Carlsen, Magnus

#1 World

NOR NOR·Born 1990·FIDE #1503014·8,718 Games

Classical28416,569 Games

Rapid2832827 Games

Blitz28691,516 Games

Statistics

8718

Total

4716

Wins

2706

Draws

1293

Losses

54%31%15%

Play Style

What you need to know before facing them

Elite accuracy: 94.0% average

High resilience (67%): Dangerous even when losing

Solid conversion: 85%

Very consistent (88%)

Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game

Dominates 1.g4 ♔ (96% in 14 games)

Deep Analysis

Stockfish 18 · Classical games · 3,571 analyzed

Accuracy by phase

Opening96.4%

Middlegame94.2%

Endgame95.8%

Clutch Factor

Performance under pressure

+6%

Winning (+2 or more)95%

191 Games

Equal position96%

251 Games

Losing (-2 or more)89%

58 Games

Problematic Pieces

Which pieces cause most errors?

♖

23%

61 errors

♙

19%

49 errors

♕

18%

47 errors

♗

15%

39 errors

♞

13%

35 errors

♔

12%

33 errors

Critical Moment

When does the first serious error occur?

Move 47average

1-15

16-25

26-35

36-45

46+

46% of blunders occur between move 46+. Keep tension until that moment.

Error Heatmap

Where do most errors occur?

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Many

Few

Critical squares

d211 err

f311 err

f611 err

e610 err

f59 err

d2/f3 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Recent Games

Keymer, Vincent2759

14th Norway Chess 2026 · 1 Jun 2026

½-½

Firouzja, Alireza2759

14th Norway Chess 2026 · 31 May 2026

1-0

So, Wesley2754

14th Norway Chess 2026 · 30 May 2026

0-1

Gukesh D2732

14th Norway Chess 2026 · 28 May 2026

0-1

Praggnanandhaa R2733

14th Norway Chess 2026 · 27 May 2026

1-0

Keymer, Vincent2759

14th Norway Chess 2026 · 26 May 2026

½-½

Openings

Based on player games

Weaknesses

EXPLOIT!

White

No significant weaknesses detected as White

Black

No significant weaknesses detected as Black

Strengths

AVOID

White

Sicilian: d6 Systems

64.5%

211 Games·Wins

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6

London System

80.0%

20 Games·Wins

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 d5

Black

Nimzo-Indian: Capablanca

75.0%

12 Games·Wins

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3

Sicilian: e6 Systems

60.0%

100 Games·Wins

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6

Critical Blunders

Tactical errors analyzed with Stockfish

10 errors

▶

#47Rg1+??

Endgame

vs Martirosyan

Blitz·2025

▶

#42Rd8??

Endgame

vs Abdusattorov

Blitz·2025

▶

#29Bd3??

Tactics

vs Caruana

Blitz·2025

▶

#46Qg6??

Endgame

vs Materia

Blitz·2025

▶

#26Bxg2+??

Tactics

vs Artemiev

Blitz·2025

▶

#47f4??

Endgame

vs Sjugirov

OTB·2025

▶

#49Ba2??

Endgame

vs Movahed

OTB·2025

▶

#43gxh4??

Endgame

vs Duda

OTB·2025

▶

#45Bh3??

Endgame

vs Caruana

Rapid·2025

▶

#33Qd7??

Tactics

vs Caruana

Rapid·2025

Endgame Statistics

23 endgame categories analyzed — discover where they collapse under pressure

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Starting Position

2864 Games

62%27%11%

Move	Games	%
1.e4 Strong	1194	74%
1.d4 Strong	871	75%
1.Nf3 Strong	295	79%
1.c4	228	70%
1.b3 Strong	47	83%
1.h4 Strong	34	88%
1.g3 Strong	32	86%
1.e3 Strong	23	83%
1.f4 Strong	20	90%
1.b4 Strong	16	81%
1.a3 Strong	16	72%
1.f3	15	60%
1.g4 Strong	14	96%
1.a4 Strong	14	86%
1.c3 Strong	13	96%
1.d3 Strong	9	72%
1.h3 Strong	9	78%
1.Nh3 Strong	7	86%
1.Nc3 Strong	4	100%
1.Na3 Strong	3	100%

1.e4

74%

1194

1.d4

75%

871

1.Nf3

79%

295

1.c4

70%

228

1.b3

83%

1.h4

88%

1.g3

86%

1.e3

83%

1.f4

90%

1.b4

81%

1.a3

72%

1.f3

60%

1.g4

96%

1.a4

86%

1.c3

96%

1.d3

72%

1.h3

78%

1.Nh3

86%

1.Nc3

100%

1.Na3

100%

Carlsen, Magnus

Play against Carlsen, Magnus's Twin

Statistics

Play Style

Deep Analysis

Clutch Factor

Problematic Pieces

Critical Moment

Error Heatmap

Recent Games

Openings

Weaknesses

Strengths

Sicilian: d6 Systems

London System

Nimzo-Indian: Capablanca

Sicilian: e6 Systems

Critical Blunders