can magnus carlson cross the 3000 elo barrier

let's ask him

Stop spamming threads with this.

I'm not sure he will even break 2900.  3000 is out of the question.

He's already broken 2900 in FIDE rated blitz, but in standard time controls, I agree that it's unclear whether he'll be able to break 2900. He still has about 5-10 years of elite chess in him, judging by the practice of others. (Fischer retired in his prime, at age 31 and Kasparov retired at 42 while still #1 in the world.)

Not more? He will only be 28 five years from now. All his predecessors on the throne have been playing chess at high elite level when they were around 40 or older. The only exception being Fischer, who quit early. Maybe Carlsen will too, but that remains to be seen.

He can have a longer career, but generally a player reaches his or her prime between 28-33 years old. Once they reach their prime, they often have a long period of relative stability, sometimes lasting well into their 50s. But it's extremely rare for a professional player to post his or her highest rating after about age 33-35.

This is an interesting case:

Julio Granda Zuñiga

http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?event=3800024

He got his peak rating (2685) with 47 years.

Julio Granda! The Ivanchuk of Camaná!

Maybe from a GM's point-of-view, given that most of them seem to be 2000-rated straight out of the womb! 

i think 2900 is possible soon, but the only way for him to get to 3000 would be for many other players to get to 2900+ because he draws a lot so it wouldnt hurt him as much.

Yes it's possible, one word: RATING INFLATION.

Peak rating age of the latest World Champions:

Anand: 42

Kramnik: 38

Kasparov: 36-37

Karpov: 43

It is not impossible that Carlsen will be an exception and peak earlier, but I still think there are good grounds to believe he may have more than 5-10 years of elite chess left in him.

The only way is to go to a chess tournament and command everyone to give him at least 500000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 rating points.

Its not that easy for Carlsen to cross 3000 as though he's just going to be playing weaker players only to make his rating reach that far.

You guys have no sense of humor...

Nope...

There is only one way:- RATING INFLATION!

No, Carlsen cannot cross the 3000 barrier.

But Caruana on the other hand, well......

Caruana? Never. Me? Yeah! 2850 is certain for me. No joke.

Come on. No one takes me seriously when I say something like I shall be the youngest champion or Super-GM! Insha-Allah (means that if God wants), that'll happen! And no rant.