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Magnus Carlsen in 2012
Every game Magnus Carlsen played in 2012, chronologically.
Quick answer · Updated October 2026
How did Magnus Carlsen do in 2012?
Our database has 116 games of Magnus Carlsen from 2012: 57 wins, 43 draws and 16 losses, a score of 67.7%.
| Type of event | Games | Carlsen won | Drawn | Opponents won | Carlsen score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Classical | 50 | 19 | 29 | 2 | 67.0% |
| Rapid | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 70.0% |
| Blitz and bullet | 42 | 23 | 8 | 11 | 64.3% |
| Other events | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 83.3% |
| All games | 116 | 57 | 43 | 16 | 67.7% |
Source: the Rama Chess database of 7,484 Magnus Carlsen games (2001 to 2025), not every game he played. Type of event from the event name.
Events
Magnus Carlsen's main events in 2012
| Event | Games | Won | Drawn | Lost | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Blitz Final | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 65.0% |
| World Rapid Final | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 70.0% |
| 74th Tata Steel GMA | 13 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 61.5% |
| 45th Biel GM | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 70.0% |
| 5th Final Masters | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 65.0% |
| 7th Tal Mem Blitz | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 72.2% |
| 7th Mikhail Tal Memorial | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 61.1% |
| 4th London Chess Classic | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 81.2% |
| Cuadrangular UNAM 2012 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 75.0% |
| Biel Exhibition Blitz | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 33.3% |
Best wins
Wins against top players in 2012
- Magnus Carlsen vs Levon Aronian, 1-04th London Chess Classic · 2 December 2012 · Classical · 59 moves
- Magnus Carlsen vs Fabiano Caruana, 1-05th Final Masters Blitz Tie-Break · 13 October 2012 · Other events · 17 moves
- Fabiano Caruana vs Magnus Carlsen, 0-15th Final Masters Blitz Tie-Break · 13 October 2012 · Other events · 41 moves
- Magnus Carlsen vs Viswanathan Anand, 1-05th Final Masters · 12 October 2012 · Classical · 30 moves
- Magnus Carlsen vs Fabiano Caruana, 1-05th Final Masters · 8 October 2012 · Classical · 66 moves
- Magnus Carlsen vs Etienne Bacrot, 1-0Biel Exhibition Blitz · 22 July 2012 · Blitz and bullet · 31 moves
- Boris Gelfand vs Magnus Carlsen, 0-1World Blitz Final · 10 July 2012 · Blitz and bullet · 40 moves
- Magnus Carlsen vs Sergey Karjakin, 1-0World Blitz Final · 10 July 2012 · Blitz and bullet · 40 moves
- Magnus Carlsen vs Teimour Radjabov, 1-0World Blitz Final · 10 July 2012 · Blitz and bullet · 32 moves
- Alexander Grischuk vs Magnus Carlsen, 0-1World Blitz Final · 10 July 2012 · Blitz and bullet · 93 moves
Losses
His last 12 losses in 2012
- Magnus Carlsen vs Ju Polgar, 0-1Cuadrangular UNAM 2012 · 25 November 2012 · Other events · 50 moves
- Fabiano Caruana vs Magnus Carlsen, 1-05th Final Masters · 24 September 2012 · Classical · 91 moves
- Etienne Bacrot vs Magnus Carlsen, 1-0Biel Exhibition Blitz · 22 July 2012 · Blitz and bullet · 52 moves
- Magnus Carlsen vs Etienne Bacrot, 0-1Biel Exhibition Blitz · 22 July 2012 · Blitz and bullet · 39 moves
- Magnus Carlsen vs Peter Svidler, 0-1World Blitz Final · 10 July 2012 · Blitz and bullet · 49 moves
- Magnus Carlsen vs Alexander Morozevich, 0-1World Blitz Final · 10 July 2012 · Blitz and bullet · 57 moves
- Magnus Carlsen vs Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, 0-1World Blitz Final · 10 July 2012 · Blitz and bullet · 52 moves
- Magnus Carlsen vs Alexander Grischuk, 0-1World Blitz Final · 9 July 2012 · Blitz and bullet · 51 moves
- N Chadaev vs Magnus Carlsen, 1-0World Blitz Final · 9 July 2012 · Blitz and bullet · 28 moves
- Alexander Morozevich vs Magnus Carlsen, 1-0World Blitz Final · 9 July 2012 · Blitz and bullet · 36 moves
- Dmitry Andreikin vs Magnus Carlsen, 1-0World Blitz Final · 9 July 2012 · Blitz and bullet · 63 moves
- Alexander Grischuk vs Magnus Carlsen, 1-0World Rapid Final · 8 July 2012 · Rapid · 58 moves
All 116 games of Magnus Carlsen in 2012
Year
Game
ECO
Result
2012
Magnus Carlsen vs V Gashimov
74th Tata Steel GMA
A30
1–0
2012
Vassily Ivanchuk vs Magnus Carlsen
74th Tata Steel GMA
D56
½–½
2012
Magnus Carlsen vs Levon Aronian
74th Tata Steel GMA
D31
1–0
2012
Fabiano Caruana vs Magnus Carlsen
74th Tata Steel GMA
C67
½–½
2012
Magnus Carlsen vs Anish Giri
74th Tata Steel GMA
A15
½–½
2012
D Navara vs Magnus Carlsen
74th Tata Steel GMA
D45
½–½
2012
Magnus Carlsen vs Boris Gelfand
74th Tata Steel GMA
D12
1–0
2012
Teimour Radjabov vs Magnus Carlsen
74th Tata Steel GMA
A07
½–½
2012
Magnus Carlsen vs Sergey Karjakin
74th Tata Steel GMA
A15
0–1
2012
Hikaru Nakamura vs Magnus Carlsen
74th Tata Steel GMA
D15
½–½
2012
Magnus Carlsen vs Veselin Topalov
74th Tata Steel GMA
B51
1–0
2012
Magnus Carlsen vs Gata Kamsky
74th Tata Steel GMA
C89
½–½
2012
L Van Wely vs Magnus Carlsen
74th Tata Steel GMA
A40
½–½
2012
Magnus Carlsen vs L McShane
7th Tal Mem Blitz
B06
1–0
2012
Magnus Carlsen vs Levon Aronian
7th Tal Mem Blitz
C65
0–1
2012
Vladimir Kramnik vs Magnus Carlsen
7th Tal Mem Blitz
A04
0–1
2012
Magnus Carlsen vs Teimour Radjabov
7th Tal Mem Blitz
C03
1–0
2012
Hikaru Nakamura vs Magnus Carlsen
7th Tal Mem Blitz
A30
½–½
2012
Magnus Carlsen vs Fabiano Caruana
7th Tal Mem Blitz
B40
1–0
2012
Alexander Morozevich vs Magnus Carlsen
7th Tal Mem Blitz
C45
1–0
2012
Magnus Carlsen vs Alexander Grischuk
7th Tal Mem Blitz
E92
1–0
2012
E Tomashevsky vs Magnus Carlsen
7th Tal Mem Blitz
A30
0–1
2012
Magnus Carlsen vs Vladimir Kramnik
7th Mikhail Tal Memorial
E32
½–½
2012
Alexander Morozevich vs Magnus Carlsen
7th Mikhail Tal Memorial
E35
½–½
2012
Magnus Carlsen vs Fabiano Caruana
7th Mikhail Tal Memorial
D85
½–½
2012
Magnus Carlsen vs Alexander Grischuk
7th Mikhail Tal Memorial
C84
½–½
2012
Teimour Radjabov vs Magnus Carlsen
7th Mikhail Tal Memorial
C45
0–1
2012
Magnus Carlsen vs Levon Aronian
7th Mikhail Tal Memorial
C67
½–½
2012
Hikaru Nakamura vs Magnus Carlsen
7th Mikhail Tal Memorial
E10
½–½
2012
Magnus Carlsen vs E Tomashevsky
7th Mikhail Tal Memorial
A29
½–½
2012
L McShane vs Magnus Carlsen
7th Mikhail Tal Memorial
C85
0–1
2012
M Kazhgaleyev vs Magnus Carlsen
World Rapid Final
C53
0–1
2012
Magnus Carlsen vs Alexander Morozevich
World Rapid Final
C11
1–0
2012
Peter Svidler vs Magnus Carlsen
World Rapid Final
A10
½–½
2012
Magnus Carlsen vs V Bologan
World Rapid Final
D12
1–0
2012
I Kurnosov vs Magnus Carlsen
World Rapid Final
C67
0–1
2012
Magnus Carlsen vs A Dreev
World Rapid Final
B11
½–½
2012
Boris Gelfand vs Magnus Carlsen
World Rapid Final
D37
½–½
2012
Magnus Carlsen vs Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
World Rapid Final
C76
1–0
2012
V Tkachiev vs Magnus Carlsen
World Rapid Final
D12
0–1
2012
Magnus Carlsen vs Sergey Karjakin
World Rapid Final
C65
1–0
2012
An Ismagambetov vs Magnus Carlsen
World Rapid Final
C91
0–1
2012
Magnus Carlsen vs Vassily Ivanchuk
World Rapid Final
E21
0–1
2012
Alexander Grischuk vs Magnus Carlsen
World Rapid Final
C67
1–0
2012
Magnus Carlsen vs Teimour Radjabov
World Rapid Final
B32
½–½
2012
Veselin Topalov vs Magnus Carlsen
World Rapid Final
D15
½–½
2012
Dmitry Andreikin vs Magnus Carlsen
World Blitz Final
A25
1–0
2012
Magnus Carlsen vs R Jumabayev
World Blitz Final
C33
½–½
2012
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov vs Magnus Carlsen
World Blitz Final
E60
½–½
2012
Alexander Morozevich vs Magnus Carlsen
World Blitz Final
A80
1–0
2012
Magnus Carlsen vs Vassily Ivanchuk
World Blitz Final
B11
1–0
2012
Peter Svidler vs Magnus Carlsen
World Blitz Final
A20
½–½
2012
Magnus Carlsen vs V Bologan
World Blitz Final
B07
1–0
2012
N Chadaev vs Magnus Carlsen
World Blitz Final
B06
1–0
2012
Magnus Carlsen vs Veselin Topalov
World Blitz Final
B36
½–½
2012
Le Quang Liem vs Magnus Carlsen
World Blitz Final
A42
0–1
2012
Magnus Carlsen vs Alexander Grischuk
World Blitz Final
C00
0–1
2012
Teimour Radjabov vs Magnus Carlsen
World Blitz Final
A04
0–1
2012
Magnus Carlsen vs P Kotsur
World Blitz Final
B40
1–0
2012
Sergey Karjakin vs Magnus Carlsen
World Blitz Final
C67
0–1
2012
Magnus Carlsen vs Boris Gelfand
World Blitz Final
B53
½–½
2012
Magnus Carlsen vs Dmitry Andreikin
World Blitz Final
A59
½–½
2012
R Jumabayev vs Magnus Carlsen
World Blitz Final
E15
0–1
2012
Magnus Carlsen vs Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
World Blitz Final
C41
0–1
2012
Magnus Carlsen vs Alexander Morozevich
World Blitz Final
A13
0–1
2012
Vassily Ivanchuk vs Magnus Carlsen
World Blitz Final
A04
0–1
2012
Magnus Carlsen vs Peter Svidler
World Blitz Final
B40
0–1
2012
V Bologan vs Magnus Carlsen
World Blitz Final
C67
½–½
2012
Magnus Carlsen vs N Chadaev
World Blitz Final
C36
1–0
2012
Veselin Topalov vs Magnus Carlsen
World Blitz Final
C95
0–1
2012
Magnus Carlsen vs Le Quang Liem
World Blitz Final
A15
1–0
2012
Alexander Grischuk vs Magnus Carlsen
World Blitz Final
C90
0–1
2012
Magnus Carlsen vs Teimour Radjabov
World Blitz Final
A00
1–0
2012
P Kotsur vs Magnus Carlsen
World Blitz Final
C84
0–1
2012
Magnus Carlsen vs Sergey Karjakin
World Blitz Final
C65
1–0
2012
Boris Gelfand vs Magnus Carlsen
World Blitz Final
D15
0–1
2012
Magnus Carlsen vs Etienne Bacrot
Biel Exhibition Blitz
B31
0–1
2012
Etienne Bacrot vs Magnus Carlsen
Biel Exhibition Blitz
A20
1–0
2012
Magnus Carlsen vs Etienne Bacrot
Biel Exhibition Blitz
C53
1–0
2012
Magnus Carlsen vs Hikaru Nakamura
45th Biel GM
B53
½–½
2012
Magnus Carlsen vs Wang Hao
45th Biel GM
E32
1–0
2012
Etienne Bacrot vs Magnus Carlsen
45th Biel GM
A40
½–½
2012
Magnus Carlsen vs Anish Giri
45th Biel GM
C42
½–½
2012
Hikaru Nakamura vs Magnus Carlsen
45th Biel GM
D91
½–½
2012
V Bologan vs Magnus Carlsen
45th Biel GM
B30
0–1
2012
Wang Hao vs Magnus Carlsen
45th Biel GM
E15
0–1
2012
Magnus Carlsen vs V Bologan
45th Biel GM
A59
1–0
2012
Anish Giri vs Magnus Carlsen
45th Biel GM
E15
½–½
2012
Magnus Carlsen vs Etienne Bacrot
45th Biel GM
C65
½–½
2012
Fabiano Caruana vs Magnus Carlsen
5th Final Masters
C19
1–0
2012
F Vallejo Pons vs Magnus Carlsen
5th Final Masters
B07
0–1
2012
Magnus Carlsen vs Sergey Karjakin
5th Final Masters
E15
½–½
2012
Magnus Carlsen vs Levon Aronian
5th Final Masters
C65
½–½
2012
Viswanathan Anand vs Magnus Carlsen
5th Final Masters
E18
½–½
2012
Magnus Carlsen vs Fabiano Caruana
5th Final Masters
C00
1–0
2012
Magnus Carlsen vs F Vallejo Pons
5th Final Masters
C15
1–0
2012
Sergey Karjakin vs Magnus Carlsen
5th Final Masters
C19
½–½
2012
Magnus Carlsen vs Viswanathan Anand
5th Final Masters
B52
1–0
2012
Fabiano Caruana vs Magnus Carlsen
5th Final Masters Blitz Tie-Break
C67
0–1
2012
Magnus Carlsen vs Fabiano Caruana
5th Final Masters Blitz Tie-Break
B40
1–0
2012
Levon Aronian vs Magnus Carlsen
5th Final Masters
E18
½–½
2012
L Bruzon Batista vs Magnus Carlsen
Cuadrangular UNAM 2012
E43
½–½
2012
Magnus Carlsen vs L Bruzon Batista
Cuadrangular UNAM 2012
B40
1–0
2012
Magnus Carlsen vs The World
UNAM Carlsen-Mundo 2012
B90
1–0
2012
Magnus Carlsen vs Ju Polgar
Cuadrangular UNAM 2012
E90
0–1
2012
Ju Polgar vs Magnus Carlsen
Cuadrangular UNAM 2012
B09
0–1
2012
Ju Polgar vs Magnus Carlsen
Cuadrangular UNAM 2012
C50
0–1
2012
Magnus Carlsen vs Ju Polgar
Cuadrangular UNAM 2012
B31
1–0
2012
L McShane vs Magnus Carlsen
4th London Chess Classic
C67
0–1
2012
Magnus Carlsen vs Levon Aronian
4th London Chess Classic
C77
1–0
2012
Vladimir Kramnik vs Magnus Carlsen
4th London Chess Classic
A37
½–½
2012
Magnus Carlsen vs G Jones
4th London Chess Classic
B53
1–0
2012
Mi Adams vs Magnus Carlsen
4th London Chess Classic
C84
0–1
2012
Magnus Carlsen vs Ju Polgar
4th London Chess Classic
A33
1–0
2012
Hikaru Nakamura vs Magnus Carlsen
4th London Chess Classic
B30
½–½
2012
Magnus Carlsen vs Viswanathan Anand
4th London Chess Classic
C65
½–½
Questions
Magnus Carlsen in 2012: questions and answers
How many games did Magnus Carlsen play in 2012?
116 games in our database: 57 wins, 43 draws and 16 losses.
Which events did Magnus Carlsen play in 2012?
In our database the events with the most games are: World Blitz Final (30); World Rapid Final (15); 74th Tata Steel GMA (13); 45th Biel GM (10); 5th Final Masters (10); 7th Tal Mem Blitz (9).
Who beat Magnus Carlsen in 2012?
16 games lost in our database. The latest: Ju Polgar (Cuadrangular UNAM 2012); Fabiano Caruana (5th Final Masters); Etienne Bacrot (Biel Exhibition Blitz); Etienne Bacrot (Biel Exhibition Blitz); Peter Svidler (World Blitz Final).
Can I replay Magnus Carlsen's games from 2012?
Yes. All 116 games are listed on this page, each with a board to replay the moves.