Photo: Lennart Ootes
FIDE World Rating: 1
Elo: 2840
Born: November 30, 1990, in Tønsberg, Norway.
2004: Became a grandmaster at the age of 13. The same year, he participated in the Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament for the first time and finished in third place.
2009: Became World Champion for the first time when he won the World Blitz Chess Championship.
2010: Became the world number one on the FIDE rating list. At the age of 19, Magnus became the youngest player in history to have reached first place on the FIDE rating list.
2013: Became the World Classical Chess Champion.
2019: Reached a FIDE rating of 2882 – the highest rating ever achieved in chess history.
2020: Played 125 consecutive classical chess games without a single loss – another world record.
2022: Resigned as World Classical Chess Champion after having defended his title four times.
2023: Won his first Chess World Cup title.
2025: Won his sixth World Rapid Chess Championship title and his ninth World Blitz Chess Championship title in Doha, Qatar.