Magnus Carlsen

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Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen (born 30 November 1990) is a Norwegian chess grandmaster. Carlsen is a five-time World Chess Champion, reigning six-time World Rapid Chess Champion, reigning nine-time World Blitz Chess Champion and the reigning FIDE Freestyle Chess World Champion. Carlsen has held the No. 1 position in the FIDE rankings since 1 July 2011, the longest consecutive period, and trails only Garry Kasparov in time spent as the highest-rated player in the world. His peak rating of 2882 is the highest rating achieved since their introduction by FIDE in 1970. He also holds the record for the longest unbeaten streak at the elite level in classical chess at 125 games. A chess prodigy, Carlsen earned the title of grandmaster at age 13, at the time becoming the second-youngest grandmaster in history. Two years later, he won his first Norwegian Chess Championship. At 17, he achieved his first victory in an elite tournament, finishing joint first in the top group of Corus. He surpassed a rating...

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