Magnus Carlsen is a Norwegian chess grandmaster who is the reigning five-time World Chess Champion.
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He is also a three-time World Rapid Chess Champion and five-time World Blitz Chess Champion.
Magnus Carlsen was born on November 30, 1990 in Tønsberg Municipality, Norway.
The family spent one year in Espoo, Finland, and then in Brussels, Belgium, before returning to Norway in 1998, where they lived in Lommedalen, Bærum.
Carlsen has since developed into a universal player.
He uses a variety of openings to make it harder for opponents to prepare against him and reduce the utility of pre-game computer analysis. He has stated the middlegame is his favourite part of the game as it “comes down to pure chess.
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Magnus Carlsen Parents: Sigrun Øen and Henrik Albert Carlsen
Sigrun Øen and Henrik Albert Carlsen are the parents chess grandmaster chess grandmaster.
Henrik Albert Carlsen is the father of Magnus Carlsen. Henrik Albert Carlsen is an IT consultant.
Sigrun Øen is the mother of the chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen. She is a chemical engineer.
Sigrun Øen and Henrik Albert Carlsen share 4 children including Magnus Carlsen. And the other 3 are Ingrid Carlsen, Ellen Øen Carlsen and Signe Carlsen.
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