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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.
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  2. 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.

  3. Jun 14, 2024 · Magnus Carlsen, Norwegian chess player who in 2013 at age 22 became the second youngest world chess champion. In 2019 Carlsen won the rapid and blitz titles in Moscow, thereby becoming the first person to hold all three FIDE titles: blitz, rapid, and regular.

  4. For the chess player, see Magnus Carlsen. For other people, see Magnus Carlsson (disambiguation). Lars Magnus Carlsson (born 24 June 1974) is a Swedish singer and former member of the bands Alcazar and Barbados as well as a solo performer.

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    2021
    Day And Night feat Helena Paparizou
    2020
    "My Freedom (Officiella Stockholm Pride ...
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    "Sommarnatt"
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    "En Stilla Väntan" (with Jessica ...
    • Youth and Early Chess Career
    • The second-youngest GM in History
    • The Youngest 2800 in History
    • The 16th Undisputed World Champion
    • Achieving 2882 and World Titles in All Time Controls
    • Post World Championship

    Carlsen learned how to play chess when he was five years old. However, he didn’t show much interest at first. He instead amazed other people by completing activities that demonstrated his general intellectual aptitude at an early age. At two years of age, Carlsen could solve 50-piece jigsaw puzzles. He also played with Lego sets intended for childr...

    The Norwegian phenom became well-known on the world stage after his successful year in 2004. Carlsen began by winning the C group at the elite Corus tournament in Wijk aan Zee. He went 10.5/13 and had a tournament performance rating of 2702. It was good enough for his first GM norm, and his performance made headlines and led to a Microsoft sponsors...

    In September and October 2009, Carlsen had one of his best performances at the Pearl Spring Chess Tournament. The annual tournament, held from 2008 to 2010, was a double round-robin event that featured six super grandmasters. Carlsen won the 2009 tournament with 8/10 points, finishing 2.5 points ahead of the top-rated player in the world at the tim...

    Carlsen started 2013 with another win in Wijk aan Zee. With 10/13 points, equaling Kasparov’s record score in the 1999 tournament, Carlsen finished 1.5 points ahead of second-place Aronian. The number-one player in the world also had a couple of second-place finishes at the inaugural Norway Chess 2013 tournament and the Tal Memorial. In September, ...

    After achieving the most recognizable and important accomplishment in chess, Carlsen somehow upped the ante the following year in 2014. He started by winning the Zurich Chess Challenge 2014, which at the time was the highest-rated tournament in history. With an average rating of 2801, the event qualified for the first-ever category-23 tournament (2...

    Carlsen officially gave up the world champion title once Ding Liren defeated Nepomniachtchi in the 2023 FIDE World Championship. Carlsen wonhis first event after doing so, the Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland tournament in the Grand Chess Tour. In December, he won his third consecutive Champions Chess Tour, the first one held by Chess.com. Carlsen def...

  5. Jan 9, 2022 · Even from a young age, Magnus Carlsen’s extraordinary talent and ability to become a top player was evident. Since becoming Chess World Champion in 2013 and the highest-rated player in history in 2014, the Norwegian Grandmaster has stayed at the very top in classic, blitz, and rapid chess. CREDIT DOCUMENTARY "MAGNUS".

  6. Nov 22, 2021 · Nov. 22, 2021. By the time Magnus Carlsen, a Norwegian chess grandmaster, was 16, he was successful enough that his parents, Henrik and Sigrun, decided to form a small company to handle...

  7. en.chessbase.com › player › magnus-carlsenMagnus Carlsen | ChessBase

    Biography of World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen, the highest rated grandmaster of all time.