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title: "Magnus Carlsen, the distinguished chess player belongs to which country?"  
description: "Magnus Carlsen, the distinguished chess player belongs to which country?"  
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published: 2021-11-22  
updated: 2021-11-23  
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# Magnus Carlsen, the distinguished chess player belongs to which country?

[Magnus Carlsen](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/83148/indian-boy-stuns-the-world-no-1-magnus-carlsen), the distinguished chess [player](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/3196/best-performer-player-in-world-cup-2023) belongs to which [country](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2337/vikram-s-the-country-s-first-privately-developed-rocket-will-launch-on-november-15)?

## Answers

### Answer by Harshal Vispute

**Sven Magnus en Carlsen, a Norwegian chess grandmaster**, was born on **November 30, 1990**, and is the reigning **World Chess Champion, three-time World Rapid Chess Champion, and five-time World Blitz Chess Champion**. In terms of time spent as the world's top-rated player, he is second only to **Garry Kasparov**. His classical score of **2882** is the highest ever. In classical chess at the top level, he also holds the record for the **longest unbeaten streak**. \
**Carlsen** a chess genius who clinched the Corus chess championship in the C category at the **age of 13** and became a **grandmaster** a few months later. He surpassed a rating of **2800** at the age of **18 years** and **336 days**, making him the **youngest individual** to do so at the time. At the age of **19**, he became the **youngest person** to ever reach number **one** in the **FIDE world rankings**. \
**Carlsen** won the **World Chess Championship** in 2013 by defeating **Viswanathan Anand**. He won both the **2014 World Rapid Championship** and the **World Blitz Championship** versus **Anand** the following year, becoming the first player to hold all three titles at the same time, a feat he repeated in 2019. In 2016, he successfully defended his world title in classical chess against Sergey Karjakin, Fabiano Caruana, and Ian Nepomniachtchi, and in 2021, he defeated Ian Nepomniachtchi.


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