What is Magnus Carlsen's FIDE rating?

Magnus Carlsen's FIDE rating is 2823 standard, 2803 rapid, 2860 blitz, world #1. Chess Stalker tracks it together with Magnus Carlsen's over-the-board games and opening repertoire.

How many OTB games has Magnus Carlsen played?

The Chess Stalker database holds 8,159 over-the-board games by Magnus Carlsen (6,229 classical, 697 rapid, 1,347 blitz), with 55% wins. The full list, with openings and results, is on Magnus Carlsen's Chess Stalker profile.

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Open Magnus Carlsen's free Chess Stalker report: opening repertoire with results per line as White and Black, recurring weaknesses and blunder patterns evaluated with Stockfish, and recent games. Then rehearse against the Twin Bot, which imitates Magnus Carlsen's style, before facing them.

Magnus Carlsen

World No. 1Norwayborn 1990FIDE ID 1503014

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026

2780

2820

2860

2900

2839 · Sep 2023

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2025

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Sep 2023Oct 2026

2860Blitz

2823Classical

2803Rapid

2882peak, May 2014

8,159games

4,454wins, 55%

2,477draws, 30%

1,226losses, 15%

Rated gamesInactive · rating frozenOfficial FIDE lists · drag the range below the chartPeak 2882 · May 2014

Play style

before facing themWhat you need to know before facing them

Elite accuracy: 94.3% average

Solid conversion: 84%

Very consistent (90%)

Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game

Dominates 1.Nf3 as

(76% in 379 games)

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Based on

8,159 games

Based on 8,159 games

Openings

8,159 gamesBased on 8,159 player games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White

Ruy Lopez: Schliemann1.e4 e5 2.♞f3 ♞c6 3.♝b5 f5only 8 games, last played 2 years ago50.0%losses

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White

Trompowsky Attack1.d4 ♞f6 2.♝g5 d514 games, last played 2 years ago92.9%wins

Sicilian: d6 Systems1.e4 c5 2.♞f3 d6287 games, last played 3 weeks ago62.4%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 5,604 analyzedStockfish · Classical games · 5,604 analyzed

Accuracy by phase

Opening

96.2%

Middlegame

94.0%

Endgame

95.6%

Clutch factor

+7%

Winning (+2)Winning (+2)

95%265g

EqualEqual position

95%174g

Losing (−2)Losing (−2)

88%61g

Accuracy under pressure barely drops when losing.

Problematic pieces

25%

116 err

21%

99 err

15%

73 err

15%

72 err

14%

65 err

10%

47 err

Critical moment

Move 42 avg

1-15

12%

16-25

17%

26-35

29%

36-45

38%

46+

38% of blunders occur after move 46. Keep tension until then.of blunders occur after move 46. Keep tension until then.

Error heatmap · Critical squaresError heatmap

Few

Many

164Errors mapped

d5 / f5Hotspot zone

Critical squares

2020 err

1818 err

1717 err

d5/f5 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

some recent costly mistakes

Stockfish

Indjic, Aleksandar(2602)

Move 29 · Middlegame · OTB · 2026

−2.7xe5??

Materia, Marco(2499)

Move 24 · Middlegame · OTB · 2026

−3.3hg1??

Bolourchifard, Farzad(2292)

Move 45 · Endgame · OTB · 2026

−6.0b4??

Andreikin, Dmitry(2710)

Move 47 · Endgame · OTB · 2026

−5.2f3??

Pranav,V(2661)

Move 15 · Middlegame · OTB · 2026

−3.6a4??

Erigaisi Arjun(2761)

Move 118 · Endgame · OTB · 2026

−15.0d7+??

Abdusattorov, Nodirbek(2777)

Move 34 · Endgame · OTB · 2026

−3.3f3??

Xu, Xiangyu(2623)

Move 70 · Endgame · OTB · 2026

−7.6h2??

Terry, Renato(2508)

Move 33 · Endgame · OTB · 2026

−3.4xd4??

Movahed, Sina(2597)

Move 27 · Middlegame · OTB · 2026

−3.2xc4??

Recent games

8,159 games

Darvishi, Mohammad Hossein(2319)

2nd 3-0 Thursday · 17 Sept 2026

1–0

Ambartsumova, Karina(2385)

2nd 3-0 Thursday · 17 Sept 2026

0–1

Nepomniachtchi, Ian(2719)

TechM GCL Final 2026 · 13 Sept 2026

0–1

Nepomniachtchi, Ian(2719)

TechM GCL Final 2026 · 13 Sept 2026

½–½

Firouzja, Alireza(2757)

TechM GCL 2026 · 12 Sept 2026

0–1

Sindarov, Javokhir(2778)

TechM GCL 2026 · 11 Sept 2026

1–0

Endgame statistics

1,232 endgames (61.6%) · force Opposite-Color Bishops (35%)

Strongest

79.4%

R+Bishop vs R+Knight

Weakest

60.6%

Pure Pawn

Reaches Endgame

61.6%

1,232 / 1,999

B vs N Pref

52.4%·47.8%

prefers the bishop

PiecesTypeWin %games

Rook + Equal Minors

56%44%

77.9%353g

R+Bishop vs R+Knight

59%41%

79.4%306g

Rook vs Minor (Exchange)

49%50%

73.7%281g

Rook vs Rook

48%50%

72.6%252g

Rook vs Two Minors

56%44%

78.1%160g

Pure Pawn

36%50%14

60.6%109g

Rook + Equal Minors77.9%353g

R+Bishop vs R+Knight79.4%306g

Rook vs Minor (Exchange)73.7%281g

Rook vs Rook72.6%252g

Rook vs Two Minors78.1%160g

Pure Pawn60.6%109g

Weak in Opposite-Color Bishops: only 35% win rate (37 games). Force this endgameShow all 14 types

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Repertoire

PROTime controls · Years · Events

8,159 games in scope

Explore the repertoireevery move played, ranked by frequency

4,159 games60%W27%D13%L

4,159games in this linewon 60%, drew 27%, lost 13%

Move

1. e4

17952w

58%29%13

72%

1. d4

12572w

60%27%13

74%

1. ♞f3

3792w

64%25%11

76%

1. c4

3646w

56%30%14

71%

1. b3

844m

69%1120%

74%

1. g3

483w

69%21%10

79%

1. h4

358m

80%14

87%

1. f4

272m

89%

93%

1. e3

259m

64%28%8

78%

1. a3

2211m

59%18%23%

68%

1. b4

201y

65%20%15

75%

1. a4

178m

76%1212

82%

1. f3

161y

38%38%24%

56%

1. g4

141y

93%

96%

1. c3

148m

93%

96%

1. d3

113m

73%918%

77%

1. h3

1011m

80%20%

80%

1. ♞c3

910m

78%22%

89%

1. ♞h3

81y

88%12

88%

1. ♞a3

411m

100%

Scouting report: Magnus Carlsen (GM, NOR)