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Magnus Carlsen
Number of games in database: 1,012
Years covered: 2000 to 2009
Current FIDE rating: 2770
Highest rating achieved in database: 2786
Overall record: +324 -167 =331 (59.5%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      190 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (110) 
    B90 B30 B43 B46 B40
 Ruy Lopez (65) 
    C78 C84 C80 C88 C67
 Slav (36) 
    D15 D17 D11 D10 D16
 Semi-Slav (29) 
    D43 D45 D47 D44
 Nimzo Indian (27) 
    E32 E20 E36 E54 E37
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (26) 
    C84 C88 C95 C91 C92
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (125) 
    B33 B30 B22 B31 B78
 Queen's Indian (53) 
    E15 E12 E17 E13 E18
 Ruy Lopez (47) 
    C80 C69 C67 C95 C88
 Nimzo Indian (29) 
    E34 E21 E55 E37 E32
 Sicilian Dragon (28) 
    B78 B35 B76 B77 B70
 Slav (28) 
    D12 D15 D17 D10 D14
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Carlsen vs S Ernst, 2004 1-0
   Kramnik vs Carlsen, 2008 0-1
   Carlsen vs H Harestad, 2003 1-0
   J L Hammer vs Carlsen, 2003 0-1
   Carlsen vs H A Gretarsson, 2003 1-0
   Carlsen vs Aronian, 2008 1-0
   Carlsen vs G Tallaksen, 2005 1-0
   D Jakovenko vs Carlsen, 2007 0-1
   Carlsen vs Short, 2004 1-0
   Carlsen vs Kasparov, 2004 1/2-1/2

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: [what is this?]
   FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament (2004)

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MAGNUS CARLSEN
(born Nov-30-1990) Norway

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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. Carlsen's hopes to become a contender for the World Championship in the future took a big step forward 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 half of 2008, Carlsen improved his world ranking to 6th place on FIDE's July 2008 list behind Viswanathan Anand, Vladimir Kramnik, Veselin Topalov, Vassily Ivanchuk and Alexander Morozevich with a rating of 2775. Shortly afterward he tied for first place in the Baku Grand Prix (2008), the first round of FIDE's inaugural Grand Prix series, and then won clear first place at Aerosvit (2008) with a dominant 8/11 score. His "disappointing" third placement at 41st Biel International Chess Festival (2008) with 6/10, a half point behind joint winners Leinier Dominguez-Perez and Evgeny Alekseev , was nevertheless still a 2740 performance, whilst his equal second in the Bilbao Grand Slam Chess Final (2008) with 5.0/10 was a 2768 performance. 2009 has seen Carlsen score equal first in the Amber Tournament (Blindfold) (2009) with 7/11 alongside Vladimir Kramnik and Levon Aronian, and equal second with Veselin Topalov at M-Tel Masters (2009) behind Alexey Shirov with a 2822 performance. He also won the XXII Magistral Ciudad de Leon (2009), a rapid knockout tournament, ahead of Alexander Morozevich, Vassily Ivanchuk, and Wang Yue .


 page 1 of 41; games 1-25 of 1,013  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. Carlsen vs P Brantzeg 0-152 2000 ASKOs Pinseturnering, Gruppe BC18 French, Winawer
2. T Christenson vs Carlsen 0-146 2000 Det åpne NMB70 Sicilian, Dragon Variation
3. Carlsen vs T Nielsen 0-145 2000 Det åpne NMA10 English
4. Carlsen vs T Solstad ½-½21 2000 Det åpne NME04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3
5. K Ovesen vs Carlsen 1-038 2000 Det åpne NMA46 Queen's Pawn Game
6. Thanh Pham Toan vs Carlsen 1-032 2000 Det åpne NMB70 Sicilian, Dragon Variation
7. Carlsen vs H Sannes 1-060 2000 Det åpne NMA27 English, Three Knights System
8. Carlsen vs J Svindahl 0-142 2000 Det åpne NMA36 English
9. M Svendsen vs Carlsen  1-039 2000 Det åpne NMC02 French, Advance
10. G Kaiser vs Carlsen 0-136 2000 Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 4thB08 Pirc, Classical
11. Carlsen vs Y Miellet Bensan  0-151 2001 Nordic ChampionshipsB33 Sicilian
12. M Petrov vs Carlsen ½-½44 2001 Classics IMAB22 Sicilian, Alapin
13. G Tallaksen vs Carlsen  ½-½30 2001 Troll MastersD35 Queen's Gambit Declined
14. M Kouvatsou vs Carlsen  ½-½37 2001 ECCC55 Two Knights Defense
15. R Edvardsen vs Carlsen ½-½23 2001 Troll MastersD12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
16. Carlsen vs M Vaculik 1-027 2001 Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 5thC00 French Defense
17. Carlsen vs J A Ingvaldsen  ½-½12 2001 NM, JuniorA04 Reti Opening
18. Carlsen vs S Sollid 0-126 2001 Open NOR-chC63 Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense
19. Carlsen vs O Hole 0-136 2001 Classics IMAB12 Caro-Kann Defense
20. Carlsen vs D Stojanovski  ½-½20 2001 ECCA34 English, Symmetrical
21. M Viljanen vs Carlsen  0-141 2001 Nordic School-ch U11A45 Queen's Pawn Game
22. Carlsen vs G Fant 1-028 2001 Troll MastersC16 French, Winawer
23. G Gaasland vs Carlsen 0-125 2001 Astlandserien 01/02 div. 1, Follo - AskerE32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical
24. Carlsen vs S Rukovci ½-½6 2001 Open NOR-chA21 English
25. J A Nilssen vs Carlsen  1-048 2001 Nordic ChampionshipsE06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3
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How Carlsen Became the Youngest GM in the World

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Jul-02-09
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  Knight13: <moronovich> It wasn't luck.

And there is no luck in chess.

Jul-02-09
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  alexmagnus: <there is no luck in chess.> Ironically, it's Jakovenko who may oppose to you (remember my quote from his K-factor-related paper?)
Jul-02-09   moronovich: <Knight 13> Go back,and look at the ;) I added.
Jul-02-09
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  Knight13: <moronovich> Crap I didn't see that sorry. My apologies. :-(

<alexmagnus> Of course, losers will always justify their losses. And luck seems to be one of their lame excuses.

And, no I didn't read the K-factor-related paper. Don't even know what that is! Where can we find it?

Jul-02-09   puzzlion: Congrats to the young genius. Sometimes I think that Carlsen is even greater than his rating suggests, much greater. (But then the rating system was always somewhat idiotic: Who could possibly be interested in what a player does when he has a bad day, is suffering from being sick or young, or in this or that predicament!)
Jul-02-09
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  alexmagnus: <Knight13> The quote I mentioned is here:

<Thus, the chess strength of two opponents is represented by the algorithms used by them, which provide, when colliding, the probability of one or another result. And in this sense the stronger player, not only generally, but also <the one using better algorithms on that very day, can nevertheless make worse moves and lose>.>

Jul-02-09   slomarko: <alexmagnus: <slomarko> Do you know German names of cities Poland got after WWII from Germany?> Stettin, Breslau, Danzig. Why?
Jul-02-09
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  Knight13: <alexmagnus> So in English that means the stronger player can still lose because the probability is still there to make that stronger player land on the wrong side of the coin?
Jul-02-09
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  alexmagnus: <slomarko> Just wondered..You complained so much about the non-mentioning Polish name of Lvov/Lwow that I wondered if you'd complain that much if they didn't mention German history of those cities... And "by the way" asked yourself if you know anything about them (just names, but even that knowledge is not always given).
Jul-02-09
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  alexmagnus: <knight13> Kind of. The stronger player (that is, the one playing stronger on the given day) would beat the weaker one in a <match> but not necessarily in a game - despite playing stronger (with more winning probability) even on that day.
Jul-02-09
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  alexmagnus: Also, <slomarko> one reason that they didn't mention the "Lwów" name is that it's pronunced pretty much the same as Russian Lvov. Not exactly the same but similarly enough.
Jul-02-09
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  Knight13: <alexmagnus> K thanks for the clarification.
Jul-02-09   slomarko: <alexmagnus> not only i know more the just the names of those cities but i know more or else everything about their history. btw how exactly is that pronounced in Russian? in Polish it's something like "lvuf".
Jul-02-09   yalie: So is Carlsen confirmed for Pearl Spring? Or is his appearance contingent on Anand / Topalov also being there?
Jul-02-09
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  alexmagnus: <slomarko> The ó is closer to u? Hm, what I heard on a Ukrainian-Polish border was more close to o... In Russian it is a clear (but short) o - and yes, with "f" in then end too.
Jul-02-09   slomarko: Very good play by Carlsen today; simple & strong, but the game also debunked the myth that Jakovenko is a great endgame player. In this position


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he played hg5? giving Carlsen a strong passer for free. why not simply Ke5, how can white generate a winning plan after that?

Jul-02-09   slomarko: <<slomarko> The ó is closer to u?> lol, ó is exactly the same as u in Polish.
Jul-02-09   returnoftheking: I also was surprised with hxg4, but the real mistakes seem to have been made even earlier. At any rate it must be very dishartening to have to play that position with black and little time.
Jul-02-09   Gambitor: After 36...Ke5 37.f4+ Kf6 38.gxh5 gxh5 39.Ke4 black's position is almost zuzgwang, the black king must stay in the ks, and white soon will have a passed a pawn (playing a4, a5 preparing b5) The bishop cant defend the qs, (i checked the lines with fritz)
Jul-02-09
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  SetNoEscapeOn: <returnoftheking: I also was surprised with hxg4, but the real mistakes seem to have been made even earlier.>

Actually, black is probably holding on until just after hxg4. According to Larry Christiansen, the real blunder is 37... Ke5, and he gives two drawing lines after 37... c5.

Jul-02-09   returnoftheking: Oh ok. Thanks for the info. I will wait till the game is annotated fully..Have the feeling that black's game was steadily going downhill from the opening. Is hxg4 best then?
Jul-02-09
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  SugarDom: Wow, after the queen exchange and it was late night here, i slept thinking it would be a long endgame ending in a draw...

Magnus Bondsen foils KGB Agent....

Hurray!!!

Jul-02-09
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  alexmagnus: <lol, ó is exactly the same as u in Polish.> As I said,I once heard it being pronounced as an intermediate between o and u, closer to o. But I didn't have many encounters with Polish language, so maybe it's some kind of border dialect I encountered ( it was close to Polish-Ukrainian border (on the Polish side)).
Jul-02-09
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  Fincher: Gooooooooooooooooooooaaaaalllllllll!!!!!!!!!!!

;)

Jul-02-09
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  SetNoEscapeOn: <returnoftheking: Oh ok. Thanks for the info. I will wait till the game is annotated fully..Have the feeling that black's game was steadily going downhill from the opening. Is hxg4 best then?>

Well, to me it seems bad, and FM Lilov on chessbase also agrees with <slomarko>, but Christiansen passes over the move without comment. Unless the drawing lines that Larry gave are refuted, we can say that at the very least the move does not lose.

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