Magnus Carlsen
Carlsen in 2012
Full name	Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen
Country	Norway
Born	30 November 1990 (age 23) Tønsberg, Vestfold, Norway
Title	Grandmaster (2004)
World Champion	2013
Peak rating	2882 (May 2014)
Ranking	No. 1 (August 2014)
Peak ranking	No. 1 (January 2010)

Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen (Norwegian: [sʋɛn mɑŋnʉs øːn kɑːɭsn̩]; born 30 November 1990) is a Norwegian chessgrandmaster, reigning World Chess Champion and the No. 1 ranked player in the world, and the reigning World Champion in rapid and blitz chess. His peak rating is 2882, the highest in history.

A chess prodigy, Carlsen became a Grandmaster in 2004, at the age of 13 years, 148 days, making him at that time thesecond youngest grandmaster in history, although he has since become the third youngest. On 1 January 2010, at the age of 19 years, 32 days, he became the youngest chess player in history to be ranked world No. 1. On the January 2013 FIDE rating list, Carlsen reached an Elo rating of 2861, at that time the highest in history. In November 2013, Carlsen defeated Viswanathan Anand in the World Chess Championship 2013, thus becoming the new world chess champion. He will face Anand again in the World Chess Championship 2014 in November 2014.

Although he was known for his attacking style as a teenager, Carlsen later developed into a more universal player. He does not focus on opening preparation as much as other top players, and plays a variety of openings, making it harder for opponents to prepare against him. His positional mastery and endgame prowess have drawn comparisons to those of former world champions José Raúl Capablanca, Vasily Smyslov, and Anatoly Karpov.

ruary. On 17 March, in a blitz chesstournament in Reykjavík, Iceland, Carlsen defeated former World Champion Anatoly Karpov. The blitz tournament was a preliminary event leading up to a rapid knockout tournament beginning the next day. In that event, Carlsen was paired with Garry Kasparov, then the top-rated player in the world. Carlsen achieved a draw in their first game and lost the second one, and was thus knocked out of the tournament.^[17]

In the sixth Dubai Open Chess Championship, held 18–28 April, Carlsen obtained his third and final GM norm. This caused him to become the world's youngest GM at the time, as well as the third-youngest GM in history (after Sergey Karjakin, who earned the title at the age of 12 years and 7 months^[18] and Parimarjan Negi).^[19] Carlsen played in the FIDE World Chess Championship, thus becoming the youngest player ever to participate in one, but was knocked out in the first round by Levon Aronian.^[20]

In July, Carlsen and Berge Østenstad (then the reigning Norwegian champion) tied for first in the Norwegian Chess Championship, each scoring 7/9. A two-game match between them was arranged to decide the title. Both games were drawn, which left Østenstad the champion because he had superior tiebreaks in the tournament.^[21]

2005[edit]

In the Smartfish Chess Masters event at the Drammen International Chess Festival 2004–05, Carlsen defeated Alexei Shirov, then ranked No. 10^[22] in the world, as well as the co-winner of the tournament.^[23] In the semifinals of the Ciudad de León rapid chess tournament in June, Carlsen played a four-game match against Viswanathan Anand, who was ranked No. 2 in the world at the time and had won the 2003 World Rapid Chess Championship.^[24] Anand won 3–1.^[25]

In the Norwegian Chess Championship, Carlsen again finished in shared first place, this time with his mentor Simen Agdestein. A playoff between them was played between 7 and 10 November. This time, Carlsen had the better tiebreaks, but the rule giving the title to the player with better tiebreak scores in the event of a 1–1 draw had been revoked previously. The match was closely fought—Agdestein won the first game, Carlsen the second—so the match went into a series of two-game rapid matches until there was a winner. Carlsen won the first rapid game, Agdestein the second. Then followed three draws until Agdestein won the championship title with a victory in the sixth rapid game.^[26]

Carlsen in Warsaw, 2005

At the end of 2005, Carlsen participated at the Chess World Cup in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. In the knockout tournament, he upset the 44th-ranked Zurab Azmaiparashvili in round one, and proceeded to defeat Farrukh Amonatov and Ivan Cheparinovto reach the round of 16. There, Carlsen lost to Evgeny Bareev,^[27] but then won against Joël Lautier and Vladimir Malakhovbefore losing again to Gata Kamsky. Thus, Carlsen finished in tenth place and became the youngest player to be an official World Championship Candidate.^[28] In October, he took first place at the Arnold Eikrem Memorial in Gausdal with a score 8/9 and a PR of 2792.^[29]

2006[edit]

Carlsen qualified for a place in the Corus B group due to his first place finish in Corus group C in 2004. His shared first place with Alexander Motylev with 9/13 (+6−1=6) qualified him to play in the Corus group A in 2007.^[30]

At the traditional international 'Bosna' tournament in Sarajevo 2006, Carlsen shared first place with Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu(who won on tiebreak evaluation) and Vladimir Malakhov; this could be regarded as Carlsen's first “A” elite tournament win, although it was not a clear first.^[31]

Carlsen was close to winning the 2006 Norwegian Chess Championship outright, but a last-round loss to Berge Østenstad dropped him into another tie for first place with Agdestein. It also prevented Carlsen from beating Agdestein's record as the youngest Norwegian champion ever.^[32] Nonetheless, in the playoff held from 19–21 September, Carlsen won 3–1. After two draws at standard time controls, Carlsen won both rapid games in round two, securing his first Norwegian championship win.^[33]

Carlsen won the Glitnir Blitz Tournament^[34] in Iceland. He achieved a 2–0 win over Viswanathan Anand in the semifinals and achieved the same score in the finals.^[35] He scored 6/8 in the 37th Chess Olympiad and achieved a PR of 2820.^[36]

In the Midnight Sun Chess Tournament, Carlsen finished second behind Sergei Shipov.^[37] In the Biel Grandmaster Tournament, he placed second, beating the tournament winner Alexander Morozevich twice.^[38]

In the NH Chess Tournament held in Amsterdam in August, Carlsen participated in an "Experience" vs. "Rising Stars" Scheveningen team match. The "Rising Stars" won the match 28–22, with Carlsen achieving the best individual score for the Rising Stars team (6½/10) and a 2700 PR, thus winning the right to participate in the 2007 Melody Amber tournament.^[39]

With a score of 7½/15, Carlsen placed 8th out of 16 participants at the World Blitz Championship in Rishon LeZion, Israel.^[40] In the rapid chess tournamentRencontres nationales et internationales d'échecs in Cap d'Agde, France, he reached the semifinal, losing there to Sergey Karjakin.^[41] In November, Carlsen achieved a shared 8th place of 10 participants in the Mikhail Tal Memorial in Moscow with two losses and seven draws. He finished ninth in a group of 18 participants in the associated blitz tournament, which was won by Anand.^[42]

2007[edit]

Carlsen playing Levon Aronian at Linares 2007

Playing in the top group of the Corus chess tournament for the first time, Carlsen placed last with nine draws and four losses, scoring 4½/13.^[43] In the prestigious Linares chess tournament, Carlsen played against the following top-rated players:Veselin Topalov, Viswanathan Anand, Peter Svidler, Alexander Morozevich, Levon Aronian, Peter Leko, and Vassily Ivanchuk. Despite being rated significantly lower than any of them, he finished in second place on tiebreaks with 7½/14, having scored four wins, seven draws and three losses, and achieving a PR of 2778.^[44]

Carlsen played for the first time in the Melody Amber blind and rapid chess tournament in Monte Carlo in March. In the 11 rounds, he achieved eight draws and three losses in the blindfold games, as well as three wins, seven draws and one loss in the rapid games. This resulted in a shared ninth place in the blindfold, shared second place in the rapid (behind Anand), and a shared eighth place in the overall tournament.^[45]

In May and June, he participated in the Candidates Tournament for the FIDE World Chess Championship 2007, facing Levon Aronian in a six-game match at standard time controls, which Carlsen drew (+2−2=2) by coming from behind twice. The four-game rapid playoff was drawn as well (+1−1=2), with Carlsen winning the last game to stay in the match. Eventually, Aronian eliminated Carlsen from the tournament after winning both tiebreak blitz games.^[46]

In July and August, Carlsen won the Biel Grandmaster Tournament with a 6/10 record and a PR of 2753. His score was matched by Alexander Onischuk and they played a match to break the tie. After drawing two rapid and two blitz games, Carlsen won the armageddon game.^[47] Immediately after the Biel tournament, Carlsen entered the open Arctic Chess Challenge in Tromsø, but his fourth place result with +5=4 was a slight underperformance in terms of rating. In the first round, Carlsen, surprisingly, conceded a draw to his classmate Brede Hagen (rated 2034)^[48] after having a lost position at one point.^[49] A game which attracted some attention was his sixth-round win over his father, Henrik Carlsen.^[50]

Carlsen reached the semifinal round of the World Chess Cup in December, after defeating Michael Adams in the round of 16 and Ivan Cheparinov in the quarterfinals. In the semifinal, he was eliminated by the eventual winner, Gata Kamsky, scoring ½–1½.^[51]

2008[edit]

Carlsen in 2008

In the top group A of the Corus chess tournament, Carlsen scored 8/13, achieving a PR of 2830. Carlsen won five games, lost two and drew six, sharing first place with Levon Aronian.^[52] At the Linares chess tournament, Carlsen had another 2800+ PR, scoring 8/14. He finished in sole second place, ½ point behind the winner World Champion Viswanathan Anand.^[53]

In March, Carlsen played for the second time in the Melody Amber blind and rapid chess tournament, held in Nice for the first time. In the 11 rounds he achieved four wins, four draws and two losses in the blindfold, and three wins, two losses, and six draws in the rapid. This resulted in a shared fifth place in the blindfold, shared third place in the rapid and a shared second place in the overall tournament.^[54]

Carlsen was one of 21 players in the six-tournament FIDE Grand Prix 2008–2009, a qualifier for the World Chess Championship 2012. In the first tournament, in Baku, Azerbaijan, he finished in a three-way tie for first place, with another 2800 PR. Carlsen later withdrew from the Grand Prix cycle despite his initial success, criticizing how FIDE was "changing the rules dramatically in the middle of a [World Championship] cycle".^[55]

Carlsen won a rapid match against Peter Leko held in Miskolc, Hungary, scoring 5–3.^[56] In June, Carlsen won the annual Aerosvit event,^[57] finishing undefeated with 8/11 in a category 19 field and achieving a PR of 2877, his best PR at that point in his career.^[58] Playing in the category 18 Biel Grandmaster Tournament, Carlsen finished third with 6/10, with a PR of 2740.^[59]

In the Mainz World Rapid Chess Championship, Carlsen finished in second place after losing the final to defending champion Anand 3–1.^[60] In the qualification round Carlsen scoring 1½–½ against Judit Polgár, 1–1 against Anand and 1–1 against Alexander Morozevich.^[61] In the category 22 Bilbao Masters, Carlsen tied for second with a 2768 PR.^[62]

2009[edit]

Playing in Group A of the Corus chess tournament, Carlsen tied for fifth with a 2739 PR.^[63] In the Linares chess tournament, Carlsen finished third with a 2777 PR.^[64] Carlsen tied for second place with Veselin Topalov at the M-Tel Masters (category 21) tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria. He lost to eventual winner Alexei Shirov in their final game, dropping him from first.^[65]

Carlsen won the category 21 Nanjing Pearl Spring tournament, 2½ points ahead of second-place finisher Topalov, the world's highest-rated player at the time. He scored an undefeated 8/10, winning every game as white (against Topalov, Wang Yue, Leko, Radjabov, and Jakovenko), and also winning as black against Jakovenko. By rating performance, this was one of the greatest results in history, with a PR of 3002.^[66] Chess statistician Jeff Sonas has declared it one of the 20 best tournament performances of all time, and the best chess performance of all time by a teenager.^[67]

In the Tal Memorial, played from 5 to 14 November, Carlsen started with seven straight draws, but finished with wins over Ruslan Ponomariov and Peter Leko. This result put Carlsen in shared second place behind Kramnik and equal with Ivanchuk.^[68][69] After the Tal Memorial, Carlsen won the World Blitz Championship, played from 16 to 18 November in Moscow, Russia. His score of 28 wins, 6 draws and 8 losses left him three points ahead of Anand, who finished in second place.^[70]

Carlsen at the World Blitz Championship 2009

Carlsen entered the London Chess Classic as the top seed in a field including Kramnik, Hikaru Nakamura, Michael Adams,Nigel Short, Ni Hua, Luke McShane and David Howell. He defeated Kramnik in round one and went on to win the tournament with 13/21 (three points were awarded for a win, and one for a draw; using classical scoring he finished with 5/7) and a PR of 2844, one point ahead of Kramnik. This victory propelled him to the top of the FIDE rating list, surpassing Veselin Topalov.^[71]

Based on his average ranking from the July 2009 and January 2010 FIDE lists, Carlsen qualified for the Candidates Tournament that would determine the challenger to World Champion Viswanathan Anand in the World Chess Championship 2012. In November 2010, however, Carlsen announced he was withdrawing from the Candidates Tournament. Carlsen described the 2008–12 cycle as "[not] sufficiently modern and fair", and wrote that "Reigning champion privileges, the long (five year) span of the cycle, changes made during the cycle resulting in a new format (Candidates) that no World Champion has had to go through since Kasparov, puzzling ranking criteria as well as the shallow ceaseless match-after-match concept are all less than satisfactory in my opinion."^[72]

In early 2009 Carlsen engaged former World Champion Garry Kasparov as a personal trainer.^[73] In September their partnership was revealed to the public by Norwegian newspapers.^[74][75]

Responding to a question in an interview with Time magazine in December 2009 regarding whether he used computers when studying chess, Carlsen explained that he does not use a chess set when studying on his own.^[76]

2010[edit]

Carlsen won the Corus chess tournament played 16–31 January with 8½ points. His ninth-round loss to Kramnik ended a streak of 36 rated games undefeated.^[77]Carlsen appeared to struggle in the last round against Fabiano Caruana, but saved a draw, leaving him half a point ahead of Kramnik and Shirov.^[78]

In March it was announced that Carlsen had split from Kasparov and would no longer be using him as a trainer,^[79] although this was put into different context by Carlsen himself in an interview with the German magazine Der Spiegel, in which he stated that they would remain in contact and he would continue to attend training sessions with Kasparov.^[80] In 2011, Carlsen said: "Thanks to [Kasparov] I began to understand a whole class of positions better. ... Kasparov gave me a great deal of practical help."^[81] In 2012, when asked what he learnt from working with Kasparov, Carlsen answered: "Complex positions. That was the most important thing."^[82]

Carlsen shared first place alongside Ivanchuk in the Amber blindfold and rapid tournament. Scoring 6½/11 in the blindfold and 8/11 in the rapid, Carlsen accumulated 14½ from a possible 22 points.^[83] In May it was revealed that Carlsen had helped Anand prepare for the World Chess Championship 2010 against challenger Veselin Topalov, which Anand won 6½–5½ to retain the title. Carlsen had also helped Anand prepare for the World Chess Championships in 2007 and2008.^[84]

Carlsen played in the Bazna Kings Tournament in Romania on 14–25 June. The tournament was a double round robin involving Wang Yue, Boris Gelfand, former FIDE World Champion Ruslan Ponomariov, Teimour Radjabov, and Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu. He finished with 7½/10 and a 2918 PR, winning the tournament by two points ahead of Radjabov and Gelfand.^[85] Carlsen then played in a rapid tournament 28–30 August at the Arctic Securities Chess Stars tournament in Kristiansund, Norway. The field featured World Champion Viswanathan Anand, female world No. 1 Judit Polgár, and Jon Ludvig Hammer. In the preliminary round robin, Carlsen scored 3½/6 to qualify for the final, second behind Anand.^[86] In the final, Carlsen defeated Anand 1½–½ to win the championship.^[87] Following this event, Carlsen suffered setbacks in his next two tournaments. In the 39th Chess Olympiad from 19 September to 4 October, he scored 4½/8, losing three games, to Baadur Jobava, Michael Adams and Sanan Sjugirov; these were his first losses with the black pieces in more than a year.^[88] His team, Norway, finished 51st out of 149 teams.^[89]

Carlsen's next tournament was the Grand Slam Masters Final on 9–15 October, which he had qualified for automatically by winning three of the previous year's four Grand Slam chess events (2009 Nanjing Pearl Spring, 2010 Corus, 2010 Bazna Kings). Along with Carlsen, the finals consisted of World Champion Anand and the highest two scorers from the preliminary stage held in Shanghai in September: Kramnik and Shirov.^[90][91] The average Elo of the participants at the time was 2789, making the Grand Slam Final the strongest chess tournament in history. In the first round, Carlsen lost with black to Kramnik; this was Carlsen's second consecutive loss to Kramnik, and placed his hold on the world No. 1 ranking in serious jeopardy. In his second round, Carlsen lost with the white pieces to Anand; this was his first loss as White since January 2010. Carlsen recovered somewhat in the latter part of the tournament, achieving a win over Shirov, and finishing with 2½/6. The tournament was won by Kramnik with 4/6.^[92] Carlsen finished this tournament with a rating of 2802, two points behind Anand at 2804 who temporarily ended Carlsen's reign at world No. 1. These setbacks called into question from some whether Carlsen's activities outside chess, such as modelling for G-Star Raw, were distracting him from performing well at the chessboard.^[93] Carlsen said he did not believe there was a direct connection.^[94]

Carlsen's next tournament was the Pearl Spring chess tournament on 19–30 October in Nanjing, China, against Anand, Topalov, Vugar Gashimov, Yue, and Étienne Bacrot.^[95] This was the only tournament in 2010 to feature Anand, Carlsen and Topalov, at the time the top three players in the world, and was the first tournament in history to feature three players rated at least 2800. With early wins over Bacrot, Yue, and Topalov with white, Carlsen took the early lead, extending his winning streak with white in Nanjing to eight. This streak was halted by a draw to Anand in round seven, but in the penultimate round Carlsen secured first place by defeating Topalov with black. This was his second victory in the tournament over the former world No. 1; his final score of 7/10 (with a PR of 2903) was a full point ahead of runner-up Anand.^[96]

Carlsen at the 2010 London Chess Classic

In the World Blitz Championship, held in Moscow on 16–18 November, Carlsen attempted to defend his 2009 title. With a score of 23½/38, he finished in third place behind Radjabov and winner Levon Aronian.^[97] After the tournament, Carlsen played a private 40-game blitz match against Hikaru Nakamura,^[98] winning with a score of 23½–16½.^[99]

Carlsen won the London Chess Classic on 8–15 December in a field comprising World Champion Anand, Vladimir Kramnik, Nakamura, and British players Adams, Nigel Short, David Howell, and Luke McShane. Carlsen had a rocky start, losing his games to McShane and Anand in rounds 1 and 3, but winning with white against Adams and Nakamura in rounds 2 and 4. He joined the lead with a win over Howell in round 5, and managed to stay in the lead following a harrowing draw against Kramnik in round 6, before defeating Short in the last round. Since the tournament was played with three points for a win, Carlsen's +4−2=1 score put him ahead of Anand and McShane who scored +2=5 (a more traditional two-points-for-a-win system would have yielded a three-way tie, with Carlsen still on top, having the better tiebreaker due to four games with black—Anand and McShane played only three times with black).^[100]

2011[edit]

Carlsen competed in the GM-A group of the Tata Steel Chess (Corus) tournament on 14–30 January in Wijk aan Zee in an attempt to defend his title; the field included World Champion Viswanathan Anand, Levon Aronian, former World Champion Vladimir Kramnik, Alexander Grischuk, Hikaru Nakamura, and former FIDE World Champion Ruslan Ponomariov, among others. Despite losing games with white against Anish Giri and reigning Russian champion Ian Nepomniachtchi, Carlsen finished with 8/13, including victories over Kramnik and tournament winner Nakamura.^[101] Although Carlsen's performance raised his rating from 2814 to 2815, Anand's 8½/13 score elevated his rating to 2817, making him the world No. 1 for the March 2011 FIDE rating list.^[102]

The first tournament victory of the year came in the Bazna Kings tournament, a double round robin played in Medias on 11–21 June. Carlsen finished with 6½/10, equal with Sergey Karjakin but with a better tiebreak score. Carlsen won his White games against Nakamura, Nisipeanu, and Ivanchuk and drew the rest of the games.^[103]

The Grand Slam Chess Final was held as a double round robin with six players, in São Paulo (25 September–1 October) and Bilbao (5–11 October). Although Carlsen had a slow start, including a loss against bottom-ranked Vallejo Pons, he finished +3−1=6, equal with Ivanchuk (whose +4−3=3 finish was equal due to three points for a win). Carlsen then won the blitz tiebreak against Ivanchuk. The other players were Anand, Aronian, Nakamura, and Vallejo Pons.^[104]

Another tournament victory was achieved in the Tal Memorial in Moscow 16–25 November as a round robin with ten players. Carlsen won two games, against Gelfand and Nakamura, and drew the rest. Although he finished equal on points with Aronian, he placed ahead since the tiebreak was determined by the number of Black games; Carlsen had five Black games while Aronian only had four.^[105]

In the London Chess Classic, played 3–12 December, Carlsen's streak of tournament victories ended when he finished third, behind Kramnik and Nakamura. Carlsen won three games and drew five. Although he did not win the tournament, Carlsen gained rating points, rising to a new personal record of 2835.^[106]

2012[edit]

Carlsen at the Tata Steel Chess Tournament in 2012

At the Tata Steel Chess Tournament held 14–29 January in Wijk aan Zee, Carlsen finished in a shared second place with 8/13, behind Aronian, and equal with Radjabov and Caruana. Carlsen defeated Gashimov, Aronian, Gelfand, and Topalov, but lost against Karjakin.^[107] At the Blitz chess tournament at Tal Memorial, Moscow 7 June, Carlsen shared first place with Morozevich. In the main event (a category 22 ten-player round robin), he won two games and drew seven. He finished in first place, ahead of Radjabov and Caruana.^[108]

Carlsen then went on to finish second in the Biel Grandmaster Tournament, with 18 points, just one point behind Hao using the 3–1–0 scoring system. As in the Tal Memorial earlier in 2012, Carlsen managed to finish the tournament without any losses (+4−0=6). He also defeated the winner Hao in both of their individual games. In the exhibition blitz tournament at Biel before the GM tournament, Carlsen was eliminated (+1−2=0) in the first round by Étienne Bacrot. Bacrot deprived Carlsen of a win in the classical tournament by holding him to a draw in the final round. Carlsen would have won the classical tournament on the traditional 1–½–0 scoring system, with 7/10.^[109]

The Grand Slam Chess Final was again held as a double round robin with six players, in São Paulo and Bilbao. Carlsen started with a loss against Caruana, but after three wins in the second (Bilbao) round, finished +4−1=5, equal first with Caruana, and ahead of Aronian, Karjakin and Anand. Carlsen won the tournament by winning both tiebreak games against Caruana.^[110]

From 24 to 25 November, Carlsen took part in the chess festival Segunda Gran Fiesta Internacional de Ajedrez in Mexico City. As part of it, Carlsen took on an online audience (dubbed as "The World") with the white pieces and won. He then took part in the knockout exhibition event Cuadrangular UNAM. Carlsen first beat Lázaro Bruzón 1½–½, thus qualifying for a final against Judit Polgár (who had in turn beat Manuel León Hoyos 1½–½). Carlsen lost the first game, but won the second one, and in the tiebreak defeated Polgár 2–0.^[111][112]

Carlsen won the London Chess Classic in December with five wins (over McShane, Aronian, Gawain Jones, Adams and Judit Polgár) and three draws (against Kramnik, Nakamura and Anand).^[113] This win, the third time Carlsen had won the tournament in the past four years, increased his rating from 2848 to a new record of 2861, breaking Kasparov's 13-year record of 2851.^[113][114] By rating performance, this was one of the best results in history, with a PR of 2994.^[115]

2013[edit]

Carlsen in play during round seven at Tata Steel in Wijk aan Zee, 2013

Carlsen played in the 75th Tata Steel Chess Tournament from 11 to 27 January in Wijk aan Zee. In the 13-round tournament, he scored 10 points (+7−0=6), winning clear first 1½ points ahead of second-place finisher Aronian.^[116] On 1 February, Danish GM Peter Heine Nielsen joined the team of assistants who helped Carlsen prepare for the Candidates Tournament in March. Before this, Nielsen was on Viswanathan Anand's team.^[117]

Carlsen played in the 2013 Candidates Tournament, which took place in London, from 15 March to 1 April. He finished with +5−2=7, and won the tournament on tiebreak over Vladimir Kramnik. As a result, he earned the right to challenge Anand for the World Champion title.^[118]

In May, Carlsen played in the tournament Norway Chess. He finished second, scoring 5½/9 (+3−1=5), half a point behind Sergey Karjakin.^[119]

Carlsen played in the Tal Memorial from June 12 to June 23. He finished second, with 5½/9, half a point behind Boris Gelfand. Carlsen ended the tournament with +3−1=5, losing to Caruana but beating Anand, Kramnik and Nakamura.^[120] Later that month, Carlsen played a four-game friendly rapid match against Borki Predojević, which he won 2½–1½.^[121]

In the Sinquefield Cup, held in September, Carlsen finished first, scoring +3−0=3, a point ahead of Nakamura.^[122]

World Chess Championship 2013[edit]

Carlsen faced Anand in the World Chess Championship 2013 in Chennai, India, from 9 to 22 November. Carlsen won the match 6½–3½ by winning games five, six and nine and drawing the remainder. Thus, Carlsen became the new world chess champion.^[123]

Results[edit]

• game 1 -Carlsen vs Anand {draw}
• game 2 -Anand vs Carlsen {draw}
• game 3 -Carlsen vs Anand {draw}
• game 4 -Anand vs Carlsen {draw}
• game 5-Carlsen vs Anand {1-0}
• game 6-Anand vs Carlsen {0-1}
• game 7-Anand vs Carlsen {draw}
• game 8-Carlsen vs Anand {draw}
• game 9-Anand vs Carlsen {0-1}
• game 10-Carlsen vs Anand {draw}

2014[edit]

From 29 January to 4 February, Carlsen played in the 2014 Zurich Chess Challenge, winning the preliminary blitz event (+2−1=2) and the classical event (+3−0=2). He performed less well in the rapid event (+1−2=2), which counted towards the overall standings, but retained enough of a lead to win the tournament. The other players in the event were Aronian, Nakamura, Caruana, Gelfand and Anand.^[124]

Carlsen played a game for his club Stavanger in the final team match for promotion to the Norwegian Premier League on 22 March. His win over Vladimir Georgievhelped his team to a 3½–2½ win over Nordstrand.^[125]

Carlsen won the Shamkir Chess tournament at Şəmkir, Azerbaijan, played from 20–30 April. He played in the A group along with Caruana, Nakamura, Karjakin, Mamedyarov and Radjabov. Carlsen started the tournament with 2/2, beating Mamedyarov and Nakamura. He then drew Karjakin, only to lose two games in a row for the first time in four years, losing to Caruana with black and then with white to Radjabov. In the second half of the tournament, Carlsen scored 4/5, beating Mamedyarov and Nakamura again, and securing the tournament victory by beating Caruana in the final round, finishing with +5−2=3.^[126]

On 8 May Carlsen played an exhibition game at Oslo City against the people of Norway, assisted by a grandmaster panel consisting of Simen Agdestein, Leif Erlend Johannessen, and Jon Ludvig Hammer. Each of the panel members proposed a move and the public could then vote over the proposed moves. Each panel member was allowed three chances to let chess engine Houdini propose a move during the game. Norway's moves were executed by Oddvar Brå who was disguised in a red tricot for the occasion. The game was drawn when Carlsen forced a perpetual check.^[127]

Carlsen placed second (to Sergey Karjakin) in the 2014 edition of Norway Chess, a ten-player round robin, from 2 June to 13 June. Other players in the event were Aronian, Caruana, Topalov, Svidler, Kramnik, Grischuk, Giri and Agdestein.^[128]

Carlsen won FIDE World Rapid Championships held in Dubai from 16 June to 19 June.^[129] He went on to claim the World Blitz Championships two days later,^[130]becoming the first player to simultaneously hold the title in all three FIDE rated time controls.

World Chess Championship 2014[edit]

Carlsen will face Anand in a match for the title of World Chess Champion in November 2014, as Anand qualified by winning the 2014 Candidates Tournament. The rematch will be staged from November 7 to 28 in Sochi, Russia.^[131]

Honours[edit]

Carlsen won the Chess Oscars for 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012. The Chess Oscar, conducted by the Russian chess magazine 64, is awarded to the year's best player according to a worldwide poll of leading chess critics, writers, and journalists.^[132][133] The Norwegian tabloid Verdens Gang has awarded him "Name of the Year" (Årets navn) twice, in 2009^[134] and 2013.^[135] VG also named him "Sportsman of the year" in 2009^[136] and in the same year he won the Folkets Idrettspris, a people's choice award from the newspaper Dagbladet.^[137] In 2011, he was given the Peer Gynt Prize, a Norwegian honour prize awarded annually to "a person or institution that has achieved distinction in society";^[138] the following year, he repeated as winner of Folkets Idrettspris.^[139] In 2013, Time magazine named Carlsen one of the 100 most influential people in the world.^[140]

Playing style[edit]

As a youth, Carlsen had an aggressive style of play,^[141][142] and, according to Agdestein, his play was characterised by "a fearless readiness to offer material for activity".^[143] As he matured, Carlsen found that this risky playing style was not as well suited against the world elite. When he started playing in top tournaments, he was struggling against top players, and had trouble getting much out of the opening. To progress, Carlsen's style became more universal, capable of handling all sorts of positions well. In the opening, Carlsen starts with both 1.d4 and 1.e4, as well as 1.c4 and 1.Nf3 on occasion, thus making it harder for opponents to prepare against him.^[144][145] Evgeny Sveshnikov has criticised Carlsen's opening play, claiming in a 2013 interview that without a more "scientific" approach to preparation, his "future doesn't look so promising".^[146]

Garry Kasparov, who coached Carlsen from 2009 to 2010, said that Carlsen has a positional style similar to that of past world champions such as Anatoly Karpov, José Raúl Capablanca and Vasily Smyslov, rather than the tactical style of Alexander Alekhine, Mikhail Tal and himself.^[148] According to Carlsen, however, he does not have any preferences in terms of playing style.^[81] In 2013, Kasparov said that "Carlsen is a combination of Karpov [and] Fischer. He gets his positions [and] then never lets go of that bulldog bite. Exhausting for opponents."^[149] Anand has said of Carlsen: "The majority of ideas occur to him absolutely naturally. He's also very flexible, he knows all the structures and he can play almost any position. ... Magnus can literally do almost everything."^[150] Kasparov expressed similar sentiments: "[Carlsen] has the ability to correctly evaluate any position, which only Karpov could boast of before him."^[151] In a 2012 interview, Vladimir Kramnik attributed much of Carlsen's success against other top players to his "excellent physical shape" and his ability to avoid "psychological lapses", which enables him to maintain a high standard of play over long games and at the end of tournaments, when the energy levels of others have dropped.^[152]

Carlsen's endgame prowess has been described as among the greatest in history.^{[153][154][155][156]} Jon Speelman, analysing several of Carlsen's endgames from the 2012 London Classic (in particular, his wins against McShane, Aronian, and Adams), described what he calls the "Carlsen effect":

... through the combined force of his skill and no less important his reputation, he drives his opponents into errors. ... He plays on for ever, calmly, methodically and, perhaps most importantly of all, without fear: calculating superbly, with very few outright mistakes and a good proportion of the "very best" moves. This makes him a monster and makes many opponents wilt.^[157]

Rating[edit]

Rating achievements[edit]

In the January 2006 FIDE list, at the age of 15 years, 32 days, he attained a 2625 Elo rating, which made Carlsen the youngest person to break the 2600 Elo barrier (the record has since been broken by Wesley So at the age of 14 years, 358 days).^[158] In the July 2007 FIDE list, at the age of 16 years, 213 days, Carlsen attained a 2710 Elo rating, which made him the youngest person to break the 2700 Elo barrier.^[159] On 5 September 2008, after winning round 4 in the Bilbao Grand Slam chess championship, Carlsen, just 17 years, 280 days old, briefly became No. 1 on the unofficial live ratings list.^[160][161] Carlsen's September–October 2009 victory in the Nanjing Pearl tournament raised his FIDE rating to 2801, making him at age 18 years, 336 days, the youngest player ever to break 2800.^[66] The youngest before him was Vladimir Kramnik at age 25.^[162] Before Carlsen, only Kasparov, Topalov, Kramnik, and Anand had achieved a 2800+ rating.^[163] After the Tal Memorial (November 2009) he became No. 1 on the unofficial live chess rating list with his new peak rating of 2805.7, 0.6 point over the No. 2 ranked player, Veselin Topalov.^[164]

The FIDE rankings from January 2010, which took into account the 16 games played at the Tal Memorial and the London Chess Classic, were enough to raise Carlsen's rating to 2810.^[165] This meant that Carlsen started 2010 by being, at the age of 19 years, 32 days, the youngest ever world No. 1, and also the first player from a Western nation to reach the top of the FIDE rating list since Bobby Fischer in 1971.^[166][167] The press coverage of this feat included an interview and article in Time magazine.^[76][168]

The March 2010 FIDE rating list showed Carlsen with a new peak rating of 2813, a figure that only Kasparov had bettered at that time.^[79] On the January 2013 FIDE rating list, Carlsen reached 2861, thus surpassing Garry Kasparov's 2851 record from July 1999.^[113][114]

Standings on top 100 FIDE lists[edit]

Carlsen's Elo rating evolution since 2001

• Rating in bold signifies new rating/ranking peak

Head-to-head record versus selected grandmasters[edit]

(Rapid, blitz and blindfold games not included; listed as +wins −losses =draws as of 21 March 2014.)^[169]
Players who have been World Champion in boldface

Notable games[edit]

All links in this section lead to an external site.

• Carlsen–Garry Kasparov, Reykjavík Rapid (2004), Queen's Gambit Declined: Cambridge Springs Variation (D52), ½–½ At the age of just 13 years, Carlsen had serious winning chances in a rapid game against Garry Kasparov,^[17] ranked No. 1 in the world at that time,^[170] and considered by many to be the greatest chess player of all time.^[171]
• Carlsen–Veselin Topalov, M-Tel Masters (2009), Semi-Slav Defense: General (D43), 1–0 This was Carlsen's first win against a 2800+ player.^[172]
• Carlsen–Boris Gelfand, Tal Memorial (2011), Slav Defense: Quiet Variation. Schallopp Defense (D12), 1–0 The No. 1 Israeli player and future World Championship challenger creates a seemingly decisive rook invasion into White's back rank, but Carlsen vanquishes his threats. Carlsen called it "one of the most interesting games I have played in recent times".^[173]
• Carlsen–Hikaru Nakamura, London Chess Classic (2011), Italian Game: Classical Variation. Giuoco Pianissimo (C53), 1–0 Facing the No. 1 American player, Carlsen demolishes Black's pawn structure.
• Carlsen–Viswanathan Anand, Bilbao Masters (2012), Sicilian Defense: Canal Attack. Main Line (B52), 1–0 Playing against the then World Champion in a game he considers one of the best in his career,^[174] Carlsen sacrifices a pawn to leave Black with a cramped position, leading to his resignation at move 30.

Beyond chess[edit]

Carlsen modelled for G-Star Raw's Autumn/Winter 2010 advertising campaign with actress Liv Tyler. Noted Dutch personality Anton Corbijn was the photographer.^[175] The campaign was coordinated with the RAW World Chess Challenge in New York, an event where Carlsen played an online team of global chess players who voted on moves suggested by three GMs: Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Hikaru Nakamura, and Judit Polgár. Carlsen, playing White, won in 43 moves.^[176]Film director J. J. Abrams offered Carlsen a role in the movie Star Trek Into Darkness as "a chess player from the future", but he had to decline, unable to get a USwork permit in time for shooting.^[177] In 2012, Carlsen was featured in a 60 Minutes segment,^[178] and appeared as a guest on The Colbert Report.^[179] He was also interviewed by Rainn Wilson for SoulPancake.^[180] Carlsen was selected as one of the "sexiest men of 2013" by Cosmopolitan.^[181] In August 2013, Carlsen became an ambassador for Nordic Semiconductor.^[182]

As of 2012, Carlsen is the only active chess professional with a full-time manager. Espen Agdestein, brother of Carlsen's former trainer Simen, and a FIDE Master^[183] and twice member of the Norwegian team at the Chess Olympiads, began working as an agent for Carlsen in late 2008. His work consisted initially of finding sponsors and negotiating media contacts, but since 2011, he has taken over management tasks formerly performed by Carlsen's father Henrik.^[184] Carlsen reportedly earned roughly US$1.2 million in 2012, the bulk of which was from sponsorships.^[185]

In October 2013, Carlsen started his majority-owned company, Play Magnus AS. Based in Oslo, Norway, Play Magnus' first product is an iOS app that allows a user to play a Magnus Carlsen-tuned chess engine at 19 different ages (from ages 5 to 23). The chess engine was created using a database of thousands of Carlsen's recorded games from the age of 10. Carlsen's goal is to use Play Magnus as a platform to encourage more people to play chess.^[186]

In December 2013, Carlsen publicly denied having a form of autism spectrum disorder in an interview with Norwegian tabloid Verdens Gang, amid persistent speculation. He went on to clarify his earlier response in 2008 during a Q&A session with Nettavisen, in which he replied "yes, isn't it obvious?", thinking it was a silly question.^[187] Showing some regret from his answer, he concluded considering himself having "normal social skills and to be functioning normally."^[188]

In February 2014, Carlsen appeared in G-Star Raw's Spring/Summer 2014 campaign along with actress and model Lily Cole.^[189]

卡爾森
維基百科，自由的百科全書
對於有一個相似的名字，看到馬格努斯卡爾松（消歧）和馬格努斯·卡爾森（歧義） 。
卡爾森
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卡爾森在2012年
全名 斯文·馬格努斯OEN卡爾森
國家 挪威
出生 1990年11月30日（23歲）
滕斯貝格，西福爾，挪威
標題 宗師（2004）
世界冠軍 2013
山頂評級 2882​​（2014年5月）
排行 第1號（2014年8月）
山頂排名 第1號（2010年1月）
斯文·馬格努斯OEN卡爾森（挪威： [sʋɛnmɑŋnʉs上kɑːɭsn̩] ;出生一九九○年十一月三十日）是挪威國際象棋 特級大師，衛冕國際象棋世界冠軍和第 1排選手在世界，和衛冕世界冠軍在快速突擊棋。他的巔峰等級是2882，則創歷史最好水平。

à 象棋神童，卡爾森成為特級大師，2004年，在13歲148天的年齡，使他在當時的第二個最年輕的特級大師在歷史上，儘管他已經成為第三年輕。2010年1月1日19年32日齡時，他成為最年輕的國際象棋選手在歷史上排名世界第1。在2013年1月國際棋聯等級分排名，卡爾森達到2861的等級分，在那個時候創歷史最好水平。在2013年11月，卡爾森擊敗阿南德在世界國際象棋錦標賽2013，從而成為新的國際象棋世界冠軍。他將再次面對阿南德在世界國際象棋錦標賽2014年在2014年11月。

雖然他被稱為他的進攻風格作為一個十幾歲，卡爾森後來發展成為一個更加普遍的球員。他不專注於開放的準備不亞於其他頂級球員，並發揮各種開口，使其更難為對手準備對他不利。他的位置的掌握和殘局的實力都比較吸引那些前世界冠軍何塞·勞爾·卡帕布蘭卡，瓦西裡斯梅斯洛夫和卡爾波夫。

童年的[ 編輯]

卡爾森給人一種同時展出的莫爾德在2004年7月
卡爾森生於滕斯貝格，挪威，於1990年11月30日Sigrun OEN和亨里克·阿爾伯特·卡爾森，雙方工程師的職業。家人花了一年在埃斯波，芬蘭，然後在布魯塞爾，比利時，並於1998年返回挪威和解決Lommedalen，貝魯姆。他們後來 ​​搬到Haslum。[ 1 ]卡爾森表現出的天賦，在青少年時期的智力挑戰：在兩年內，他可以解決50片拼圖 ; 四個，他喜歡組裝樂高積木套，供10-14歲兒童的說明。[ 2 ]他的父親教他在5歲時下棋，雖然他最初表現在比賽中沒有什麼興趣。[ 3 ]的第一步棋本書他讀了尋找計劃通過特拉森。[ 4 ]卡爾森發展了他早期的象棋技能單獨玩幾個小時的時間，動來動去的棋盤棋子，尋找組合，並通過回放顯示他對他的遊戲和位置父親。他參加了他的第一場比賽，年齡最小的1999年分裂的挪威國際象棋錦標賽 -at 8年7個月的年齡，得分6½/ 11。[ 5 ]

卡爾森後來執教於精英體育的挪威學院由該國的頂級球員，大師（GM）泗門Agdestein。[ 6 ] 2000年，Agdestein介紹卡爾森以TorbjørnRingdal漢森，一個國際大師（IM）和挪威前青 ​​少年冠軍。他們開始每週的訓練課在三月份。卡爾森與漢森取得了很大的進步，多帶點一年獲得逾千等級分。他的突破發生在挪威的青年隊冠軍，在2000年9月，在卡爾森拿下3.5 / 5針對該國的頂級青少年球員和性能等級的約2000（PR）。[ 7 ]除了國際象棋，這卡爾森研究有關每天三四個小時，他最喜歡的消遣活動包括足球，滑雪，閱讀唐老鴨漫畫。[ 8 ]

從2000年秋到2002年底，卡爾森打出近300額定比賽遊戲，以及一些突擊比賽，並參加了其他次要事件。[ 9 ]在這之後，他獲得了3 IM規範相對快速連續; 他的第一次是在2003年1月Gausdal巨魔大師賽（成績7月10日，2345 PR），第二次是在2003年6月Salongernas IM-比賽在斯德哥爾摩（6月9日，2470 PR）和第三個和最後的IM規範是在2003年7月Politiken杯賽中獲得哥本哈根（8月11日，2503 PR）。他被正式授予稱號的IM於2003年8月20日[ 10 ]在完成小學，卡爾森花了一年時間參與在2003年秋季在歐洲舉行的國際象棋比賽。[ 11 ]同年，他完成位於並列第三位歐洲人在14男孩冠軍。[ 12 ]

國際象棋職業生涯[ 編輯]
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2004 [ 編輯]
卡爾森他的勝利在C組的後上了報紙頭條維克安澤國際象棋錦標賽在Wijk aan Zee的。卡爾森獲得了10½/ 13分，失去了一場比賽（對C組的收視率最高的球員杜斯科·Pavasovič）。[ 13 ]作為勝利的結果，他贏得了他的第一個通用的規範，並取得了公關的2702特別值得注意的是他在Sipke恩斯特贏在倒數第二輪，卡爾森犧牲材料給當隊友在短短29移動。[ 14 ]在那場比賽中的第23移動已經打了另一場比賽，阿爾馬格羅Llanas- 古斯塔夫森 2003年馬德里（這在結束抽籤） -但卡爾森的過度的電路板 新奇立即引來了一個成功的位置。卡爾森的勝利，在C組限定他在B組玩於2005年，它導致盧伯米爾Kavalek，寫了華盛頓郵報，給他的標題是“ 莫扎特棋“。Agdestein說，卡爾森有很好的記憶和發揮了不同尋常的大範圍的開口。[ 15 ]卡爾森的實力引起了關注微軟，這成為他的贊助商。[ 16 ]

卡爾森獲得了他的第二個通用規範，在莫斯科的俄羅斯航空公司公開賽二月。3月17日，在閃電戰象棋錦標賽在雷克雅未克，冰島，卡爾森擊敗了前世界冠軍卡爾波夫。閃電戰的比賽是一個初步的事件導致了一個快速的淘汰賽開始的第二天。在這種情況下，卡爾森是搭配卡斯帕羅夫，那麼收視率最高的球員在世界上。卡爾森在他們的第一場比賽中取得了一場平局，失去了第二個，並由此淘汰的比賽。[ 17 ]

在第六屆迪拜國際象棋公開賽冠軍，舉行4月18日至28日，卡爾森獲得了他的第三次也是最後通用規範。這使他成為世界上最年輕的總經理的時候，以及在第三年輕通用汽車在歷史上（後謝爾蓋·卡爾亞金，誰贏得了冠軍，在12年7個月的年齡[ 18 ]和Parimarjan迦）[ 19 ]卡爾森出戰國際棋聯國際象棋世界冠軍，成為最年輕的球員曾經參加一次，但被撞倒在第一輪被列翁Aronian。[ 20 ]

今年七月，卡爾森和貝格Østenstad（當時的衛冕冠軍挪威）並列第一的挪威國際象棋錦標賽中，每個進球7/9。他們之間兩連勝的比賽被安排來決定冠軍。這兩款遊戲分別繪製，留下Østenstad冠軍，因為他在比賽中優越的tiebreaks。[ 21 ]

2005 [ 編輯]
在在的Smartfish國際象棋大師賽德拉曼國際象棋節2004-05年，卡爾森擊敗了希洛夫，則排在第10 [ 22 ]在世界上，還有共同贏家。[ 23 ]在半決賽中在中城·萊昂六月迅速象棋比賽中，卡爾森打出了四場比賽對陣阿南德，誰是排在世界第2位的時候，並榮獲2003年世界快速國際象棋錦標賽。[ 24 ]阿南德贏得3 -1。[ 25 ]

挪威國際象棋錦標賽，卡爾森又在共享首位完成，這一次他的導師泗門Agdestein。他們之間的季后賽7至11月10日被演奏。這一次，卡爾森有更好的tiebreaks，但規則賦予的稱號的球員，在1-1戰平的情況下更好的搶七得分先前已撤銷。本場比賽是密切戰鬥，Agdestein贏得了第一場比賽，卡爾森第二，所以比賽進入一系列的兩場比賽快速的比賽，直到有一個贏家。卡爾森贏得了第一場比賽迅速，Agdestein第二。隨後三場平局，直到Agdestein贏得了在第六快速比賽的勝利的冠軍。[ 26 ]

卡爾森在華沙，2005年
截至2005年底，卡爾森參加了國際象棋世界杯賽在漢特-曼西斯克，俄羅斯。在淘汰賽的比賽，他打亂了第44屆世界排名祖拉布Azmaiparashvili在第一輪比賽，進而戰勝Farrukh Amonatov和伊万Cheparinov到有達到晉級16強，卡爾森不敵葉夫根Bareev，[ 27 ]但隨後贏得了對喬爾Lautier和弗拉基米爾Malakhov前再次輸給了加塔甘維珍。因此，卡爾森完成了第十位，成為被正式世界冠軍的最年輕的球員候選。[ 28 ]十月，他拿了第一名在阿諾德Eikrem紀念館Gausdal，得分8/9和2792公關。[ 29 ]

2006 [ 編輯]
卡爾森資格的Corus的B組在一個地方由於Corus的C組他的第一個地方完成在2004年他分享第一名亞歷山大Motylev與9月13日（+ 6-1 = 6）合格他的Corus公司集團發揮A有2007。[ 30 ]

在傳統的國際“波克”在比賽薩拉熱窩 2006年，卡爾森共享第一名利維烏·迪特Nisipeanu（誰贏得了搶七評估）和弗拉基米爾Malakhov ; 這可以被看作是卡爾森的第一個“A”精英賽的勝利，雖然它沒有一個明確的首位。[ 31 ]

卡爾森接近贏得了2006年挪威國際象棋錦標賽奪標，但在最後一輪輸給貝格Østenstad降到他到另一個領帶與Agdestein首位。這也防止了由卡爾森擊敗Agdestein的紀錄，最年輕的挪威冠軍永遠。[ 32 ]然而，從9月19-21日舉行的附加 ​​賽，卡爾森贏得了3-1。兩場平局，在標準時間的控制後，卡爾森贏得了第二輪兩個快棋賽，爭取他的第一個總冠軍的挪威奪冠。[ 33 ]

卡爾森贏得了Glitnir銀行閃電戰比賽[ 34 ]在冰島。他在阿南德在半決賽中取得了2-0的勝利，取得了同樣的成績在總決賽中，[ 35 ]他在第37屆國際象棋奧林匹克拿下6/8並取得了2820公關。[ 36 ]

在午夜太陽國際象棋錦標賽，卡爾森獲得亞軍之後謝爾蓋Shipov。[ 37 ]在比爾大師賽，他排名第二，擊敗了聯賽冠軍亞歷山大Morozevich兩次。[ 38 ]

在舉行的新罕布什爾州象棋對抗賽阿姆斯特丹 8月，卡爾森參加了“體驗”與“明日之星” 席凡寧根隊的比賽。在“明日之星”贏得了比賽28-22，卡爾森獲得最佳個人成績為新星隊（6½/ 10）和2700公關，從而贏得參加2007年的正確旋律琥珀比賽。[ 39 ]

隨著7½/ 15的高分，卡爾森放置8出16名學員在世界超快棋錦標賽在裡雄萊錫安，以色列。[ 40 ]在快速象棋錦標賽Rencontres國家國家等國際化產品D'échecs在第科特迪瓦阿格德，法國，他達到了半決賽，輸給還有謝爾蓋·卡爾亞金。[ 41 ]十一月，卡爾森取得了10名學員，在一個共享的第8位米哈伊爾·塔爾紀念在莫斯科有兩個損失，7平。他在一組18名學員在相關快棋賽，這是贏得了阿南德名列第九。[ 42 ]

2007 [ 編輯]

卡爾森打禮坊Aronian 2007年利納雷斯
打在維克安澤國際象棋錦標賽，第一次的托普集團，卡爾森放在最後與9平4負，打進4½/ 13。[ 43 ]在久負盛名的利納雷斯國際象棋超級大賽，卡爾森交手以下收視率最高的球員：托帕洛夫，阿南德，斯維德勒彼得，亞歷山大Morozevich，禮坊Aronian，彼得·萊科和瓦西裡·伊万丘克。儘管被評為顯著低於其中任何一個，他在tiebreaks第二名與7½/ 14，已經取得了4勝7平3負，並實現2778公關。[ 44 ]

卡爾森起首次在旋律琥珀盲棋迅速賽蒙特卡洛三月。在第11輪，他取得了8平3負，在蒙眼遊戲，以及3勝7平在快棋賽一負。這導致了眼罩共享的第九位，在快速（僅次於阿南德），並在整個比賽共用第八位共享第二名。[ 45 ]

在五月和六月，他參加了候選人賽的國際棋聯國際象棋世界錦標賽2007，在六場比賽在標準時間的控制，這吸引了卡爾森（+ 2-2 = 2）從後面來了兩次面向列翁Aronian。四場比賽季后賽的快速繪製，以及（+ 1-1 = 2），卡爾森贏得了最後一場比賽留在比賽中。最終，Aronian淘汰卡爾森贏取兩個搶七突擊後場的比賽。[ 46 ]

在七月和八月，卡爾森贏得了比爾大師賽以6月10日的記錄和2753他的得分公關是相匹配的亞歷山大Onischuk和他們打了一場比賽打破平局。畫兩條快速和兩個熱捧的遊戲之後，卡爾森贏得了大決戰的比賽。[ 47 ]緊隨比爾的比賽之後，卡爾森進入開放北極國際象棋挑戰賽在特羅姆瑟，但他的第四位，結果為+ 5 = 4是上略有表現不佳的評級。在第一輪中，卡爾森，奇怪的是，承認平局對他的同學挑花哈根（額定2034）[ 48 ]有一個點丟失位置後[ 49 ]，此役吸引了一些關注的是他的第六輪戰勝他父親亨里克·卡爾森。[ 50 ]

卡爾森達到了半決賽的世界國際象棋世界杯的12月，在16輪和伊万Cheparinov在四分之一決賽中擊敗邁克爾·亞當斯後。在半決賽中，他被最終的冠軍，加塔甘維珍，得分½-1.5淘 ​​汰出局。[ 51 ]

2008 [ 編輯]

卡爾森在2008年
在維克安澤國際象棋錦標賽的頂級A組，卡爾森拿下了8月13日，達到2830公關卡爾森贏得了五場比賽，輸了兩場，並提請6，與禮坊Aronian分享第一名。[ 52 ]在利納雷斯國際象棋超級大賽，卡爾森還有另外一個2800 +公關，攻入8月14日。他唯一的第二名，半贏家世界冠軍阿南德落後一點。[ 53 ]

今年三月，卡爾森打出第二次在旋律琥珀盲，快速象棋錦標賽，在舉辦尼斯第一次。在第11輪，他取得了4勝4平的眼罩兩負，三勝兩負，6平的快速。這導致了眼罩共享的第五位，在快速，在整體比賽的共享第二名共享季軍。[ 54 ]

卡爾森是21名球員在六賽1 國際棋聯大獎賽2008-2009，預選賽為世界象棋錦標賽2012，在第一場比賽，在巴庫，阿塞拜疆，他在三路並列第一完成後，用另外2800公關。卡爾森後來從大獎賽循環退出，儘管他最初的成功，批評如何國際棋聯是“在[世錦賽]週期中顯著改變規則”。[ 55 ]

卡爾森戰勝彼得·萊科快速匹配舉行米甚科爾茨，匈牙利，得分5-3。[ 56 ]在六月份，卡爾森奪得年度Aerosvit事件，[ 57 ]在整理不敗8/11 類 19場，實現公關的2877，在他的職業生涯這一點他最好的公關。[ 58 ]播放中的類18比爾大師賽，卡爾森獲得季軍與6月10日，隨著2740公關。[ 59 ]

在美因茨的世界快速國際象棋錦標賽，卡爾森在第二名失去了決賽衛冕冠軍阿南德3-1後，[ 60 ]在資格賽卡爾森得分1.5-½對尤迪特波爾加，1-1對阿南德和1-1對亞歷山大Morozevich。[ 61 ]在22類畢爾巴鄂大師卡爾森並列第二與2768公關。[ 62 ]

2009 [ 編輯]
打A組的維克安澤國際象棋比賽，卡爾森並列第五與2739公關。[ 63 ]在利納雷斯國際象棋超級大賽，卡爾森獲得季軍與2777公關。[ 64 ]卡爾森並列第二位，托帕洛夫在M -tel大師（類別21）比賽在索非亞，保加利亞。他在自己的最後一場比賽中輸給了最終的冠軍希洛夫，從第一位下滑了他。[ 65 ]

卡爾森贏得了21類南京珍珠泉比賽，領先第二位的終結者托帕洛夫，世界上收視率最高的球員，當時的2.5分。他打進了一個不敗的8月10日，贏得每一場比賽為白色（對托帕洛夫，王越，列科，拉迪 ​​亞波夫和雅科文科），並且還贏得為黑色對雅科文科。（按排名）的表現，這是最大的成果在歷史上，隨著3002公關之一。[ 66 ]國際象棋統計學家傑夫Sonas Guesthouse酒店已宣布它的所有時間的20個最好的比賽表現之一，所有的時間用最好的棋牌性能一個十幾歲。[ 67 ]

在塔爾紀念，演奏從11月5日至14日，卡爾森開始了七連勝平，但勝在完成魯斯蘭·波諾馬廖夫和彼得·萊科。這個結果把卡爾森在後面克拉姆尼克和平等與伊万丘克分享第二位。[ 68 ] [ 69 ]之後，塔爾紀念，卡爾森贏得了世界超快棋錦標賽，來自16個在俄羅斯莫斯科起到11月18日。他的28分勝6平8負離他而去提前阿南德，誰排在第二位完成了三個百分點。[ 70 ]

卡爾森在世界超快棋錦標賽2009
卡爾森進入了倫敦國際象棋經典中包括克拉姆尼克，場頭號種子ル村，邁克爾·亞當斯，奈傑爾短，倪呼嗄，盧克-馬誠信和大衛-霍威爾。他在第一輪比賽擊敗克拉姆尼克和贏取與13/21比賽（分別獲一勝三分，和一個平局，採用經典的進球，他與5月7日完成），以及2844公關，一分克拉姆尼克的未來。這次勝利促使他在國際棋聯等級分排名，超越托帕洛夫的頂部。[ 71 ]

根據他從2009年7月和2010年1月國際棋聯名單中的平均排名，卡爾森資格的候選人賽，將決定世界象棋錦標賽2012年的挑戰者，世界冠軍阿南德在2010年11月，然而，卡爾森宣布他被撤離該候選人賽。卡爾森所描述的2008-12週期“[不]現代充分和公平的”，並寫道：“衛冕冠軍的特權，週期長（5年）範圍，造成了新的格式在循環過程中所做的更改（考生）沒有世界冠軍不得不通過自卡斯帕羅夫，令人費解的排名標準，以及淺不懈比賽後，比賽的理念都令人滿意，我認為所有的少。“ [ 72 ]

早在2009年，卡爾森從事前世界冠軍卡斯帕羅夫的私人教練。[ 73 ]在9月舉行的夥伴關係向公眾透露，由挪威報紙。[ 74 ] [ 75 ]

在回答一個問題，在接受時代雜誌在關於他是否學棋時所使用的計算機2009年12月，卡爾森解釋說，他並沒有對自己的學習時使用的國際象棋。[ 76 ]

2010 [ 編輯]
卡爾森贏得了維克安澤國際象棋比賽中發揮1月16日至31日有8.5分。他的第九輪輸給克拉姆尼克結束了36級遊戲不敗的條紋。[ 77 ]卡爾森出現在對最後一輪掙扎法比亞諾卡魯阿納，但保存的平局，讓他半分克拉姆尼克和希洛夫領先。[ 78 ]

今年三月曾宣布，卡爾森從卡斯帕羅夫曾分裂和將不再使用他作為一個教練，[ 79 ]雖然這被放入不同的背景下由卡爾森本人在接受採訪時與德國雜誌明鏡，他在其中說， 。他們保持聯繫，他將繼續參加與卡斯帕羅夫的培訓課程[ 80 ]在2011年，卡爾森說：“感謝[卡斯帕羅夫]我開始明白一整類職位的更好......卡斯帕羅夫給了我很大。大量的實際幫助“ [ 81 ]在2012年，當問他從與卡斯帕羅夫工作經驗，卡爾森回答說：“複雜的位置這是最重要的事情。” [ 82 ]

卡爾森在琥珀眼罩和快速的比賽共有第一名旁邊伊万丘克。在快速得分的眼罩6½/ 11和8月11日，卡爾森積累14½從可能的22分。[ 83 ]在五月據透露，卡爾森曾幫助阿南德為準備世界象棋錦標賽2010對挑戰者托帕洛夫，這阿南德贏得了六位半5½保留所有權。卡爾森還幫助阿南德備戰國際象棋世界錦標賽在2007和2008。[ 84 ]

卡爾森在6月14日至25日起在Bazna國王比賽在羅馬尼亞。本次比賽是雙循環賽，涉及汪籲苊，鮑里斯蓋爾范德，前國際棋聯世界冠軍波諾馬廖夫魯斯蘭，Teimour拉迪亞波夫和利維烏·迪特Nisipeanu。他與7½/ 10結束和2918公關，通過提前拉迪亞波夫和蓋爾范德兩點贏得了比賽。[ 85 ]卡爾森然後在快速比賽8月28-30日在克里斯蒂安桑，挪威北極證券國際象棋明星賽出場。外地特色世界冠軍阿南德，女世界排名第一的朱迪特波爾加和喬恩·路德維希錘。在預賽循環賽，卡爾森拿下3.5 / 6晉級決賽，僅次於阿南德。[ 86 ]在決賽中，卡爾森擊敗阿南德1.5-½贏得總冠軍。[ 87 ]在這個事件以後，卡爾森遭遇挫折他接下來的兩場比賽。在第39屆國際象棋奧林匹克從9月19日至10月4日，他打進了4個半/ 8，失去了三場比賽，以Baadur Jobava，邁克爾·亞當斯和三安Sjugirov ; 這是他與黑片的第一損失了一年多。[ 88 ]他的團隊，挪威，第51成品出149支球隊。[ 89 ]

卡爾森的下一個比賽是大滿貫賽大師賽決賽於十月9日至15日，他曾贏得三個前一年的四大滿貫國際象棋賽事（2009年南京珍珠泉，2010 Corus公司，2010 Bazna國王）的資格自動。隨著卡爾森，總決賽由世界冠軍阿南德和最高2得分手，從9月在上海舉行的初級階段：克拉姆尼克和希洛夫[ 90 ] [ 91 ]參加當時的平均的Elo為2789，使得大滿貫決賽歷史上最強的國際象棋比賽。在第一輪中，卡爾森失去了與黑到克拉姆尼克; 這是卡爾森的連續第二次輸給克拉姆尼克，並把他保持在世界第一的排名受到嚴重威脅。在他的第二輪比賽，卡爾森失去了與白件阿南德; 這是他的首次虧損為白色自2010年1月，卡爾森在比賽的後期有所回升，達到戰勝希洛夫，並與2.5 / 6完成。本次比賽的獲勝者克拉姆尼克與4/6。[ 92 ]卡爾森完成了本次比賽有2802評級，阿南德落後兩分2804暫時結束卡爾森的統治，在世界排名第1，誰是這些挫折叫進一些無論是卡爾森的問題棋以外的活動，如模擬的G-STAR RAW，從表現良好，在棋盤上分心了。[ 93 ]卡爾森表示，他不相信有直接的聯繫。[ 94 ]

卡爾森的下一個比賽是在珍珠泉國際象棋錦標賽在中國南京，對阿南德，托帕洛夫，10月19日至30日Vugar Gashimov，悅和艾蒂安Bacrot。[ 95 ]這是2010年唯一的比賽為特色阿南德，卡爾森和托帕洛夫，當時的前三名選手在世界上，並且是歷史上的第一場比賽為特色三名球員評分至少2800年初有了戰勝Bacrot，悅和托帕洛夫與白，卡爾森採取了早期的領先優勢，擴大他的獲獎條紋與白色在南京八個。這個連勝紀錄在七輪停止通過抽獎， ​​阿南德，但在倒數第二輪卡爾森擊敗托帕洛夫與黑色的保護放在第一位。這是在比賽中超過了前世界第一他的第二場勝利; 他最後的成績為7月10日（以2903公關）是一個完整的點提前獲得亞軍阿南德。[ 96 ]

卡爾森在2010年倫敦國際象棋經典
在世界超快棋錦標賽，於11月16-18日在莫斯科舉行，卡爾森試圖捍衛他在2009年冠軍。隨著23½/ 38的高分，他在後面拉迪亞波夫得主列翁Aronian第三名。[ 97 ]在比賽結束後，卡爾森打出一個私人40場快棋對陣ル村，[ 98 ]以23½-比分獲勝16½。[ 99 ]

卡爾森贏得了倫敦國際象棋經典在12月8日至一十五日中包括世界冠軍阿南德，克拉姆尼克，中村，和英國選手亞當斯，奈傑爾短，大衛-霍威爾和盧克麥克沙恩場。卡爾森有一個艱難的開端，失去了遊戲麥克沙恩與阿南德在輪1和3，但白對亞當斯和中村在輪2和4獲勝，他加入了領先戰勝豪威爾在第5輪，並設法留在全國率先對以下克拉姆尼克一個悲慘的平局在第6輪，在上一輪擊敗了短前。由於比賽被打了3分的勝利，卡爾森的+ 4-2 = 1分讓他提前阿南德和麥克沙恩誰拿下+2 = 5（較傳統的兩分換A-WIN系統會產生三路領帶，卡爾森還高居首位，具有更好的決勝局，由於四場比賽有黑色，阿南德和馬誠信與黑色）只打了3次。[ 100 ]

2011 [ 編輯]
卡爾森在通用一群塔塔鋼鐵國際象棋（Corus公司）巡迴賽的比賽上1月14日至30日在Wijk aan Zee的企圖，以捍衛他的冠軍稱號; 領域包括世界冠軍阿南德，列翁Aronian，前世界冠軍克拉姆尼克，亞歷山大Grischukル村，前國際棋聯世界冠軍波諾馬廖夫魯斯蘭，等等。儘管輸掉比賽，白色對阿尼什·吉裡和衛冕冠軍俄羅斯伊恩Nepomniachtchi，卡爾森完成了8月13日，包括戰勝克拉姆尼克和錦標賽冠軍中村。[ 101 ]儘管卡爾森的表現提出了自己的評價2814年至2815年，阿南德的8.5 / 13分提升自己的等級到2817，這使他成為世界排名第一的為2011年3月國際棋聯等級分排名。[ 102 ]

在今年的第一場比賽的勝利排在Bazna國王隊的比賽中，雙循環賽中發揮媒體在六月11-21。卡爾森完成了6½/ 10，等於與謝爾蓋·卡爾亞金，但有一個更好的搶七得分。卡爾森贏得了他的白場對陣中村，Nisipeanu和伊万丘克並提請比賽的其餘部分。[ 103 ]

在國際象棋大滿貫決賽舉行的雙循環賽有六名球員，在聖保羅（九月25日至10月1日）和畢爾巴鄂（10月5日至11日）。儘管卡爾森有一個緩慢的開始，包括對底排巴列霍龐斯茫然，他全場+ 3-1 = 6，平等與伊万丘克（其+ 4-3 = 3的成績是相等的，由於三個點為勝利）。卡爾森則戰勝了伊万丘克熱捧搶七。其他球員都阿南德，Aronian，中村和瓦列霍龐斯。[ 104 ]

另一種比賽的勝利是在塔爾紀念取得了莫斯科11月16日至25日為循環賽十的球員。卡爾森贏得了兩場比賽，對蓋爾范德和中村，並提請休息。雖然他全場平等與Aronian分，他放在前面，因為搶七被黑遊戲的人數來確定; 卡爾森有五個黑場比賽，而Aronian只能有四個。[ 105 ]

在倫敦的國際象棋精英賽，打出十二月3日至12日，當他完成了第三，僅次於克拉姆尼克和中村賽的勝利卡爾森的連勝結束。卡爾森贏得了三場比賽，並提請5。雖然他沒有贏得比賽，卡爾森獲得等級分，上升到了2835新的個人紀錄。[ 106 ]

2012 [ 編輯]

卡爾森在塔塔鋼鐵象棋對抗賽於2012年
在塔塔鋼鐵象棋對抗賽在Wijk aan Zee的舉行1月14日至29日，卡爾森完成了一個共同的第二位，8月13日，之後Aronian，平等與拉迪亞波夫和卡魯阿納。卡爾森擊敗Gashimov，Aronian，蓋爾范德和托帕洛夫，但輸給了卡爾亞金。[ 107 ]在閃電戰象棋錦標賽在塔爾紀念莫斯科6月7日，卡爾森共享第一名Morozevich。在主要事件（22類10玩家循環賽），他贏得了兩場比賽，並提請7。拉迪亞波夫和卡魯阿納，他排在首位完成，遙遙領先。[ 108 ]

卡爾森隨後又使用3-1-0的評分系統中的比爾大師賽第二名，18分，只落後一分豪。在塔爾紀念在2012年早些時候，卡爾森管理完成比賽，沒有任何損失（+ 4-0 = 6）。他還擊敗了冠軍郝均它們各自的遊戲。在比爾的通用賽前展會熱捧的比賽，卡爾森被淘汰（+ 1-2 = 0）在第一輪由艾蒂安Bacrot。Bacrot剝奪的經典比賽勝利的卡爾森握住他一場平局，在最後一輪比賽。卡爾森會贏得經典賽傳統的1-½-0計分制度，以7月10日。[ 109 ]

在國際象棋大滿貫決賽再次舉行的雙循環賽有六名球員，在聖保羅和畢爾巴鄂。卡爾森開始對卡魯阿納出現虧損，但經過三場勝利，在第二（畢爾巴鄂）輪，成品+ 4-1 = 5，先用相同卡魯阿納，並領先Aronian，卡爾亞金與阿南德的。卡爾森贏得了比賽通過對卡魯阿納贏得兩個搶七的比賽。[ 110 ]

從11月24日至25日，卡爾森在國際象棋節乙組大嘉年華INTERNACIONAL德Ajedrez在墨西哥城參加了會議。作為其中的一部分，卡爾森就增加了在線用戶（稱為“世界”）的白片和韓元。隨後，他參加了淘汰賽的展覽盛會Cuadrangular墨西哥國立自治大學。卡爾森第一拍拉薩羅Bruzón 1.5-½，因此排位賽的決賽中戰勝尤迪特波爾加（誰曾又擊敗曼努埃爾·萊昂霍約斯 1.5-½）。卡爾森輸掉了第一場比賽，但贏得了第二個，並在搶七擊敗波爾加2-0。[ 111 ] [ 112 ]

卡爾森贏得了倫敦國際象棋經典十二月五奪（McShane的多，Aronian，高文瓊斯，亞當斯和尤迪特波爾加）3平（對克拉姆尼克，中村和阿南德）[ 113 ]這場比賽的勝利，第三次卡爾森贏得了比賽在過去的四年中，增加了他的評級從2848到一個新的記錄2861，突破2851卡斯帕羅夫的13年的紀錄。[ 113 ] [ 114 ]通過評級的表現，這是歷史上最好的成績之一，擁有公關2994。[ 115 ]

2013 [ 編輯]

卡爾森在比賽中七輪塔塔鋼鐵在Wijk aan Zee的，2013
卡爾森在第75塔塔鋼鐵象棋比賽出場11日至1月27日Wijk aan Zee的。在13輪的比賽中，他砍下10分（+ 7-0 = 6），領先第二位的終結者贏得先釐清1.5分Aronian。[ 116 ] 2月1日，丹麥通用彼得·海涅尼爾森加盟助理的團隊誰幫卡爾森準備的考生錦標賽三月。在此之前，尼爾森是在阿南德的球隊。[ 117 ]

卡爾森出戰2013候選人賽，其中四月份在倫敦舉行，從3月15日至1。他帶+ 5-2 = 7完成，贏得了搶七弗拉基米爾·克拉姆尼克的比賽。因此，他贏得挑戰阿南德的世界冠軍頭銜的權利。[ 118 ]

今年五月，卡爾森發揮在比賽挪威國際象棋。他名列第二，得分5½/ 9（+ 3-1 = 5），半分之差落後謝爾蓋·卡爾亞金。[ 119 ]

卡爾森在發揮塔爾紀念，從6月12日至6月23日，他獲得第二名，與5½/ 9，落後鮑里斯蓋爾范德半分。卡爾森結束比賽帶+ 3-1 = 5，輸給了卡魯阿納，但擊敗阿南德，克拉姆尼克和中村。[ 120 ]本月晚些時候，卡爾森交手四場友好的快速匹配BorkiPredojević，他贏得2.5-1.5。[ 121 ]

在Sinquefield杯，在9月舉行卡爾森完成了第一，得分+ 3-0 = 3，中村前面的點。[ 122 ]

世界象棋錦標賽2013 [ 編輯]
主要文章：世界象棋錦標賽2013
卡爾森在面對阿南德在世界國際象棋錦標賽2013 奈，印度，從11月9日至22日。卡爾森贏得了比賽6½-3.5通過贏得比賽五，六，九和繪圖的剩餘部分。因此，卡爾森成為新的國際象棋世界冠軍。[ 123 ]

結果[ 編輯]
遊戲1 -Carlsen與阿南德{}畫
遊戲2 -Anand與卡爾森{}畫
遊戲3 -Carlsen與阿南德{}畫
遊戲4 -Anand與卡爾森{}畫
遊戲5 - 卡爾森與阿南德{1-0}
遊戲6阿南德與卡爾森{0-1}
遊戲7阿南德與卡爾森{}畫
遊戲8-卡爾森與阿南德{}畫
遊戲9阿南德與卡爾森{0-1}
遊戲10卡爾森與阿南德{}畫
2014年[ 編輯]
29日至2月4日起卡爾森在2014年蘇黎世國際象棋挑戰賽，贏得了初步的突擊事件（+ 2-1 = 2）和經典事件（+ 3-0 = 2）。他快速的事件（+ 1-2 = 2），其中計入總成績表現就沒那麼出色，但保留的鉛足以贏得比賽。其他球員在事件被Aronian，中村，卡魯阿納，蓋爾范德和阿南德。[ 124 ]

卡爾森在決賽中球隊一場比賽一場比賽為他的俱樂部斯塔萬格晉升為挪威超級聯賽於3月22日。他對勝利弗拉基米爾·格奧爾基耶夫幫助他的球隊以3.5-2.5戰勝諾德斯。[ 125 ]

卡爾森贏得了Shamkir國際象棋錦標賽在Şəmkir，阿塞拜疆，從四月20日至30日播放。他打在了A組與卡魯阿納，中村，卡爾亞金，Mamedyarov和拉迪亞波夫。卡爾森開始比賽了2/2，毆打Mamedyarov和中村。然後，他畫了卡爾亞金，僅失一排兩場比賽的第一次四年來，輸給卡魯阿納以黑色，然後用白色拉迪亞波夫。在比賽的下半場，卡爾森拿下了五分之四，再次擊敗Mamedyarov和中村，並在最後一輪擊敗卡魯阿納確保比賽的勝利，完成了+ 5-2 = 3。[ 126 ]

5月8日，卡爾森發揮了表演賽在奧斯陸對挪威人，由特級大師組成的小組泗門Agdestein，輔助雷夫Erlend約翰內森，和Jon路德維希錘。每個小組成員提出了一個舉措，屆時市民可以投票了所提出的移動。每個小組成員都被允許三次機會，讓國際象棋引擎 胡迪尼提出了在比賽中的舉動。挪威的舉動被執行Oddvar胸罩誰是偽裝在一個紅色的針織的場合。本場比賽被吸引時，卡爾森被迫永久檢查。[ 127 ]

卡爾森位居第二（謝爾蓋·卡爾亞金）在2014年版的挪威國際象棋，十選手循環賽，從6月2日至6月13日。其他球員在事件被Aronian，卡魯阿納，托帕洛夫，斯維德勒，克拉姆尼克，Grischuk，吉瑞和Agdestein。[ 128 ]

卡爾森贏得了6月16日在迪拜舉行，6月19日國際棋聯世界錦標賽快速。[ 129 ]他接著兩天後聲稱世界快棋錦標賽，[ 130 ]成為第一位玩家同時按住標題在所有三個國際棋聯額定時間控制。

世界象棋錦標賽2014年[ 編輯]
主要文章：世界象棋錦標賽2014年
卡爾森將面臨阿南德在比賽的國際象棋世界冠軍在2014年11月為題，為合格阿南德贏得了2014年的候選人賽。複賽將於11月7日舉行，以在索契，俄羅斯28。[ 131 ]

榮譽[ 編輯]
卡爾森贏得了國際象棋奧斯卡獎，2009年，2010年，2011年和2012年的國際象棋奧斯卡獎，由俄羅斯國際象棋雜誌進行的64，是頒發給年度最佳球員，根據領導的國際象棋評論家，作家和記者的全球調查。[ 132 ] [ 133 ]挪威小報Verdens剛授予（“年度名的”他Åretsnavn）的兩倍，2009年[ 134 ]和2013。[ 135 ] VG也將他評為2009年“年度最佳運動員” [ 136 ]而在同一年，他贏得了Folkets Idrettspris，人民的選擇獎報紙Dagbladet。[ 137 ]在2011年，他被賦予了培爾·金特獎，每年“的人或機構，取得了區別授予挪威榮譽獎在社會上“ [ 138 ]，次年，他多次被評為冠軍Folkets Idrettspris。[ 139 ]在2013年，時代雜誌評選卡爾森的一個最有影響力100人在世界上。[ 140 ]

演奏風格[ 編輯]
作為一個青年，卡爾森曾發揮了積極的風格，[ 141 ] [ 142 ]，而根據Agdestein，他的打法特點是“無所畏懼願意提供材料的活動。” [ 143 ]當他成熟了，卡爾森發現，這種危險的演奏風格是不是很適合對世界的精英。當他開始在頂級聯賽打球，他掙扎著對頂級球員，並且有很多的麻煩失控開幕。要進步，卡爾森的風格變得更加普遍，能夠處理各種位置很好。在開，卡爾森開始既1.d4和1.e4，以及1.c4和1.Nf3有時，從而使其更難的對手準備反對他。[ 144 ] [ 145 ] 葉夫根尼·Sveshnikov批評卡爾森的開場戲，聲稱在2013年接受採訪時，沒有一個更“科學”的方式來準備，他的“未來看起來不那麼有希望的。” [ 146 ]

[卡爾森]已經知道，說他是不是在開業籌備所有有興趣的; 他的主要長處是在中局中，他設法打爆他的很多對手位置的手段。......卡爾森的曲目，旨在避免了危機初期的比賽。他總是旨在為借給自己的戰略方針middlegames。

一月蒂曼，2012 [ 147 ]
卡斯帕羅夫，誰執教卡爾森二零零九年至2010年，他說，卡爾森有一個位置風格類似於過去的世界冠軍，如卡爾波夫中，何塞·勞爾·卡帕布蘭卡和瓦西裡斯梅斯洛夫，而不是戰術風格的亞歷山大·阿廖欣，米哈伊爾·塔爾和他本人，[ 148 ]據卡爾森，然而，他並沒有任何偏好的演奏風格方面。[ 81 ]在2013年，卡斯帕羅夫說，“卡爾森是卡爾波夫[和]的組合菲舍爾，他得到了他的位置[和]再不會放手的鬥牛犬咬傷的疲憊的對手。“ [ 149 ]阿南德曾表示卡爾森的：“大部分的想法發生了他完全自然的，他也很靈活，他知道所有的結構，他幾乎可以播放任何。位置...馬格努斯簡直可以做的幾乎一切。“ [ 150 ]卡斯帕羅夫表達了類似的觀點：“[卡爾森]有正確評價的任何位置，只卡爾波夫可以在他面前誇耀的能力” [ 151 ]在2012採訪中，弗拉基米爾·克拉姆尼克由於大部分卡爾森的成功對其他頂級球員，以他的“優良的物理形狀”和他的能力，避免“心理的失誤”，這使他能夠保持高水準的發揮長距離比賽，並在比賽結束後，當別人的能量水平下降。[ 152 ]

卡爾森的殘局實力已被描述為躋身最偉大的歷史。[ 153 ] [ 154 ] [ 155 ] [ 156 ] 喬恩Speelman，分析幾個卡爾森的，從2012年的倫敦經典殘局（尤其是他的勝利反對馬誠信，Aronian和亞當斯），說明他所謂的“卡爾森效應”：

......通過他的技術的結合力，並沒有那麼重要了他的名譽，他開著他的對手陷入錯誤。......他扮演的永遠，冷靜，有條不紊，也許最重要的是，沒有恐懼：計算雄偉，除了極少數徹底的錯誤和的“最好的”動作好比例。這使他成為一個怪物，並讓許多對手枯萎。[ 157 ]

點評[ 編輯]
等級成績[ 編輯]
在2006年1月國際棋聯名單，在15歲32天的年齡，他達到了2625 等級分，這讓卡爾森最年輕的人，打破了2600的Elo屏障（該記錄已經被打破由韋斯利所以在年齡14年來，358天）。[ 158 ]在2007年7月國際棋聯名單，在16歲213天的年齡，卡爾森達到了2710等級分，這也讓他最年輕的人，打破了2700的Elo障礙。[ 159 ]在2008年9月5日，在畢爾巴鄂國際象棋大滿貫冠軍殊榮的4輪之後，卡爾森，短短17年間，280天老，簡要地成為了非官方的1號直播收視率名單。[ 160 ] [ 161 ] 2009年卡爾森的9月-10月勝利在南京珍珠比賽舉起國際棋聯等級為2801，這使他在18歲336天的最年輕的球員突破2800。[ 66 ]在他面前就是弗拉基米爾·克拉姆尼克在25歲，最年輕的。[ 162 ]卡爾森之前只有卡斯帕羅夫，托帕洛夫，克拉姆尼克和阿南德已經取得了2800 +的評級。[ 163 ]之後，塔爾紀念（2009年11月），他成為1號非官方活棋等級排行榜上以2805.7自己的新巔峰等級，0.6點在第2排的球員，托帕洛夫。[ 164 ]

從2010年1月，其中考慮到了在中的16場比賽的國際棋聯排名塔爾紀念和倫敦國際象棋經典，足以提高卡爾森的等級為2810。[ 165 ]這意味著，卡爾森開始2010是在時代19年來，32天，史上最年輕的世界第一，也從西方國家的第一個球員，達到自鮑比·菲舍爾於1971年國際棋聯等級分排名的首位。[ 166 ] [ 167 ]這一壯舉的新聞報導包括在接受採訪時和文章時間的雜誌。[ 76 ] [ 168 ]

2010年3月國際棋聯等級分排名顯示，卡爾森以2813的新高峰的評價，只有卡斯帕羅夫曾做得更好當時的人物。[ 79 ]在2013年1月國際棋聯等級分排名，卡爾森達到了2861，從而超越卡斯帕羅夫的2851紀錄七月1999 [ 113 ] [ 114 ]

在排名前100位國際棋聯名單榜[ 編輯]

自2001年以來卡爾森的等級分變化
等級列表 評級 遊戲 更改 世界排名 年齡
2006年1月 2625 40 55 89 15年來，1個月
2006年4月 2646 13 21 63 15年來，4個月
2006年7月 2675 27 29 31 15年來，7個月
2006年10月 269​​8 46 23 21 15年來，10個月
2007年1月 269​​0 11 -8 24 16年來，1個月
2007年4月 269​​3 27 3 22 16年來，4個月
2007年7月 2710 19 17 17 16年來，7個月
2007年10月 2714 25 4 16 16年來，10個月
2008年1月 2733 37 19 13 17年來，1個月
2008年4月 2765 27 32 5 17年來，4個月
2008年7月 2775 16 10 6 17年來，7個月
2008年10月 2786 31 11 4 17年來，10個月
2009年1月 2776 17 -10 4 18年來，1個月
2009年4月 2770 27 -6 3 18年來，4個月
2009年7月 2772 12 2 3 18年來，7個月
2009年9月 2772 10 0 4 18年來，9個月
2009年11月 2801 10 29 2 18年來，11個月
2010年1月 2810 16 9 1 19年來，1個月
2010年3月 2813 13 3 1 19年來，3個月
2010年5月 2813 0 0 1 19年來，5個月
2010年7月 2826 10 13 1 19年來，7個月
2010年9月 2826 0 0 1 19年來，9個月
2010年11月 2802 14 -24 2 19年來，11個月
2011年1月 2814 17 12 1 20年來，1個月
2011年3月 2815 13 1 2 20年來，3個月
2011年5月 2815 0 0 2 20年來，5個月
2011年7月 2821 10 6 1 20年來，7個月
2011年9月 2823 10 2 1 20年來，9個月
2011年11月 2826 10 3 1 20年來，11個月
2012年1月 2835 17 9 1 21年1個月
2012年3月 2835 13 0 1 21年3個月
2012年5月 2835 0 0 1 21年5個月
2012年7月 2837 9 2 1 21年7個月
2012年8月 2837 0 0 1 21年8個月
2012年9月 2843 10 6 1 21年9個月
2012年10月 2843 0 0 1 21年10個月
2012年11月 2848 10 5 1 21年11個月
2012年12月 2848 0 0 1 22年
2013年1月 2861 8 13 1 22年中，1個月
2013年2月 2872 13 11 1 22年中，2個月
2013年3月 2872 0 0 1 22年中，3個月
2013年4月 2872 0 0 1 22年中，4個月
2013年5月 2868 14 -4 1 22年中，5個月
2013年6月 2864 9 -4 1 22年中，6個月
2013年7月 2862 9 -2 1 22年中，7個月
2013年8月 2862 0 0 1 22年中，8個月
2013年9月 2862 0 0 1 22年中，9個月
2013年10月 2870 6 8 1 22年中，10個月
2013年11月 2870 0 0 1 22年中，11個月
2013年12月 2872 10 2 1 23年
2014年1月 2872 0 0 1 23年來，1個月
2014年2月 2872 0 0 1 23年來，2個月
2014年3月 2881 5 9 1 23年來，3個月
2014年4月 2881 0 0 1 23年來，4個月
2014年5月 2882 1 1 1 23年來，5個月
2014年6月 2881 10 -1 1 23年來，6個月
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