Carlsen is a five-time World Chess Champion, five-time World Rapid Chess Champion, the reigning (shared with Ian Nepomniachtchi) eight time World Blitz Chess Champion and the reigning Chess World Cup Champion.

Magnus Carlsen is a Norwegian grandmaster, the #1 rated player in the world, and world champion from 2013-23. Learn more about his chess achievements!

Apr 27, 2023 · GM Magnus Carlsen won't be the official world champion of classical chess for much longer, but he has proven again and again in events outside of the FIDE -managed classical world championship that he is the best player in the world.

Jan 23, 2025 · Magnus Carlsen (b. 1990) Norwegian chess player who in 2013 at age 22 became the second youngest world chess champion at that time. In 2019 Carlsen won the rapid and blitz titles in Moscow, thereby becoming the first person to …

Dec 31, 2024 · GMs Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi have agreed to share the 2024 FIDE World Blitz Chess Championship title after Carlsen's suggestion seven games into the final match.

Magnus Carlsen (born Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen, 30 November 1990) was the World Chess Champion (2013-2023). He became World Champion on 22 November 2013, by defeating Viswanathan Anand by 6½ to 3½. [1] Carlsen also won the return match in 2014 by 6½–4½.

Dec 31, 2022 · Magnus Carlsen is the triple world chess champion. Magnus Carlsen won both the World Rapid and World Blitz chess titles in Almaty, Kazakhstan, in the latest landmark of his glittering...

Jan 9, 2022 · Magnus Carlsen takes over the Chess World Champion title, after beating Vishy Anand in a fascinating knight endgame. A new king was crowned. Long live the king. In May of 2014, Magnus reached a peak rating of 2882. Later the same year he won both the Rapid and the Blitz World Championships.

Dec 30, 2024 · The world's number one chess player, Magnus Carlsen, has said he will return to a major chess competition after the sport's governing body agreed to relax its dress code. Carlsen quit the World ...

The youngest player to surpass the 2800 rating mark, Magnus Carlsen (b. 1990) from Norway, stormed into the chess elite in his teens.