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Magnus Carlsen
Number of games in database: 812
Years covered: 2000 to 2008
Current FIDE rating: 2765
Overall record: +281 -147 =258 (59.8%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      126 exhibition games, blitz games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Sicilian (96)      B90 B43 B46 B30 B33  Ruy Lopez (55)      C84 C78 C80 C67 C65  French Defense (24)      C02 C18 C11 C00 C09  Ruy Lopez, Closed (23)      C84 C91 C95 C92 C88  Nimzo Indian (22)      E36 E32 E54 E20 E37  Queen's Pawn Game (20)      A45 E10 A41 E00 A40	With the Black pieces:  Sicilian (100)      B33 B22 B30 B31 B45  Queen's Indian (44)      E15 E12 E17 E13 E18  Ruy Lopez (42)      C69 C80 C95 C88 C78  Nimzo Indian (24)      E34 E55 E32 E21 E37  Slav (20)      D12 D15 D17 D10 D14  Ruy Lopez, Closed (17)      C95 C88 C91 C96 C86

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Carlsen vs S Ernst, 2004 1-0
   Carlsen vs H Harestad, 2003 1-0
   Kramnik vs Carlsen, 2008 0-1
   Carlsen vs H A Gretarsson, 2003 1-0
   J L Hammer vs Carlsen, 2003 0-1
   Carlsen vs G Tallaksen, 2005 1-0
   Carlsen vs Kasparov, 2004 1/2-1/2
   Carlsen vs Short, 2004 1-0
   Carlsen vs D Rylander, 2003 1-0
   Carlsen vs Aronian, 2007 1-0

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   Carlsen in world championships:2005-07 by alexmagnus
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   V times V - carlsen is Victorious by frogbert
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   virgil's favorite games by virgil
   Mozart of chess by zarg
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   awfulhangover's favorite games by awfulhangover
   carlsen end game prowess by frogbert
   Carlsen in world championships: 2007-09 by alexmagnus
   martinsaw's favorite games by martinsaw

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MAGNUS CARLSEN (born Nov-30-1990) Norway [what is this?] Magnus Carlsen was born November 30, 1990. He learned chess at the age of eight and received the title of International Master in 2003. In 2004, after having gained over 300 rating points in little over a year, he became the second-youngest grandmaster in chess history, behind only Sergey Karjakin. With wins over players such as Nigel Short and Alexey Shirov under his belt, Carlsen's hopes to become a contender for the World Championship in the future took a big step foward by placing tenth at the FIDE World Cup (2005), becoming the youngest player ever to qualify for the Candidates. He continued to mark his improvement in 2006, tying Alexander Motylev for first place in Corus Wijk aan Zee Group B (2006) and scoring 6 points from 8 games in the 37th Chess Olympiad (2006). He also won his first Norwegian Championship in 2006, after defeating his trainer Simen Agdestein in a tie-break match. After several more strong performances in the spring and summer, including a joint second-place finish at Linares-Morelia (2007), he crossed the 2700-mark, the youngest player ever to do so. In his first Candidates match in Elista in May, he drew Levon Aronian 3-3 in the six normal-length games before losing in quick-play tie-breaks and being eliminated from the 2007 World Championship cycle. He reached the final four in the FIDE World Chess Cup (2007) before being defeated in the semifinals by the eventual winner, Gata Kamsky. Carlsen's placement in the World Cup qualified him for participation in the FIDE Grand Prix for 2008-09. In 2008 Carlsen was the joint winner of Corus (2008) A-Group together with Levon Aronian, and placed second in Morelia-Linares (2008) behind World Champion Viswanathan Anand. Following his strong results in the first quarter of 2008, Carlsen improved his world ranking to 5th place on FIDE's April 2008 list behind Viswanathan Anand, Vladimir Kramnik, Veselin Topalov and Alexander Morozevich with a rating of 2765. Shortly afterward he tied for first place in the Baku Grand Prix (2008), the first round of FIDE's inaugural Grand Prix series.

page 1 of 33; games 1-25 of 812  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. K Ovesen vs Carlsen 1-0 38 2000 Det åpne NM A46 Queen's Pawn Game 2. Thanh Pham Toan vs Carlsen 1-0 32 2000 Det åpne NM B70 Sicilian, Dragon Variation 3. Carlsen vs H Sannes 1-0 60 2000 Det åpne NM A27 English, Three Knights System 4. Carlsen vs J Svindahl 0-1 42 2000 Det åpne NM A36 English 5. M Svendsen vs Carlsen   1-0 39 2000 Det åpne NM C02 French, Advance 6. G Kaiser vs Carlsen 0-1 36 2000 Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 4th B08 Pirc, Classical 7. Carlsen vs P Brantzeg   0-1 52 2000 ASKOs Pinseturnering, Gruppe B C18 French, Winawer 8. T Christenson vs Carlsen 0-1 46 2000 Det åpne NM B70 Sicilian, Dragon Variation 9. Carlsen vs T Nielsen   0-1 45 2000 Det åpne NM A10 English 10. Carlsen vs T Solstad ½-½ 21 2000 Det åpne NM E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 11. C Ribbegren vs Carlsen   1-0 28 2001 Astlandserien 01/02 div. 1, Asker - ASKO I E30 Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad 12. Carlsen vs A Caoili ½-½ 34 2001 Classics IMA B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 13. S Gabrielsen vs Carlsen   0-1 41 2001 Nordic Championships D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 14. Carlsen vs S Sollid 0-1 26 2001 Open NOR-ch C63 Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense 15. C Grubert vs Carlsen 1-0 24 2001 Troll Masters C42 Petrov Defense 16. D Hersvik vs Carlsen   ½-½ 66 2001 Nordic Championships A05 Reti Opening 17. R T Andersen vs Carlsen   0-1 32 2001 Astlandserien 01/02 div. 1, SOSS - Asker E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 18. Carlsen vs S Rukovci ½-½ 6 2001 Open NOR-ch A21 English 19. J Banas vs Carlsen   1-0 70 2001 ECC A35 English, Symmetrical 20. Carlsen vs J L Hammer 1-0 45 2001 Nordic-chT D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 21. H Sorensen vs Carlsen 1-0 50 2001 Troll Masters D48 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran 22. Carlsen vs E Vegh 0-1 34 2001 Classics IMA B40 Sicilian 23. M Kouvatsou vs Carlsen   ½-½ 37 2001 ECC C55 Two Knights Defense 24. Carlsen vs T Hall   1-0 44 2001 Hostturnering B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack 25. G Hitzgerova vs Carlsen   1-0 43 2001 Classics IMA C86 Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack  page 1 of 33; games 1-25 of 812    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2) | Carlsen wins | Carlsen loses

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 1019 OF 1019 ·  Later Kibitzing > May-11-08    zarg: I don't think MC would be happy with a 7-1 loss in that rapid match. :) IIRC, Leko got the exact same score as him at Amber 2008 Rapid. The match will for sure be interesting, both players have rather good reasons to be motivated. May-14-08    awfulhangover: In ICC's Chess Talk with John Watson you now can listen to an interview with Simen Agdestein and hear a lot interesting stuff about Magnus. May-14-08    Xaurus: <awfulhangover> Is that on the web somewhere? May-14-08    babakova: Yeah he definitely meant an overall victory. May-14-08    Splittet: <Is that on the web somewhere?> https://webcast.chessclub.com/icc/i...- _08/Watson_Chesstalk.html You have to be a member. And Simen confirms the main strength of Magnus is his intuition. And for those who think it is his calculation skills, think again. If anything one gets the impression calculation is a weakness of Magnus. Simen talks about how Magnus doesn't even calculate piece sacrifices much, but simply play them when they feel right, while he himself would calculate like crazy in a similar position before making the sacrifice. May-14-08    zoat22: congratulations to magnus! he is out of the top 5 again! May-14-08    sterner: zoat, please keep showing this board your amazing intellect =p May-15-08    Sbetsho: Please don't feed trolls. May-15-08    Solon: <congratulations to magnus! he is out of the top 5 again!> This is good news for chess and for Magnus. We now have 6 players above 2770! When was the last time that happened? May-16-08    alexmagnus: 6 players above 2770, but no players between 2745 and 2770! May-16-08    Solon: If someone organized a tournament with the top six players in the world, that would probably be the strongest tournament in chess history. May-16-08    alexmagnus: I think in Kasparov's time there might have been some stronger ones - because Kasparov's ~2850 Elo boosted the average rating of the tournament to some extent. May-16-08    sitzkrieg: only in name <solon> May-16-08    Orlin Burov: Did the match vs Leko already end? May-16-08    alexmagnus: <Orlin> It will be played May 28 - June 1. May-17-08    acirce: Happy Syttende Mai! May-17-08    Xaurus: Cheers <acirce> :D May-17-08    bukkerogtakker: Magnus is playing in the Dutch league today. Does anyone know if there is live coverage from the R9 ? May-17-08    frogbert: bukkerogtakker, this seems to work: http://www.schaakbond.nl/live/tfdwe... May-17-08    frogbert: werle - carlsen position move 32, white to move: click for larger view white 0:04 black 0:58 May-17-08    bukkerogtakker: Frogbert, many thanks! May-17-08    Xaurus: Werle-Carlsen 0-1 May-17-08    notyetagm: <zoat22: congratulations to magnus! he is out of the top 5 again!> The guy is going to win the World Championship soon. Just accept it and your life will be happier. :-) May-17-08    Xaurus: <zoat22> Sorry to disappoint you, but Magnus is back in the top 5 after his victory today in the Dutch league. 01 Anand off 2798,1 02 Kramnik off 2788,0 03 Topalov off 2777,2 04 Ivanchuk off 2776,1 05 Carlsen off 2775,4 May-17-08    Rolfo: While I posted, Xaurus was faster to press Enter! (zoat is an attention seeker, please let him have his little joy :) Jump directly to page #   (enter number from 1 to 1019) < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 1019 OF 1019 ·  Later Kibitzing >

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