Magnus performed at 2803 at the Olympiads despite the 7.5/9. He probably needs several 3000+ TPR tournaments to get close to 2900 which is insane. 3000+ elo performances are very rare : Caruana Sinquefield Cup 2014, Karpov Linares 1994, Magnus Nanjin 2009, Alireza European Chess Championship 2021. 114.
W ednesday marks the start of a six-month countdown to the World Chess Championship in New York, where Russia’s Sergey Karjakin will try to snatch the title from the champion, Magnus Carlsen
The highest paid chess player of all time was Fedor Bondarchuk, who made $1 million in 2008. The second highest paid player was Vladimir Kramnik who made $750,000 in 2014. As of 2015, the third highest paid player is Magnus Carlsen with an annual salary of $1 million.
Many players are very talented, but Magnus is immensely so. It can be seen throughout his chess career that he simply has a superior intuition about what is possible on the board in a specific position. He’s a very hard worker. From early childhood on, Magnus studied vast amounts of chess literature. It’s known that he knows books of
people who have engines easily available are able to learn and train much faster and learn crazy shit real people wouldn't think to do. Magnus got guud when engines were less available and is still good now without the early base as a kid of learning with engines easily available. now some kid anywhere can play 2900 rated bot on a toaster oven OS.
I noticed that Carlsen-Nakamura rivalry is a common topic in the chess community but I don't understand why are they regarded as rivals. Carlsen is the highest rated player in the world and Nakamura isn't even in top 15, their record is one-sided too (14-1 for Carlsen in classical, 76-32 in rapid and exhibition games). Archived post.
World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen capped off an incredible blitz performance to win the 2023 SuperUnited Rapid and Blitz with a score of 26.0/36, taking home a first place prize of $40,000. Finishing in second place was Nepomniachtchi (22.5), with Caruana (21.5) third, Firouzja (21) fourth, and Gukesh (19.5) earning clear fifth.
Norway's Carlsen is taking home USD 110K (approximately ₹ 90,93,551) for winning the World Cup title in Baku. Wrap up the year gone by & gear up for 2024 with HT! Click here
Last week, Magnus Carlsen, the number-one chess player in the world, accused Hans Niemann, a 19-year-old rising chess star, of cheating. “I believe that cheating in chess is a big deal and an
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