Magnus carlsen biography

Magnus Carlsen (born Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen, 30 November 1990) was the World Chess Champion (2013-2023).

Magnus carlsen biography

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. He also won the match against Sergey Karjakin in 2016, against Fabiano Caruana in 2018, and against Ian Nepomniachtchi in 2021.

A Norwegianchessgrandmaster and chess prodigy, Carlsen is the highest rated player in the world,^[2] and the highest rated player in the history of chess.^[3][4] His peak rating of 2882 is higher than even Kasparov achieved.

Kasparov's highest rating was 2851.^[5]

On 26 April 2004, Carlsen became a grandmaster at the age of 13 years, 148 days. This made him the third-youngest grandmaster in history.

Magnus carlsen fide

He played at the Nanjing Pearl Spring tournament in September–October 2009. This lifted him to an Elo rating of 2801. This made him second in the