Magnus Carlsen
Norwegian chess grandmaster
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| 2025 | Wins the Freestyle Chess Open 2025 in Karlsruhe, achieving a perfect 9/9 score in Chess960 classical with a peak rating of 3385 |
| 2025 | Carlsen places 3rd in the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour Germany 1st leg Chess960 Classical with rapid tie-breaks |
| April 2025 | Won the Grenke Freestyle Chess Open with a perfect score of 9/9. |
| 2025 | In the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Preliminary round in Paris, Carlsen shares 1st place (2nd by tie-break rules) in Chess960 Rapid. |
| 2025 | Wins the Knockout stage of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam in Paris in Chess960 classical format. |
| 2025 | Magnus Carlsen competes in Bundesliga tournament in Hamburg, Germany, winning 1 game, drawing 1, with a result of 1.5/2 on Board 1 |
| 2025 | Carlsen participates in Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour Germany 1st leg Preliminary Rapid round-robin in Weissenhaus, Germany, achieving 5½/9 points and finishing 5th in Chess960 Rapid format |
| February 2025 | Carlsen won the Champions Chess Tour Chessable Masters 2025. In the semifinal, he defeated Arjun Erigaisi in an Armageddon match after a 2.5-2.5 tie, playing with black pieces. He then won the Grand Finals against Hikaru Nakamura 2.5-1.5. |
| February 14 2025 | Carlsen was signed by Dutch esports organization Team Liquid, becoming the second chess player after Fabiano Caruana to join the team. He will represent Liquid during the Champions Chess Tour 2025. |
| January 2025 | Magnus Carlsen won the inaugural edition of the Freestyle Friday weekly tournament organized by Chess.com. |
| January 4 2025 | Married Ella Victoria Malone in a private ceremony at Holmenkollen Chapel in Oslo, Norway. |
| 2024 | Wins multiple online rapid tournaments including Chessable Masters, Chess.com Speed Chess Championship, and Julius Baer Generation Cup. |
| 2024 | Magnus Carlsen won the Tata Steel India Rapid & Blitz tournament in Kolkata, India. |
| 2024 | Magnus Carlsen won the 7th GRENKE Chess Classic match for first place against Rapport in Karlsruhe, Germany. |
| 2024 | Magnus Carlsen won the Casablanca Chess tournament in Morocco. |
| 2024 | Magnus Carlsen won the 12th Altibox Norway Chess Classical Armageddon Blitz. |
| 2024 | Magnus Carlsen's team finished 3rd and he finished first (Team) at the 2024 FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Team Championship in Almaty, Kazakhstan. |
| 2024 | Magnus Carlsen won the Chess.com Speed Chess Championship 2024 in an online blitz and bullet tournament. |
| December 2024 | Became the official chess ambassador for the Esports World Cup in Saudi Arabia and jointly organized Champions Chess Tour Finals with Chess.com through Take Take Take. |
| December 29 2024 | Carlsen jointly won the Blitz championship with Ian Nepomniachtchi after tying in the final, agreeing to share the title following seven games. |
| December 27 2024 | After being warned and fined for wearing jeans during the World Rapid Chess Championship, Carlsen initially withdrew from both the Rapid and the World Blitz tournaments but later reversed his decision to participate in the Blitz tournament. |
| December 21 2024 | Carlsen defeated Ian Nepomniachtchi in the finals of Champions Chess Tour 2024, winning the tournament for a fifth consecutive time. |
| October 2024 | Co-founded Take Take Take, an app offering text-based commentary for fantasy chess, which partnered with Chess.com to organize Champions Chess Tour Finals. |
| September 2024 | Carlsen represented Team Norway in the 45th Chess Olympiad, finishing with a score of 6/8 and helping the team to place 14th out of 188 countries. |
| September 2024 | Carlsen won the 2024 Julius Baer Generation Cup by going undefeated and defeating Alireza Firouzja 2.5-1.5 in the Grand Final. |
| September 2024 | Carlsen won his fourth Speed Chess Championship title, defeating GM Alireza Firouzja in the finals held in Paris, France, with a score of 23.5-7.5. |
| February 2024 | Carlsen participated in the Champions Chess Tour Chessable Masters competition, where he won the grand finale for a $30,000 prize. |
| February 2024 | Carlsen organized and played in the Freestyle Chess G.O.A.T. Challenge, an over-the-board Fischer random chess tournament. He won the main event by defeating Fabiano Caruana in the final for a $60,000 prize. |
| February 2024 | Began a relationship with Ella Victoria Malone. |
| 2023 | Carlsen declined to defend his title, citing a lack of motivation. |
| 2023 | After declining to defend his World Championship title, Carlsen ceased to be World Champion following the title match between Ding Liren and Ian Nepomniachtchi, which was won by Ding. |
| 2023 | Magnus Carlsen finished third at the Chessable Masters 2023. |
| 2023 | Carlsen claimed victory in the final of the 2023 Julius Baer Generation Cup against Alireza Firouzja, securing his third tournament win on the Champions Chess Tour. |
| 2023 | Magnus Carlsen finished as a finalist, placing second in the Chess.com Bullet Chess Championship 2023. |
| 2023 | Carlsen also won the World Blitz Chess Championship 2023 with a score of 16/21, marking his 7th title in this format and making him the first man to successfully defend both the rapid and blitz titles simultaneously in the world championships. |
| 2023 | Carlsen won his third Speed Chess Championship by defeating five-time defending champion Hikaru Nakamura in the final, preventing Nakamura from attaining a sixth consecutive title. |
| 2023 | Carlsen performed poorly in the Norway Chess tournament, finishing with a score of 11½/27, which included 8 drawn classical games, 1 loss, and no wins. |
| 2023 | Magnus Carlsen won the 2023 Croatia Rapid and Blitz tournament. |
| 2023 | Magnus Carlsen placed 16th in the Qatar Masters 2023. |
| 2023 | Magnus Carlsen's team finished 13th with him placing first (Board 1) at the 20th European Team Chess Championship in Budva, Montenegro. |
| 2023 | Magnus Carlsen placed 7th in the 11th Altibox Norway Chess Blitz in Stavanger. |
| 2023 | In the Champions Chess Tour finals, Carlsen defeated Wesley So, winning the Champions Chess Tour for a third consecutive year. |
| 2023 | Magnus Carlsen finished second in the AI Cup 2023, being a finalist. |
| 2023 | In June, the lawsuit filed by Niemann against Carlsen was dismissed, with the judge ruling that the claim of defamation was outside her federal jurisdiction. |
| 2023 | Magnus Carlsen's team, SG Alpine Warriors, finished 4th in the Global Chess League in Dubai. |
| 2023 | Carlsen won the World Rapid Chess Championship 2023 with a score of 10/13, claiming his 5th title in this category. |
| 2023 | In the 2023 Chess World Cup, Carlsen reached the finals after defeating multiple opponents, including Aryan Tari and Nijat Abasov. He won the final match against R Praggnanandhaa during the tiebreaks, marking his first victory in a World Cup. |
| 2023 | Magnus Carlsen won the Aimchess Rapid 2023. |
| 2023 | Carlsen participated as a wild card in two Grand Chess Tour events, winning both the Poland Rapid & Blitz and Croatia Rapid & Blitz. |
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