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Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen [a] (born 30 November 1990) is a Norwegian chess grandmaster.Carlsen is a five-time World Chess Champion, five-time World Rapid Chess Champion, and the reigning (shared with Ian Nepomniachtchi) eight time World Blitz Chess Champion.
Ian Nepomniachtchi (left) and Magnus Carlsen (right) beginning game 11 of the 2021 Championship. Following a period of negotiation, in 2006 the Classical Champion Vladimir Kramnik played a match against the FIDE Champion Veselin Topalov to reunify the World Championship. [68] Since then, the championship has remained under the auspices of FIDE.
The World Chess Championship 2018 was a match between the reigning world champion since 2013, Magnus Carlsen, and the challenger Fabiano Caruana to determine the World Chess Champion. The 12-game match, organised by FIDE and its commercial partner Agon, was played at The College in Holborn, London, between 9 and 28 November 2018.
The World Chess Championship 2016 was a chess match between the reigning world champion Magnus Carlsen and the challenger Sergey Karjakin to determine the World Chess Champion. [1] Carlsen had been world champion since 2013, while Karjakin qualified as challenger by winning the 2016 Candidates Tournament.
World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen quit the World Rapid Chess Championship on Friday after he refused to change out of the jeans he was wearing, according to the International Chess Federation (FIDE ...
Five-time world champion Magnus Carlsen is "not motivated" to play in the World Chess Championships next year. Magnus Carlsen won't defend world chess championship title in 2023, but isn't ...
Norwegian Magnus Carlsen won the 2013 Candidates and then convincingly defeated Anand in the World Chess Championship 2013. [ 95 ] [ 96 ] Beginning with the 2014 Championship cycle, the World Championship has followed a 2-year cycle: qualification for the Candidates in the odd year, the Candidates tournament early in the even year, and the ...
In the chess community, this month will be remembered for only one thing: Magnus Carlsen vs. Hans Niemann. The reigning world chess champion and a top-50 ranked grandmaster have spent the past few ...