Why Magnus Carlsen Is The Greatest Chess Player Of All Time

Yes, better than Fisher, Kasparov, and Spassky. Here’s why.

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The 5-Time World Champion

2013 Carlsen’s First World Championship

Despite Emmanuel Lasker’s legendary 27-year streak, his achievement is slightly tarnished by the lack of competition as well as the yearly recurrence of the world championship. Nowadays it is every two years. Carlsen won his first Fide Chess World Championship on 22 November 2013, by defeating Viswanathan Anand by 6½ to 3½. An incredibly impressive score considering Vishy is the greatest Indian chess player of all time…

2014 — Anand Returns

In 2014, Vishy returned to attempt to win back his title of chess world champion. Carlsen, however, was ready. Despite Anand almost equalising in game 11, Carlsen pulled out one of his favourite tricks and won from a losing position… he won the match 6.5–4.5.

2016 — Karjakin Pushes Carlsen To The Limit

Sergey Karjakin, one of Russia’s strongest grandmasters gave Carlsen his toughest-ever battle. he led the score until game 10 when Carlsen showed serious engine-like ability to pull off a spectacular win —…