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White ELO W Black ELO B Result Moves ECO Date Tournament View
Carlsen, M 2830 Erigaisi Arjun, 2727 1-0 74 B40 2023 World Blitz 2023
Carlsen, M 2830 Sarana, A 2688 1-0 36 B50 2023 World Blitz 2023
Carlsen, M 2830 Rapport, R 2731 1-0 57 C01 2023 World Blitz 2023
Carlsen, M 2830 Yu, Y 2714 1-0 38 C42 2023 World Blitz 2023
Vachier Lagrave, M 2731 Carlsen, M 2830 1-0 47 B33 2023 World Blitz 2023
Nepomniachtchi, I 2771 Carlsen, M 2830 ½-½ 37 B15 2023 World Blitz 2023
Indjic, A 2589 Carlsen, M 2830 0-1 34 E40 2023 World Blitz 2023
Murzin, V 2627 Carlsen, M 2830 ½-½ 36 D02 2023 World Blitz 2023
Aronian, L 2723 Carlsen, M 2830 ½-½ 20 C77 2023 World Blitz 2023
Duda, J 2732 Carlsen, M 2830 0-1 81 C88 2023 World Blitz 2023
Carlsen, M 2830 Bharath, S 2504 1-0 42 A06 2023 World Blitz 2023
Carlsen, M 2830 Holt, C 2540 1-0 48 D10 2023 World Blitz 2023
Carlsen, M 2830 Artemiev, V 2711 ½-½ 24 C89 2023 World Blitz 2023
Carlsen, M 2830 Nihal Sarin, 2688 ½-½ 35 B90 2023 World Blitz 2023
Radjabov, T 2723 Carlsen, M 2830 0-1 57 C88 2023 World Blitz 2023
Dubov, D 2710 Carlsen, M 2830 ½-½ 19 E06 2023 World Blitz 2023
Sjugirov, S 2703 Carlsen, M 2830 ½-½ 59 C88 2023 World Blitz 2023
Carlsen, M 2830 Grigoriants, S 2544 1-0 23 C77 2023 World Blitz 2023
Tsaruk, M 2460 Carlsen, M 2830 0-1 31 C00 2023 World Blitz 2023
Vakhidov, J 2599 Carlsen, M 2830 ½-½ 42 A21 2023 World Blitz 2023
Carlsen, M 2830 Vokhidov, S 2596 1-0 37 B44 2023 World Blitz 2023
Abdusattorov, N 2727 Carlsen, M 2830 ½-½ 22 D53 2023 World Rapid 2023
Fedoseev, V 2683 Carlsen, M 2830 0-1 57 E21 2023 World Rapid 2023
Carlsen, M 2830 Idani, P 2602 1-0 51 B50 2023 World Rapid 2023
Carlsen, M 2830 Praggnanandhaa R, 2740 ½-½ 23 C49 2023 World Rapid 2023
Yu, Y 2714 Carlsen, M 2830 ½-½ 31 B28 2023 World Rapid 2023
Vidit, S 2737 Carlsen, M 2830 0-1 72 E00 2023 World Rapid 2023
Carlsen, M 2830 Erigaisi Arjun, 2727 ½-½ 20 B40 2023 World Rapid 2023
Carlsen, M 2830 Keymer, V 2738 ½-½ 69 C77 2023 World Rapid 2023
Khismatullin, D 2579 Carlsen, M 2830 0-1 50 D45 2023 World Rapid 2023
Carlsen, M 2830 Petrosian, T 2561 1-0 39 B06 2023 World Rapid 2023
Carlsen, M 2830 Gareyev, T 2570 1-0 36 C72 2023 World Rapid 2023
Carlsen, M 2830 Petrov, N 2561 ½-½ 76 C70 2023 World Rapid 2023
Maghsoodloo, P 2742 Carlsen, M 2830 0-1 86 D37 2023 World Rapid 2023
So, W 2752 Carlsen, M 2830 0-1 59 A01 2023 CCT Final KO 2023
Carlsen, M 2830 So, W 2752 1-0 31 D41 2023 CCT Final KO 2023
Carlsen, M 2830 So, W 2752 0-1 56 B50 2023 CCT Final KO 2023
So, W 2752 Carlsen, M 2830 ½-½ 45 E37 2023 CCT Final KO 2023
Carlsen, M 2830 So, W 2752 ½-½ 49 B22 2023 CCT Final KO 2023
Carlsen, M 2830 So, W 2752 ½-½ 41 A29 2023 CCT Final KO 2023