Sven Magnus en Carlsen is a five-time World Chess Champion and a Norwegian chess grandmaster. He has also won three World Rapid Chess Championships and five World Blitz Chess Championships. Since July 1, 2011, he has held the top spot in the FIDE world chess rankings, trailing only Garry Kasparov in time spent as the world’s highest rated player.
His peak rating of 2882 is the highest ever recorded. He also holds the record for the longest unbeaten streak in classical chess at the elite level. Carlsen, a chess prodigy, won first place in the Corus chess tournament’s C group shortly after turning 13 and was named grandmaster a few months later.
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At the age of 15, he won the Norwegian Chess Championship, and at the age of 17, he finished joint first in Corus’ top group. At the age of 18, he became the youngest person in history to surpass a rating of 2800. He became the youngest person ever to reach No. 1 in the FIDE world rankings in 2010, at the age of 19.
Magnus Carlsen Age
Magnus Carlsen was born in Tonsberg, Norway on November 30, 1990. He is 31 years old and stands 1.78 meters tall. Every year on November 30th, Magnus Carlsen celebrates his birthday.
