Who has best record against Magnus?

Classical games: Magnus Carlsen beat Levon Aronian 6 to 4, with 20 draws. Including rapid/exhibition games: Levon Aronian beat Magnus Carlsen 14 to 11, with 31 draws. Only rapid/exhibition games: Levon Aronian beat Magnus Carlsen 10 to 5, with 11 draws.
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Who defeated Magnus Carlsen the most?

Nihal Sarin has beaten Magnus twice in his career. The first victory came in an unofficial event where Sarin beat Carlsen in an Online Blitz game in May 2020. The second official game came in April 2021 when Sarin beat the Norweigian chess player in a 3 minute Blitz format.
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Has Hikaru beaten Magnus?

Hikaru Nakamura Finally Beats Magnus Carlsen!
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What is Hikaru's record against Magnus?

LIFETIME RECORD:

Classical games: Magnus Carlsen beat Hikaru Nakamura 14 to 1, with 26 draws. Including rapid/exhibition games: Magnus Carlsen beat Hikaru Nakamura 86 to 36, with 102 draws.
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Who is stronger Hikaru or Magnus?

Hikaru's Blitz rating is 3021, while Magnus's Blitz rating is only 2992. Also, Hikaru has played thousands and thousands of games in both Blitz and Bullet, which proves his rating is accurate, while Magnus has only played like 70 blitz games and 22 bullet games.
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Who is better Carlsen or Anand?

LIFETIME RECORD: Classical games: Magnus Carlsen beat Viswanathan Anand 12 to 8, with 51 draws. Including rapid/exhibition games: Magnus Carlsen beat Viswanathan Anand 33 to 20, with 80 draws. Only rapid/exhibition games: Magnus Carlsen beat Viswanathan Anand 21 to 12, with 29 draws.
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How often does Magnus lose?

After 3 lost games against Bartosz Socko, Vladimir Fedoseev, and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Carlsen needs a miracle to defend his title. It's noticeable that the Champion lost 3 games in 12 rounds, and one loss in 42 rounds in 2018 and 2019!
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Is Hikaru Nakamura retired?

How did Nakamura, who effectively retired from professional chess, become so good? Probably, he played a lot of fast chess while streaming — even more than when he was a professional chess player, and he simply streamed himself into becoming one of the strongest players in the world.
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Who is world number 1 in chess?

GM Magnus Carlsen 2864 | #1

GM Magnus Carlsen is the current world chess champion.
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Can Magnus reach 2900?

He will never reach 2900. In fact, he will never even get within 30 points of it.
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Who is the goat of chess?

Magnus Carlsen is currently the best chess player in the world. He is the reigning world chess champion and has been since 2013.
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Why is Hikaru not ranked?

Why is Hikaru Nakamura not on the FIDE world ranking? Because he basically stopped playing FIDE tournaments at “classical” time controls and is concentrating on rapid, blitz and bullet chess (all of which he excels at) and on building his online presence and streaming and so on.
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Did Hikaru leave TSM?

TSM FTX has announced that chess grandmaster GMHikaru will no longer be an official partner. Professional chess grandmaster and streamer Hikaru Nakamura, also known as GMHikaru on Twitter and YouTube, has officially “parted ways” with eSports giant TSM FTX after two years.
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Does Magnus drink?

Says so in an interview with NRK from earlier today. Article in Norwegian.
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Does chess increase IQ?

Chess can raise your IQ

Well, in a review of the educational benefits of chess, Robert Ferguson describes a study of 4,000 Venezuelan students, which showed significant increases in the IQ scores of children after four months of chess instruction. Other research has corroborated these results of skill transfer.
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Why is Magnus unbeatable?

He has won eight tournaments in a row, including six classical tournaments. His overall performance this year is well above 2900. He hasn't lost a classical game in over a year. That's 79 games without a loss.
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Is 10 minutes blitz or rapid?

Today, Chess.com made two significant changes to our rating system. First, all 10-minute games (10|0) are now rapid rated instead of blitz rated. Second, all bullet chess ratings have been increased...
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Is Magnus Carlsen better than Garry Kasparov?

So who is really the best ever chess player: Kasparov or Carlsen? Although the two players have rarely met over the board in competitive play, Magnus Carlsen must be considered “the best ever” because he has achieved the highest rating in chess history.
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What rank is Hikaru Nakamura?

As of May 2022, Nakamura is ranked #1 on the FIDE rapid list and #1 on the blitz list.
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What does Magnus Carlsen think about Anand?

“I have the highest respect for Anand. It has been an honour to play against Anand so many times and also practise with him,” Carlsen told The Telegraph. “You know, when I was younger I had the privilege of training with Anand a few times before his World Championships.
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Did Anand ever defeated Carlsen?

Indian Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand returned to winning ways as he defeated World No 1 Magnus Carlsen in the fifth round of the Classical section on Monday in the Norway Chess tournament to climb to the top spot.
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What is anands IQ?

I have read that Vishy Anand has an IQ of 97, but I could find any ready references now; so I do not know how far that is true.
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