Magnus ?en Carlsen (born November 30, 1990), Norwegian chess master and chess prodigy, is currently ranked first in the FIDE rating chess player. He is the second-highest rated player in the history of chess after Garry Kasparov.

On April 26, 2004, Carlsen, who was only 13 years and 148 days old, won the title of chess grandmaster, becoming the third youngest grandmaster in history. On January 1, 2010, in the latest rankings announced by FIDE, Carlsen, who was 19 years and 32 days old, became the youngest ranked chess player in history, breaking the previous record held by Vladimir Kramnik. . Carlsen was also the 2009 World Rapid Chess Champion.

His performance at the Nanjing Pearl Spring Chess Super Competition in September-October 2009 can be called one of the greatest achievements in history. This competition also raised his international rating to 2801, becoming the fifth chess player with a rating score exceeding 2800 - at the age of 18, he is also the youngest player to have exceeded the 2800 score mark so far.

Based on such a high rating, Carlsen was qualified to participate in the Chess Championship Candidates, which will determine whether the player can challenge world champion Weiss in the 2012 World Chess Championship. Vanathan Anand.

Carlson participated in a chess tournament for the first time when he was 8 years old. Later, he studied at a high school in Norway (Athletes’ School), where he was taught by the country’s top chess player and chess grandmaster Simon Agdes. Tyne's guidance. Agdestein introduced Carlson to Topgam Undo Hansen, now an international master, and they gave weekly training sessions to Carlson and one of Carlson's close friends. After becoming an international master, Carlson took a year off from elementary school to participate in a series of chess tournaments held in the fall of 2003. In the same year, he finished third in the European Men's Championship in the under-12 category.