It is not possible that any chess player has never heard the name of Grand master Magnus Carlsen. He has achieved the title of G.O.A.T (greatest of all times) by making some incredible records in the history of chess. At age of 33, he has conquered the peak in the world of chess.
Some of his records are just mind blowing. In this article, we’ll discus 7 most famous and mind blowing records of Magnus Carlsen.
List of Magnus Carlsen Chess Records
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Highest Elo Record Ever in Chess History
In 2014, he achieved this title by triumphing in Shamkir chess tournament in Azerbaijan. Then after 5 years, he repeated his victory with an extra ordinary run of 8 tournament victories including the World Blitz Championship 2018.
Although in 2024, 14 chess players have broken the record of rating above 2800.Grandmaster Garry Kasparov gained the rating of 2851 in July 1999 while another GM Fabiano Caruana scored the rating of 2844 in 2014 Sinquefield cup.
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Undefeated Longest Streak
Magnus Carlsen has undefeated streak b/w 31 July 2018 to 9October 2020 that is considered as most impressive record ever in chess history. After losing the game against, Grandmaster Shakhriyar Mamedyarov in Biel, Magnus went 125 classical games without losing any one.
During this period, he gained incredible score of 42 wins and 83 draw games. His streak was broken by Grandmaster Jan-Krzysztof Duda in the 5th round of Norway Chess on 9 Oct 2020.
Magnus has destroyed several records of other grandmasters such as Gm Ding Liren record of playing 100 games without loss and record of GM Sergey Tiviakov who had 110 games streak between 20024 and 2005.
His opponents during streak boasted with an average 2745rating which is equal to a position among the top 20 chess players in world.
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Most World Chess Championship Titles
Magnus Carlsen is only 33 years old but his trophy cabinet includes 17 world chess championship titles in all chess formats.
- World Blitz Championship: 2009, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022 and 2023
- World Rapid Championship: 2014, 2015, 2019, 2022 and 2023
- Classical World Championship: 2013, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2021
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Youngest Ever Chess Player in World With Number One Position
Among the list of top seven chess players in the world, Magnus stand on 1st position in ranking. Magnus Carlsen is the youngest player when he took that position in ranking at age of 19 years in January 2010.
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World Number One Longest Consecutive Reign
Elo rating was firstly introduced in July 1971that is almost 52 years back and since then only 7 players have topped the list of Elo ranking. Those 7 chess grandmasters are; GM Vladimir Kramnik, Kasparov, GM Bobby Fischer, GM Veselin Topalov, GM Anatoly Karpov, GM Viswanathan Anand, and Carlsen.
Total reign of 22 years of Kasparov was broken 2 times; firstly by Karpov in 1994 and secondly in January 1996 by Kramnik. Magnus has the longest consecutive streak of 151 months from 2011 to Feb 2024. Magnus has gained first position in January 2010.
There are some fun facts about the reign of Magnus Carlsen;
- Lowest gap: 3 points (November 2018)
- Highest gap: 74 points (October 2013)
- Average gap: 40 points
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Youngest Chess Player to Qualify for Candidates
Magnus Carlsen broke the long standing record of Bobby Fischer in 2005 and became the youngest chess player to qualify for candidate tournament. The record was shattered when Carlsen finished 10th in FIDE world cup in Russia.
When he beat experienced Grandmaster Vladimir Malakhov, his age was only 15 years and 14 days that is half of the age of Fischer when he qualified for 1958 Interzonal Tournament.
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Most World Chess Championship Doubles
Beside his dominance in classical chess, Magnus Carlsen also dominated in speed chess. He stands head and shoulder above all chess players with total 12 titles in the Blitz and Rapid Championships.
Most remarkable fact is that he won both Blitz and rapid championship titles four times in the same year; 2014, 2019, 2022 and 2023. This record makes him the only chess player to defend speed chess world chess championship title in the world.
Which record of him is most impressive and mind-blowing? Let us know in the comment section.