After a tie for third place in January at Wijk aan Zee, Carlsen put together a handful of major tournament victories in He beat Karjakin on tiebreaks to win Bazna Kings His final tournament victory that year was in December at the Tal Memorial, where he finished ahead of Aronian on tiebreaks.
And since that time, Carlsen has remained the highest-rated player in the world. At the time of publishing, Carlsen has spent months at number-one, second in history to only Kasparov. Carlsen had another good year in Then came two wins. Carlsen had earned a rating of —the highest ever.
Carlsen started with another win in Wijk aan Zee. The number-one player in the world also had a couple of second-place finishes at the inaugural Norway Chess tournament and the Tal Memorial. One month later, Carlsen would face the world champion at the time, Anand, for the most important title in chess. That set the stage for Carlsen vs. Carlsen was rated while Anand, number-eight in the world, was rated nearly points lower at The first four games resulted in draws.
Then, in the fifth game, Carlsen castled queenside on the white side of a Marshall Gambit sideline. With better piece activity and pawn structure, Carlsen kept the pressure on Anand, who had missed a key move in a rook-and-bishop endgame to keep the balance Carlsen took the first decisive result in the match, and his momentum continued in the next game.
After six games, halfway through the match, Carlsen took a commanding lead. The next two games were relatively quiet. And then, in game eight, Carlsen opted for 1. Anand took criticism for playing the quiet Berlin Defense, which led to piece trades and a symmetrical position, resulting in another draw.
Given the match situation, Anand vowed to play more aggressively in the next game. He played a sharp line against the Nimzo-Indian 4. Anand missed chances for a better attack while Carlsen defended well.
A late blunder forced from Anand led to a lost game, and the match was practically beyond reach. The 10th game ended in a draw to close the match by a score of 6. Carlsen became the world champion of chess roughly one week before his 23rd birthday. He celebrated by jumping fully clothed into a pool. After achieving the most recognizable and important accomplishment in chess, Carlsen somehow upped the ante the following year in He started by winning the Zurich Chess Challenge , which at the time was the highest-rated tournament in history.
With an average rating of , the event qualified for the first-ever category tournament to A preliminary blitz event, which Carlsen won, determined the draw. Then it was time for classical chess. Carlsen scored eight points in that portion, two points ahead of Aronian. A rapid portion concluded the event, which Carlsen finished in fourth place, but overall, it was enough for a full-point win ahead of second-place finishers Caruana and Aronian.
Other participants were Nakamura, Anand, and Gelfand. Later in April, Carlsen won the Shamkir Chess tournament. He finished with 6. He achieved his highest official rating of Earlier during the Shamkir event, his live rating hit Both are the highest ratings ever achieved in classical chess.
Anand won the Candidates Tournament and clinched a rematch with Carlsen for the world title. The first game was a fighting draw with Carlsen on the black side of the Grunfeld Defense.
He then took the first win as White in a Ruy Lopez with more active pieces in the endgame. The turning point was in game six. After two draws, Anand missed a simple tactical idea that would have given him strong winning chances. He blundered after Carlsen had blundered and lost the game. Four more draws took place as Carlsen enjoyed his one-game lead. Carlsen won the game, clinched the match, and defended his world championship title. Carlsen kicked off the next year by winning Tata Steel in Wijk aan Zee.
The triple world champion then faltered in his next two events. He played poorly at Norway Chess , placing seventh, and had a decent showing at the Sinquefield Cup , placing second. In October , it was time for Carlsen to defend his world titles in rapid and blitz time controls.
He pulled off the former in convincing fashion, taking the rapid championship one point ahead of GM Leinier Dominguez Perez , Radjabov and Nepomniachtchi. He was born on November 30, , in Tonsberg, Vestfold, Norway.
Chess was initially thought to him by his father. However, his interest was very mild during the initial stages. He started playing for hours later. His height is 1. The most noteworthy thing is that he played Melody Amber blind and rapid chess tournament in Monte Carlo in March. These achievements of Carlsen made him reach the top 5 rankings in the world.
From autumn to the end of , Carlsen played almost rated tournament games, as well as several blitz tournaments, and participated in other minor events. In the following month, he tied for first place in the World Under Championship in Heraklion, placing second to Ian Nepomniachtchi on tiebreak. He was officially awarded the IM title on 20 August Carlsen qualified for a place in the Corus B group due to his first-place finish in Corus group C in Anand won 3—1. Magnus Carlsen Birthday Countdown 0 0 0.
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