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Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen [a] (born 30 November 1990) is a Norwegian chess grandmaster. Carlsen is a five-time World Chess Champion, the reigning five-time World Rapid Chess Champion, the reigning seven-time World Blitz Chess Champion, and the reigning Chess World Cup Champion.
At 13 years, four months and 27 days of age, Carlsen became the youngest grandmaster in the world and the second-youngest grandmaster at the time (after GM Sergey Karjakin, who held the record at exactly 12 years and seven months of age until 2021).
Aug 26, 2010 · Discover the online chess profile of GM Magnus Carlsen (MagnusCarlsen) at Chess.com. See their chess rating, follow their best games, and challenge them to play a game.
Jun 14, 2024 · Magnus Carlsen (born November 30, 1990, Tønsberg, Norway) is a Norwegian chess player who in 2013 at age 22 became the second youngest world chess champion. (Read Garry Kasparov’s Britannica essay on chess & Deep Blue.) Carlsen’s father first taught him how to play chess when he was five years old.
Carlsen, Magnus. World Rank (Active): 1. Federation: Norway. FIDE ID: 1503014. B-Year: 1990.
Early Years. Magnus was born in Tønsberg, Norway on November 30, 1990. During his early years, he moved between Finland and Belgium with his family before returning to Norway in 1998, growing up in the suburban area of Haslum just outside Oslo.
Nov 30, 1990 · 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 ...
Magnus Carlsen was born in Tønsberg, Norway, near Oslo, November 30, 1990. He learned chess from his father Henrik at the age of five. At the age of eight Magnus Carlsen began competing in tournaments.
Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen (born 30 November 1990) is a Norwegian chess grandmaster. Carlsen is a five-time World Chess Champion, the reigning five-time World Rapid Chess Champion, the reigning seven-time World Blitz Chess Champion, and the reigning Chess World Cup Champion.
His peak classical rating of 2882 is the highest ever achieved by a human being, and the Norwegian also holds the record for the longest unbeaten run in classical chess: between July 2018 and October 2020, he didn’t suffer a single defeat in 125 games, scoring 42 wins and 83 draws.
