Magnus is the 3rd strongest in the world

the only people stronger then him right now are Aronian and Kramnik..... other then that he is a great player

Try harder troll.

I would say Carlsen is stronger than aronian, although he is very strong

Kramnik almost, almost beat out Carlsen for the right to play Anand. We really shouldnt even be talking about Carlsen being world champion right now if Kramnik had closed the deal in the candidates tournament like he should have.

Maybe a stupid question but: did Carlsen played agaisnt Aronian or Kramnik before?

Carlsen is better than kramnik, im out.

he is 4th  , kasparov is still alive.

Carlsen vs Aronian

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?yearcomp=exactly&year=&playercomp=either&pid=52948&player=&pid2=17316&player2=&movescomp=exactly&moves=&opening=&eco=&result=

Carlsen vs Kramnik

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?yearcomp=exactly&year=&playercomp=either&pid=52948&player=&pid2=12295&player2=&movescomp=exactly&moves=&opening=&eco=&result=

From chessgames he's 4-4 with Kramnik, 12 draws.

With Aronian 8-4, 25 draws.

Considering his relative age it's clear who the better player is.

That's dismissing his tournament performances which have clearly been better, his rating and the fact he's a half point from 3 games off being world champion.

Thanks, I hope next year its Carlsen vs Kramnik ( or Kasparov ), I think only those 2 have a chance against Carlsen.

Good point ftq

If Aronian an Kramnik are stronger than Carlsen then why do they constantly lose?

?????

A couple of years ago, Magnus was asked whether he is better than Aronian. He pointed out that he was rated higher than the Armenian. That was before Carlsen broke Kasparov's record.

So Carlsen has 3-0 against Aronian since 2009, 2-0 against Kramnik since 2010, is 70-80 points ahead of #2-3 on the rating list, is 5-0 against the current World Champion during the last year, won the tournament with the highest rating average ever this year as well as Wijk with a +7 score and the Candidates, and is currently scoring the highest percentage in a title match in more than a hundred years, and is guaranteed the fifth Chess Oscar for best player of the year in a row. Now if he just can keep this going for another five years or so he might even advance to become the second best player in the world one day, but I wouldn't bet on it :-)

do you even lift bro? 

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superking500 wrote:

?????

LOL

Lol then explain to me why he is about to be crowned champ. I guess it's just a matter of personal opinion then.