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Carlsen, Magnus

Carlsen, Magnus

GM🇳🇴

FIDEFIDE 1503014· Male· Norway· Born in 1990

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Magnus Carlsen, a 36-year-old Norwegian Grandmaster, is rated 2840 and ranked 1st among players worldwide. He has held steady between 2825 and 2850 for 2 years. 11 rated games in the past year (≈62/year long-term). Recent appearances: Elitserien 2025-2026 R 1-3 and Norway Chess 2025. Also played 3 rapid (including 2025 Clutch Chess: Champions Showdown) and 3 blitz events (including FIDE World Blitz Championship 2025 - Finals) recently. His peak of 2882 was reached at age 24 (May 2014); he has been World #1 for 177 months and counting (14 consecutive years on his current run).

Awarded GM in 2004 (age 14), IM in 2003 (age 13), and FM in 2003 (age 13). At junior level, he reached World #1 in U20, U18, U16 and U14 and World #15 in U12.

Current rating

2840

Standard

Rpd2832·Blz2869

All-time high

2882

−42 pts below
May 2014 · age 24

Activity

30

games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo

11 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Active

Signature stat

World #1

#1 · players worldwide · of 216,808
World #1 since Jul 2011

Career timeline

25 entries
2026
177 months in World #1 (ongoing)
longest streak 171 months · since Jan 2010
May 2026
2021
Re-crossed 2850
at age 31
Sep 2021
2019
Re-crossed 2850
at age 29
May 2019
2016
Re-crossed 2850
at age 26
Mar 2016
2015
1,000 career games
at age 25
Mar 2015
2014
All-time peak 2882
at age 24 · −42 from today
May 2014

Standard rating history

Activity & highlights

Evolution
+3
2837 → 2840
Tournaments
2
18 games
Score
7/ 1838.9%
8W8D2L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsGukesh DGM2,787·Norway Chess 2025·R1·+4.3
2.[W]vsErigaisi ArjunGM2,782·Norway Chess 2025·R4·+4.2
3.[W]vsFabiano CaruanaGM2,776·Norway Chess 2025·R9·+4.1
Top 2 losses
1.[L]vsJorden Van ForeestGM2,735·TePe Sigeman 2026·R4·-6.5
2.[L]vsGukesh DGM2,787·Norway Chess 2025·R6·-5.7

Last 12 months — tournaments

2 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Elitserien 2025-2026 R 1-3
Team
Oct 20251/1#543218+0.7
Norway Chess 2025
Round-Robin
May 20256/10#12851+2.2

Most-Played Opponents

vsFabiano CaruanaGM
🇺🇸USA·2788
+43 −19 =54
116 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsLevon AronianGM
🇺🇸USA·2724
+34 −17 =57
108 games·last met Dec 2024
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vsViswanathan AnandGM
🇮🇳IND·2739
+25 −8 =57
90 games·last met Oct 2024
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vsMaxime Vachier-LagraveGM
🇫🇷FRA·2717
+28 −15 =45
88 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsHikaru NakamuraGM
🇺🇸USA·2792
+23 −4 =58
85 games·last met Oct 2025
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Rankings

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Norway
#1
out of 2,640 players
Europe
#1
in continent
World
#1
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Norway
12,840
2
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7
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2
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3
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