Magnus Carlsen is a renowned Swedish chess player who has repeatedly become world champion and has successfully defended his title. What is interesting about his biography and personal life?
Carlsen's biography
The future famous chess player was born on November 30, 1990 in the small town of Tensberg. In the family of his parents, he was the only son. Magnus also has three sisters. The boy's father was always fond of chess and achieved some success in it. After the birth of his son, dad decided to pass on his skills of this game to him. Since childhood, Magnus began to engage in this game with enthusiasm, and at an early age it was clear that the future star of this sport was growing.
Carlsen stood out from the general number of his peers in that he had an excellent mind and memory. At the age of four, the boy knew all the names of cities in Norway, and there are about five hundred of them. At the age of eight, Magnus wins a computer blitz game hosted by Microsoft. For this he is given a world tour for a whole year for the whole family. In terms of his development, Carlsen is significantly ahead of his peers. Therefore, they do not like him very much at school and constantly try to humiliate him.
At the age of 10, international-class chess master Hansen begins to train Magnus. He gives the gifted boy all his skills and introduces him to the grandmaster Simen Agdestein. These renowned chess masters enable Carlsen to become the youngest professional chess player in the history of the game. At the age of 13, the boy wins second place at the World Championships in the UAE. A year later, Magnus is already the best chess player in the world. He amazes the entire chess world with his abilities and ability to reduce even bad matches to his victory.
In 2005, Carlsen becomes the youngest world champion in history. Magnus trains hard and learns the techniques of many famous Soviet chess players. A couple of years later, he is already coached by Garry Kasparov.
The Swede continues to win tournaments, and in 2013 he becomes the 13th undisputed world champion. That year, his level of ability surpasses all the world's grandmasters in the history of this game. Carlsen is one of the most influential people in the world.
In 2016 Magnus gets the most attention for himself. He holds a mandatory match meeting for the title of world chess champion with the Russian Sergei Karjakin. This young Russian once broke the record of a Swede and became the youngest professional chess player at the age of 12. Carlsen struggles to win an overall victory in 12 games and defend his title.
And now in 2018 Magnus will have to fight for his world title again. This time his opponent will be the American chess player Fabiano Caruano, who won the Candidates Tournament in March this year.
Personal life of a chess player
Carlsen is very reluctant to talk about his personal life. In general, he is closely involved in the career of a chess player, and he is not in a hurry to start a family yet. Last year it became known that Magnus is dating a Swedish girl Christine Larsen, but so far there is no confirmation of this.
Carlsen now lives in the capital of Norway and recently moved to a new home. He says he is not yet ready to start a family. But everything can change at any moment.
