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This a forum for MAGNUS CARLSEN in Team Scandinavia!

You're welcome add more info about him and his games in this place!

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Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen (born 30 November 1990) is a Norwegian chess Grandmaster and chess prodigy who is currently the number-one ranked player in the world. His peak rating is 2848, the second highest in history (after Garry Kasparov's 2851 set July 1999 to January 2000). Carlsen was also the 2009 World blitz chess champion. Carlsen's performance at the 2012 London Chess Classic means that when January 2013 FIDE ratings are published, he will officially surpass Kasparov to be the highest rated player of all time.

On 26 April 2004 Carlsen became a Grandmaster at the age of 13 years, 148 days, making him the third-youngest Grandmaster in history (and second-youngest at that time). His performance at the September–October 2009 Pearl Spring tournament has been described as one of the greatest in history and lifted him to an Elo rating of 2801, making him the fifth player to achieve a rating over 2800 – and aged 18 years, 336 days at the time, by far the youngest to do so. On 1 January 2010 a new FIDE rating list was published, and at the age of 19 years, 32 days, he became the youngest chess player in history to be ranked world number one, breaking the record previously held by Vladimir Kramnik, as well as the seventh player in history to be ranked number one in the world by FIDE.

Based on his rating, Carlsen qualified for the Candidates Tournament that will determine the challenger to World Champion Viswanathan Anand in the World Chess Championship 2013. He also previously qualified for the 2011 Candidates Tournament, but withdrew from it.

(Source: wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnus_Carlsen )

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Hello all.  The unique film about Magnus Carlsen, the worlds best player is available for viewing here:

www.princeofchess.com

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Also a pleasant half-hour interview:

http://www.vgtv.no/#!/video/75947/intervjuet-magnus-carlsen

A nice comment from the interviewer in the middle:

"Nå Magnus, du kan spille mot 30 personer samtidlig, og blindes, og vinne. Og det vil si at du holder sted på 960 brikker, 1920 felter. Og jeg må konsentrere meg for å si de to setningene." Laughing

But really the good thing in this interview is Magnus seeming much more comfortable, and being a lot more open, than he often is in other interviews I've seen.