Magnus Carlsen

Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen born 30 November 1990 is a Norwegian chess grandmaster often considered the greatest chess player of all time Carlsen is a fivetime World Chess Champion reigning sixtime World Rapid Chess Champion reigning ninetime World Blitz Chess Champion and the reigning FIDE Freestyle Chess World Champion Carlsen has held the No 1 position in the FIDE rankings since 1 July 2011 the longest consecutive period and trails only Garry Kasparov in time spent as the highestrated player in the world Carlsens peak rating of 2882 is the highest in history He also holds the record for the longest unbeaten streak at the elite level in classical chess at 125 games Description above from the Wikipedia article Magnus Carlsen licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia