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Magnus Carlsen in the English Opening
525 games of Magnus Carlsen in the English Opening, 2001 to 2025: 274 wins, 171 draws, 80 losses. Every game can be replayed move by move.
Quick answer · Updated October 2026
Does Magnus Carlsen play the English Opening?
Yes. Magnus Carlsen has played the English Opening in 525 games in our database (2001–2025): 274 wins, 171 draws and 80 losses, a score of 68.5%. He had it 298 times with White (162–96–40) and 227 times with Black (112–75–40).
| Type of event | Games | Carlsen won | Drawn | Opponent won | Carlsen score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Classical | 107 | 36 | 57 | 14 | 60.3% |
| Rapid | 119 | 59 | 46 | 14 | 68.9% |
| Blitz and bullet | 231 | 146 | 46 | 39 | 73.2% |
| Knockout tie-breaks | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25.0% |
| Armageddon | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 80.0% |
| Other events | 61 | 30 | 19 | 12 | 64.8% |
| All games | 525 | 274 | 171 | 80 | 68.5% |
First game in our databaseMagnus Carlsen vs Shemsi Rukovci · Open NOR-ch · 11 April 2001 · ½-½
Latest gameBu Xiangzhi vs Magnus Carlsen · World Blitz 2025 · 30 December 2025 · 0-1
Classical games107: 36–57–14 (won–drawn–lost)
His most played move order1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 (15 games)
Busiest year2024, with 66 games
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Source: the Rama Chess database of 7,484 Magnus Carlsen games, 2001 to 2025 (many of his games, not all of them). Opening names follow the ECO code of each game. The type of event is read from the event name.
The opening
The English Opening: the starting moves
In his own games the line he reached most often is 1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 (15 games).
Best wins
Magnus Carlsen's English Opening wins against top players
- Magnus Carlsen vs Arjun Erigaisi, 1-013th Norway Chess 2025 · 29 May 2025 · Classical · 48 moves
- Magnus Carlsen vs Pentala Harikrishna, 1-037th ECC Open 2022 · 6 October 2022 · Classical · 43 moves
- Ian Nepomniachtchi vs Magnus Carlsen, 0-1WCh 2021 · 7 December 2021 · Classical · 39 moves
- Magnus Carlsen vs Anish Giri, 1-0Vugar Gashimov Mem 2019 · 7 April 2019 · Classical · 38 moves
- Magnus Carlsen vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, 1-0GRENKE Chess Classic 2019 · 29 April 2019 · Classical · 43 moves
- Magnus Carlsen vs Veselin Topalov, 1-0Vugar Gashimov Mem 2018 · 26 April 2018 · Classical · 56 moves
Results by year
The English Opening by year (2001–2025)
Carlsen wonDrawnOpponent won
Record · Updated October 2026
Magnus Carlsen's record in the English Opening
The Rama Chess archive holds 525 games in which Magnus Carlsen played the English Opening, from 2001 to 2025. He won 274, drew 171 and lost 80, a score of 68.5%. The games come from all time controls (classical, rapid and blitz).
He has had this opening on the board with both colours: 298 games as White (162 wins, 96 draws, 40 losses) and 227 games as Black (112 wins, 75 draws, 40 losses).
His most frequent opponents here are Levon Aronian (23), Wesley So (21), Hikaru Nakamura (19). The earliest game is from 2001 (Open NOR-ch) and the most recent from 2025 (Titled Tue 14th Jan Early). The ECO code seen most often is A20.
By colour
With White and with Black
| Carlsen played | Games | Won | Drawn | Lost | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White | 298 | 162 | 96 | 40 | 70% |
| Black | 227 | 112 | 75 | 40 | 66% |
| All games | 525 | 274 | 171 | 80 | 68% |
Year by year
English Opening games by year
| Year | Games | Won | Drawn | Lost | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 50% |
| 2002 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 40% |
| 2003 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 40% |
| 2004 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 50% |
| 2005 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 60% |
| 2006 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 50% |
| 2007 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 62% |
| 2008 | 20 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 62% |
| 2009 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 71% |
| 2010 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 69% |
| 2011 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 40% |
| 2012 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 50% |
| 2013 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 57% |
| 2014 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 80% |
| 2015 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 60% |
| 2016 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 58% |
| 2017 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 62% |
| 2018 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 80% |
| 2019 | 28 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 66% |
| 2020 | 45 | 19 | 21 | 5 | 66% |
| 2021 | 33 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 73% |
| 2022 | 40 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 74% |
| 2023 | 55 | 40 | 10 | 5 | 82% |
| 2024 | 66 | 44 | 13 | 9 | 77% |
| 2025 | 66 | 40 | 9 | 17 | 67% |
Opponents
Who he played most in the English Opening
All 525 games: Magnus Carlsen in the English Opening
Year
Game
ECO
Result
2001
Magnus Carlsen vs Shemsi Rukovci
Open NOR-ch
A21
½–½
2001
D Hersvik vs Magnus Carlsen
Classics IMA
A38
½–½
2001
K Stokke vs Magnus Carlsen
Nordic Championships
A36
½–½
2001
Magnus Carlsen vs D Stojanovski
ECC
A34
½–½
2002
Magnus Carlsen vs O Rause
Troll Masters
A11
0–1
2002
Magnus Carlsen vs M Karttunen
IV Shakkinet A
A10
½–½
2002
Magnus Carlsen vs R Fyllingen
Open
A29
0–1
2002
Magnus Carlsen vs D Howell
WYb12
A27
½–½
2002
M Osttveit vs Magnus Carlsen
TCh-NOR Qualifier
A37
0–1
2003
Magnus Carlsen vs N De Firmian
Classics GM
A30
0–1
2003
Aleksandar Radojicic vs Magnus Carlsen
TCh-NOR
A30
½–½
2003
C Ekeberg vs Magnus Carlsen
ch-NOR
A16
½–½
2003
Es Lie vs Magnus Carlsen
ch-NOR
A36
0–1
2003
V Jeremic vs Magnus Carlsen
ECC
A38
1–0
2004
Garry Kasparov vs Magnus Carlsen
Blitz
A31
1–0
2004
P Egeli vs Magnus Carlsen
TCh-NOR Final
A36
0–1
2004
Dani Andersen vs Magnus Carlsen
Politiken Cup
A36
0–1
2004
A Groenn vs Magnus Carlsen
GM Classic
A13
0–1
2004
A Graf vs Magnus Carlsen
XLVIII TCh-ESP
A13
1–0
2004
Magnus Carlsen vs V Bologan
XLVIII TCh-ESP
A33
0–1
2005
Magnus Carlsen vs Sergey Karjakin
Corus B
A35
½–½
2005
S Agdestein vs Magnus Carlsen
ch-NOR
A33
½–½
2005
V Dobrov vs Magnus Carlsen
Bygger'n Masters
A17
0–1
2005
R Akesson vs Magnus Carlsen
Bygger'n Masters
A17
½–½
2005
V Malakhov vs Magnus Carlsen
WCC Places 9-12
A36
½–½
2006
L Van Wely vs Magnus Carlsen
DSB Match Blitz
A31
0–1
2006
L Van Wely vs Magnus Carlsen
DSB Match Blitz
A17
½–½
2006
Magnus Carlsen vs A Naiditsch
XXXVI Bosnia GM
A34
½–½
2006
E Ghaem Maghami vs Magnus Carlsen
37th Olympiad
A28
½–½
2006
Magnus Carlsen vs J Hammer
Midnight Sun
A17
1–0
2006
B Ostenstad vs Magnus Carlsen
ch-NOR
A20
1–0
2006
L Bruzon vs Magnus Carlsen
GM
A39
½–½
2006
Magnus Carlsen vs And Volokitin
GM
A33
0–1
2006
U Andersson vs Magnus Carlsen
NH Hotels
A39
½–½
2006
Boris Gelfand vs Magnus Carlsen
World Blitz
A39
1–0
2006
S Agdestein vs Magnus Carlsen
ch-NOR Playoff
A31
½–½
2006
S Agdestein vs Magnus Carlsen
ch-NOR Playoff
A28
0–1
2006
Anatoly Karpov vs Magnus Carlsen
GpB
A39
½–½
2007
Veselin Topalov vs Magnus Carlsen
XXIV SuperGM
A30
½–½
2007
Levon Aronian vs Magnus Carlsen
Amber Blindfold
A33
1–0
2007
Magnus Carlsen vs E Moskow
Chess Classic GM
A33
1–0
2007
Magnus Carlsen vs Levon Aronian
WCh Candidates s/f
A30
1–0
2007
Magnus Carlsen vs Levon Aronian
WCh Candidates s/f
A14
½–½
2007
Levon Aronian vs Magnus Carlsen
WCh Candidates s/f
A32
1–0
2007
Magnus Carlsen vs N De Firmian
Arctic Chess Challenge
A32
1–0
2007
V Burmakin vs Magnus Carlsen
Arctic Chess Challenge
A13
0–1
2007
Pentala Harikrishna vs Magnus Carlsen
Blindfold World Cup
A22
½–½
2007
Magnus Carlsen vs Ju Polgar
Blindfold World Cup
A32
1–0
2007
Magnus Carlsen vs Boris Gelfand
Tal Mem
A20
½–½
2007
B Savchenko vs Magnus Carlsen
World Blitz
A29
0–1
2007
Vladimir Kramnik vs Magnus Carlsen
World Blitz
A17
1–0
2008
Vladimir Kramnik vs Magnus Carlsen
Corus A
A30
0–1
2008
Magnus Carlsen vs Veselin Topalov
XXV SuperGM
A28
1–0
2008
Magnus Carlsen vs Viswanathan Anand
Amber Rapid
A20
1–0
2008
Magnus Carlsen vs V Gashimov
FIDE GP
A15
½–½
2008
Magnus Carlsen vs I Cheparinov
FIDE GP
A29
½–½
2008
D Jakovenko vs Magnus Carlsen
Aerosvit
A30
½–½
2008
Magnus Carlsen vs Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
Tal Memorial Blitz
A13
1–0
2008
R Ponomariov vs Magnus Carlsen
Tal Memorial Blitz
A30
½–½
2008
Magnus Carlsen vs Sergey Karjakin
Tal Memorial Blitz
A29
0–1
2008
Peter Svidler vs Magnus Carlsen
Tal Memorial Blitz
A29
1–0
2008
Anatoly Karpov vs Magnus Carlsen
Tal Memorial Blitz
A12
0–1
2008
Levon Aronian vs Magnus Carlsen
Grand Slam Final
A32
0–1
2008
Magnus Carlsen vs Peter Svidler
24th ECC
A16
½–½
2008
Magnus Carlsen vs Hou Yifan
Trophee CCAS GpB
A17
1–0
2008
Hikaru Nakamura vs Magnus Carlsen
Trophee CCAS GpB
A30
½–½
2008
Magnus Carlsen vs A Skripchenko
Trophee CCAS GpB
A32
1–0
2008
Bu Xiangzhi vs Magnus Carlsen
Trophee CCAS KO
A39
½–½
2008
Vassily Ivanchuk vs Magnus Carlsen
Trophee CCAS KO
A30
1–0
2008
Vassily Ivanchuk vs Magnus Carlsen
Trophee CCAS KO
A14
½–½
2008
Magnus Carlsen vs Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
38th Olympiad
A28
½–½
2009
Peter Svidler vs Magnus Carlsen
Aker CC Rapid
A30
½–½
2009
K Lie vs Magnus Carlsen
Aker CC Rapid
A11
0–1
2009
L Van Wely vs Magnus Carlsen
Corus A
A17
½–½
2009
Magnus Carlsen vs Leinier Dominguez
XXVI SuperGM
A33
½–½
2009
Magnus Carlsen vs Veselin Topalov
18th Amber Blindfold
A33
1–0
2009
Magnus Carlsen vs Wang Yue
XXII Rapid KO
A30
½–½
2009
Peter Leko vs Magnus Carlsen
Sparkassen GM
A32
½–½
2009
Peter Svidler vs Magnus Carlsen
World Blitz
A30
½–½
2009
Vladimir Kramnik vs Magnus Carlsen
World Blitz
A30
0–1
2009
Magnus Carlsen vs Boris Gelfand
World Blitz
A33
½–½
2009
Hikaru Nakamura vs Magnus Carlsen
BNbank Blitz KO
A22
0–1
2009
Magnus Carlsen vs Vladimir Kramnik
Chess Classic
A29
1–0
2010
Magnus Carlsen vs Sergey Karjakin
19th Amber Rapid
A20
0–1
2010
J Hammer vs Magnus Carlsen
Arctic Stars Prelim
A31
1–0
2010
Di Flores vs Magnus Carlsen
39th Olympiad Men
A37
0–1
2010
Magnus Carlsen vs Vladimir Kramnik
Grand Slam Final Masters
A29
½–½
2010
Vladimir Kramnik vs Magnus Carlsen
VI World Blitz
A15
0–1
2010
Vladimir Kramnik vs Magnus Carlsen
VI World Blitz
A15
0–1
2010
Peter Svidler vs Magnus Carlsen
VI World Blitz
A29
0–1
2010
Teimour Radjabov vs Magnus Carlsen
VI World Blitz
A15
½–½
2010
Alexander Grischuk vs Magnus Carlsen
VI World Blitz
A20
0–1
2010
Dmitry Andreikin vs Magnus Carlsen
VI World Blitz
A37
0–1
2010
L McShane vs Magnus Carlsen
2nd London Chess Classic
A37
1–0
2010
Magnus Carlsen vs Mi Adams
2nd London Chess Classic
A29
1–0
2010
Magnus Carlsen vs Hikaru Nakamura
2nd London Chess Classic
A10
1–0
2011
R Ponomariov vs Magnus Carlsen
73rd Tata Steel GMA
A15
½–½
2011
Vassily Ivanchuk vs Magnus Carlsen
20th Amber Blindfold
A15
1–0
2011
Vladimir Kramnik vs Magnus Carlsen
20th Amber Rapid
A15
0–1
2011
Magnus Carlsen vs Levon Aronian
Botvinnik Memorial
A36
0–1
2011
Vladimir Kramnik vs Magnus Carlsen
6th Tal Memorial
A20
½–½
2012
Magnus Carlsen vs V Gashimov
74th Tata Steel GMA
A30
1–0
2012
Magnus Carlsen vs Anish Giri
74th Tata Steel GMA
A15
½–½
2012
Magnus Carlsen vs Sergey Karjakin
74th Tata Steel GMA
A15
0–1
2012
Hikaru Nakamura vs Magnus Carlsen
7th Tal Mem Blitz
A30
½–½
2012
E Tomashevsky vs Magnus Carlsen
7th Tal Mem Blitz
A30
0–1
2012
Magnus Carlsen vs E Tomashevsky
7th Mikhail Tal Memorial
A29
½–½
2012
Peter Svidler vs Magnus Carlsen
World Rapid Final
A10
½–½
2012
Dmitry Andreikin vs Magnus Carlsen
World Blitz Final
A25
1–0
2012
Peter Svidler vs Magnus Carlsen
World Blitz Final
A20
½–½
2012
Magnus Carlsen vs Alexander Morozevich
World Blitz Final
A13
0–1
2012
Magnus Carlsen vs Le Quang Liem
World Blitz Final
A15
1–0
2012
Etienne Bacrot vs Magnus Carlsen
Biel Exhibition Blitz
A20
1–0
2012
Vladimir Kramnik vs Magnus Carlsen
4th London Chess Classic
A37
½–½
2012
Magnus Carlsen vs Ju Polgar
4th London Chess Classic
A33
1–0
2013
Magnus Carlsen vs Fabiano Caruana
75th Tata Steel GpA
A10
½–½
2013
Magnus Carlsen vs Vladimir Kramnik
FIDE Candidates
A33
½–½
2013
Magnus Carlsen vs Veselin Topalov
Supreme Masters 2013
A30
½–½
2013
Magnus Carlsen vs Teimour Radjabov
Supreme Masters 2013
A35
1–0
2013
Magnus Carlsen vs Wang Hao
Supreme Masters 2013
A30
0–1
2013
Dmitry Andreikin vs Magnus Carlsen
8th Tal Memorial
A34
½–½
2013
Magnus Carlsen vs Hikaru Nakamura
8th Tal Memorial
A13
1–0
2014
Magnus Carlsen vs Levon Aronian
Zurich Chess Challenge 2014
A29
½–½
2014
G Milos vs Magnus Carlsen
Uva Four player KO 2014
A28
0–1
2014
D Contin vs Magnus Carlsen
13th Uva Rapid Open
A29
0–1
2014
Peter Svidler vs Magnus Carlsen
2nd Norway Blitz 2014
A10
0–1
2014
Magnus Carlsen vs Anish Giri
2nd Norway Chess 2014
A34
½–½
2014
Peter Svidler vs Magnus Carlsen
2nd Norway Chess 2014
A27
½–½
2014
Magnus Carlsen vs E Iturrizaga
FIDE World Blitz 2014
A31
1–0
2014
Magnus Carlsen vs Alexander Morozevich
FIDE World Blitz 2014
A31
½–½
2014
B Predojevic vs Magnus Carlsen
41st Olympiad Open 2014
A37
0–1
2014
Magnus Carlsen vs D Solak
41st Olympiad Open 2014
A11
1–0
2015
Magnus Carlsen vs Mi Adams
3rd GRENKE Chess Classic
A29
1–0
2015
Wesley So vs Magnus Carlsen
Vugar Gashimov Mem 2015
A29
½–½
2015
Magnus Carlsen vs Rauf Mamedov
Vugar Gashimov Mem 2015
A15
1–0
2015
Magnus Carlsen vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
3rd Sinquefield Cup 2015
A15
1–0
2015
Levon Aronian vs Magnus Carlsen
3rd Sinquefield Cup 2015
A29
½–½
2015
Magnus Carlsen vs Bjoern Goldman
Carlsen Vienna Blindfold
A13
0–1
2015
E Ghaem Maghami vs Magnus Carlsen
World Rapid 2015
A28
½–½
2015
Magnus Carlsen vs G Jones
World Blitz 2015
A16
1–0
2015
Magnus Carlsen vs Y Pelletier
20th European Teams
A30
0–1
2015
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave vs Magnus Carlsen
7th London Classic TB
A16
½–½
2016
Wesley So vs Magnus Carlsen
78th Tata Steel GpA
A30
½–½
2016
N Grandelius vs Magnus Carlsen
4th Norway Blitz 2016
A13
½–½
2016
Levon Aronian vs Magnus Carlsen
4th Norway Chess 2016
A15
1–0
2016
Wesley So vs Magnus Carlsen
GCT Blitz Paris 2016
A29
0–1
2016
Magnus Carlsen vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
GCT Rapid YourNextMove
A20
½–½
2016
Magnus Carlsen vs Alexander Grischuk
chess.com SF Blitz 3m+2spm 2016
A30
0–1
2016
Alexander Grischuk vs Magnus Carlsen
chess.com SF Blitz 1m+1spm 2016
A28
1–0
2016
Alexander Grischuk vs Magnus Carlsen
chess.com SF Blitz 1m+1spm 2016
A28
0–1
2016
Alexander Grischuk vs Magnus Carlsen
chess.com SF Blitz 1m+1spm 2016
A25
0–1
2016
Alexander Grischuk vs Magnus Carlsen
chess.com SF Blitz 1m+1spm 2016
A37
0–1
2016
Magnus Carlsen vs M Dimitriadis
Play Live Challenge 2016
A15
1–0
2016
Levon Aronian vs Magnus Carlsen
World Rapid 2016
A11
½–½
2017
Ian Nepomniachtchi vs Magnus Carlsen
79th Tata Steel GpA
A21
½–½
2017
Magnus Carlsen vs Viswanathan Anand
GCT Rapid YourNextMove
A20
½–½
2017
Magnus Carlsen vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
GCT Blitz YourNextMove
A20
1–0
2017
Magnus Carlsen vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
5th Sinquefield Cup 2017
A34
0–1
2017
Ian Nepomniachtchi vs Magnus Carlsen
5th Sinquefield Cup 2017
A29
½–½
2017
Magnus Carlsen vs Gadir Guseinov
chess.com Speed 3m+2spm 2017
A10
½–½
2017
Ding Liren vs Magnus Carlsen
Carlsen-Ding Showdown G20
A28
0–1
2017
Ding Liren vs Magnus Carlsen
Carlsen-Ding Showdown G5
A15
0–1
2017
Magnus Carlsen vs Ding Liren
Carlsen-Ding Showdown G5
A25
½–½
2017
Magnus Carlsen vs Wesley So
chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017
A15
1–0
2017
Wesley So vs Magnus Carlsen
chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017
A15
0–1
2017
Magnus Carlsen vs Alexander Grischuk
chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017
A15
½–½
2017
Magnus Carlsen vs Alexander Grischuk
chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017
A35
1–0
2017
Magnus Carlsen vs Alexander Grischuk
chess.com Speed 3m+2spm 2017
A35
½–½
2017
Magnus Carlsen vs Bu Xiangzhi
World Rapid 2017
A22
0–1
2017
Magnus Carlsen vs S RUS Grigoriants
World Blitz 2017
A22
½–½
2018
Peter Svidler vs Magnus Carlsen
80th Tata Steel GpA
A13
½–½
2018
Magnus Carlsen vs Anish Giri
80th Tata Steel GpA TB
A15
1–0
2018
S2 Hemant vs Magnus Carlsen
PRO League Group Stage
A15
0–1
2018
Magnus Carlsen vs Levon Aronian
GRENKE Chess Classic 2018
A18
½–½
2018
Magnus Carlsen vs Veselin Topalov
Vugar Gashimov Mem 2018
A28
1–0
2018
Anish Giri vs Magnus Carlsen
Vugar Gashimov Mem 2018
A29
0–1
2018
Magnus Carlsen vs Ding Liren
6th Norway Blitz 2018
A20
½–½
2018
Magnus Carlsen vs Viswanathan Anand
6th Norway Chess 2018
A33
½–½
2018
Magnus Carlsen vs Sergey Karjakin
6th Sinquefield Cup 2018
A13
1–0
2018
Magnus Carlsen vs Fabiano Caruana
WCh 2018
A29
½–½
2018
Magnus Carlsen vs Fabiano Caruana
WCh 2018
A29
½–½
2018
Magnus Carlsen vs Fabiano Caruana
WCh Rapid TB 2018
A22
1–0
2018
Magnus Carlsen vs N Vlassov
World Rapid 2018
A10
1–0
2018
Magnus Carlsen vs I Salgado Lopez
World Rapid 2018
A37
1–0
2018
Magnus Carlsen vs N Petrov
World Rapid 2018
A22
1–0
2018
Daniil Dubov vs Magnus Carlsen
World Rapid 2018
A13
½–½
2018
Magnus Carlsen vs Viswanathan Anand
World Rapid 2018
A33
½–½
2018
Magnus Carlsen vs Jan-Krzysztof Duda
World Blitz 2018
A29
1–0
2018
Magnus Carlsen vs Peter Svidler
World Blitz 2018
A37
1–0
2018
Magnus Carlsen vs Anish Giri
World Blitz 2018
A28
1–0
2018
Magnus Carlsen vs Z Tsydypov
World Blitz 2018
A28
1–0
2018
Magnus Carlsen vs Boris Gelfand
World Blitz 2018
A33
½–½
2019
Magnus Carlsen vs Anish Giri
Vugar Gashimov Mem 2019
A29
1–0
2019
Magnus Carlsen vs Viswanathan Anand
GRENKE Chess Classic 2019
A22
½–½
2019
Magnus Carlsen vs A Naiditsch
GRENKE Chess Classic 2019
A29
½–½
2019
Magnus Carlsen vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
GRENKE Chess Classic 2019
A37
1–0
2019
Magnus Carlsen vs Hikaru Nakamura
Cote d'Ivoire Rapid 2019
A18
½–½
2019
Magnus Carlsen vs Veselin Topalov
Cote d'Ivoire Blitz 2019
A29
1–0
2019
Magnus Carlsen vs Ian Nepomniachtchi
Cote d'Ivoire Blitz 2019
A28
½–½
2019
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave vs Magnus Carlsen
Cote d'Ivoire Blitz 2019
A30
1–0
2019
Magnus Carlsen vs Sergey Karjakin
Cote d'Ivoire Blitz 2019
A22
1–0
2019
Magnus Carlsen vs Wesley So
Cote d'Ivoire Blitz 2019
A37
½–½
2019
Magnus Carlsen vs Ding Liren
7th Norway Blitz 2019
A28
½–½
2019
Magnus Carlsen vs Viswanathan Anand
7th Norway Armageddon
A21
1–0
2019
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave vs Magnus Carlsen
7th Norway Armageddon
A29
½–½
2019
Magnus Carlsen vs Ding Liren
7th Norway Chess 2019
A15
½–½
2019
Magnus Carlsen vs Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
Croatia GCT 2019
A15
½–½
2019
Levon Aronian vs Magnus Carlsen
Saint Louis Blitz 2019
A13
½–½
2019
Magnus Carlsen vs Ding Liren
Saint Louis Blitz 2019
A28
1–0
2019
Magnus Carlsen vs Anish Giri
7th Sinquefield Cup 2019
A28
½–½
2019
Ding Liren vs Magnus Carlsen
7th Sinquefield Cup TB
A13
1–0
2019
Magnus Carlsen vs A Pichot
Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup
A15
1–0
2019
Magnus Carlsen vs R Kasimdzhanov
FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss
A37
½–½
2019
Magnus Carlsen vs Fabiano Caruana
FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss
A28
½–½
2019
Magnus Carlsen vs Hikaru Nakamura
Tata Steel India Rapid
A28
1–0
2019
Magnus Carlsen vs Levon Aronian
Tata Steel India Blitz
A28
1–0
2019
Levon Aronian vs Magnus Carlsen
Tata Steel India Blitz
A36
0–1
2019
Magnus Carlsen vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
11th London Classic 2019
A37
½–½
2019
Ale Rakhmanov vs Magnus Carlsen
World Rapid 2019
A20
½–½
2019
Magnus Carlsen vs D Jakovenko
World Blitz 2019
A36
1–0
2020
Magnus Carlsen vs Anish Giri
82nd Tata Steel GpA
A22
½–½
2020
Magnus Carlsen vs I Cheparinov
Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup
A33
1–0
2020
N Grandelius vs Magnus Carlsen
Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup
A37
½–½
2020
N Grandelius vs Magnus Carlsen
Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup
A15
0–1
2020
Magnus Carlsen vs Hikaru Nakamura
Carlsen Inv Final 4
A29
1–0
2020
Magnus Carlsen vs Peter Svidler
FIDE Steinitz Mem Open
A22
½–½
2020
Jan-Krzysztof Duda vs Magnus Carlsen
Lindores Abbey Prelim
A28
1–0
2020
Magnus Carlsen vs Levon Aronian
Clutch Chess Showdown Int
A22
½–½
2020
Magnus Carlsen vs Levon Aronian
Clutch Chess Showdown Int
A22
1–0
2020
Magnus Carlsen vs Levon Aronian
Clutch Chess Showdown Int
A22
1–0
2020
Magnus Carlsen vs Fabiano Caruana
Clutch Chess Showdown Int
A22
½–½
2020
Magnus Carlsen vs Fabiano Caruana
Clutch Chess Showdown Int
A22
1–0
2020
Magnus Carlsen vs Vladislav Artemiev
Chessable Masters GpA
A15
½–½
2020
Ding Liren vs Magnus Carlsen
Chessable Masters Final 8
A13
1–0
2020
Ding Liren vs Magnus Carlsen
Chessable Masters Final 8
A20
0–1
2020
Ding Liren vs Magnus Carlsen
Chessable Masters Final 8
A20
0–1
2020
Magnus Carlsen vs Anish Giri
Chessable Masters Final 8
A28
½–½
2020
Magnus Carlsen vs Peter Leko
Legends of Chess Prelim
A35
1–0
2020
Peter Svidler vs Magnus Carlsen
Legends of Chess Prelim
A22
½–½
2020
Peter Svidler vs Magnus Carlsen
Legends of Chess Prelim
A20
½–½
2020
Ian Nepomniachtchi vs Magnus Carlsen
Legends of Chess Prelim
A13
½–½
2020
Ian Nepomniachtchi vs Magnus Carlsen
Legends of Chess Prelim
A15
½–½
2020
Ian Nepomniachtchi vs Magnus Carlsen
Legends of Chess Prelim
A20
½–½
2020
Peter Svidler vs Magnus Carlsen
Legends of Chess Final
A15
0–1
2020
Peter Svidler vs Magnus Carlsen
Legends of Chess Final
A22
0–1
2020
Magnus Carlsen vs Hikaru Nakamura
Carlsen Tour Final 2020
A28
½–½
2020
Magnus Carlsen vs Hikaru Nakamura
Carlsen Tour Final 2020
A20
1–0
2020
Magnus Carlsen vs Hikaru Nakamura
Carlsen Tour Final 2020
A20
½–½
2020
Magnus Carlsen vs Hikaru Nakamura
Carlsen Tour Final 2020
A20
½–½
2020
Magnus Carlsen vs Hikaru Nakamura
Carlsen Tour Final 2020
A20
½–½
2020
Magnus Carlsen vs Hikaru Nakamura
Carlsen Tour Final 2020
A28
1–0
2020
Magnus Carlsen vs Ian Nepomniachtchi
Saint Louis Rapid 2020
A20
0–1
2020
Magnus Carlsen vs Hikaru Nakamura
Saint Louis Blitz 2020
A22
1–0
2020
Magnus Carlsen vs Levon Aronian
Saint Louis Blitz 2020
A22
1–0
2020
Magnus Carlsen vs Ian Nepomniachtchi
Saint Louis Blitz 2020
A22
½–½
2020
Anish Giri vs Magnus Carlsen
Chess24 Banter Final 2020
A15
½–½
2020
Magnus Carlsen vs Levon Aronian
Chess24 Banter Final 2020
A37
½–½
2020
Magnus Carlsen vs Wesley So
Chess24 Banter Final 2020
A37
1–0
2020
Magnus Carlsen vs Wesley So
Chess24 Banter Final 2020
A22
½–½
2020
Magnus Carlsen vs Wesley So
Chess24 Banter Final 2020
A22
1–0
2020
Parham Maghsoodloo vs Magnus Carlsen
chess.com Speed 2020
A20
0–1
2020
Parham Maghsoodloo vs Magnus Carlsen
chess.com Speed 2020
A12
0–1
2020
Vladislav Artemiev vs Magnus Carlsen
chess.com Speed 2020
A30
1–0
2020
Magnus Carlsen vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Airthings Masters Prelim
A15
½–½
2020
Magnus Carlsen vs Daniil Dubov
Airthings Masters KO 2020
A15
0–1
2021
Magnus Carlsen vs S Shankland
Opera Euro Rapid Prelim
A11
1–0
2021
Magnus Carlsen vs Jan-Krzysztof Duda
Opera Euro Rapid Prelim
A18
½–½
2021
Magnus Carlsen vs Anish Giri
Opera Euro Rapid Prelim
A13
½–½
2021
Magnus Carlsen vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Opera Euro Rapid KO 2021
A15
1–0
2021
Magnus Carlsen vs Alireza Firouzja
Magnus-Alireza Bullet
A14
0–1
2021
Magnus Carlsen vs Alireza Firouzja
Magnus-Alireza Bullet
A18
1–0
2021
Magnus Carlsen vs Alireza Firouzja
Magnus-Alireza 27th Feb
A15
0–1
2021
Magnus Carlsen vs Alireza Firouzja
Magnus-Alireza 27th Feb
A15
1–0
2021
Wesley So vs Magnus Carlsen
Magnus Carlsen Inv KO
A20
½–½
2021
Lei Tingjie vs Magnus Carlsen
Carlsen vs. Challengers
A32
0–1
2021
Magnus Carlsen vs Polina Shuvalova
Carlsen vs. Challengers
A14
1–0
2021
Magnus Carlsen vs Vladislav Artemiev
DM Carlsen-Artemiev 2021
A25
1–0
2021
Magnus Carlsen vs Vladislav Artemiev
DM Carlsen-Artemiev 2021
A15
1–0
2021
Vladislav Artemiev vs Magnus Carlsen
DM Carlsen-Artemiev 2021
A15
½–½
2021
Magnus Carlsen vs Daniil Dubov
DM Carlsen-Dubov 2021
A15
1–0
2021
Vladislav Artemiev vs Magnus Carlsen
Goldmoney Asian Prelim
A29
½–½
2021
Magnus Carlsen vs Wesley So
Goldmoney Asian Rapid KO
A28
1–0
2021
Magnus Carlsen vs Wesley So
Goldmoney Asian Rapid KO
A28
1–0
2021
Magnus Carlsen vs Wesley So
Goldmoney Asian Rapid KO
A29
1–0
2021
Magnus Carlsen vs Ding Liren
Goldmoney Asian Rapid KO
A22
1–0
2021
E Iturrizaga vs Magnus Carlsen
San Fermin Masters Final
A20
1–0
2021
E Iturrizaga vs Magnus Carlsen
San Fermin Masters Final
A15
0–1
2021
E Iturrizaga vs Magnus Carlsen
San Fermin Masters Final
A37
½–½
2021
Magnus Carlsen vs A Tari
FIDE World Cup 2021
A13
1–0
2021
Jan-Krzysztof Duda vs Magnus Carlsen
Aimchess US Rapid KO 2021
A22
0–1
2021
Vladislav Artemiev vs Magnus Carlsen
Aimchess US Rapid KO 2021
A15
0–1
2021
J Sarrau vs Magnus Carlsen
36th ECC Open 2021
A20
0–1
2021
Anish Giri vs Magnus Carlsen
Meltwater Tour Final 2021
A20
½–½
2021
Anish Giri vs Magnus Carlsen
Meltwater Tour Final 2021
A15
½–½
2021
Magnus Carlsen vs Anish Giri
Meltwater Tour Final 2021
A34
½–½
2021
Magnus Carlsen vs Levon Aronian
Meltwater Tour Final 2021
A18
½–½
2021
Ian Nepomniachtchi vs Magnus Carlsen
WCh 2021
A13
0–1
2021
Nodirbek Abdusattorov vs Magnus Carlsen
World Rapid 2021
A28
1–0
2022
Hans Niemann vs Magnus Carlsen
Airthings Masters Prelim
A10
0–1
2022
Magnus Carlsen vs Quang Liem Le
Airthings Masters KO 2022
A29
1–0
2022
Magnus Carlsen vs Vladislav Artemiev
Airthings Masters KO 2022
A25
1–0
2022
Magnus Carlsen vs Ian Nepomniachtchi
Airthings Masters KO 2022
A22
½–½
2022
Magnus Carlsen vs Eric Hansen
Charity Cup Prelim
A29
1–0
2022
Magnus Carlsen vs Tingjie Lei
Charity Cup Prelim
A21
1–0
2022
Magnus Carlsen vs Jan-Krzysztof Duda
Charity Cup KO 2022
A29
1–0
2022
Magnus Carlsen vs A1 Moiseenko
Solidarity NOR-UKR Match
A20
1–0
2022
Magnus Carlsen vs Anish Giri
Oslo Esports Cup 2022
A29
1–0
2022
Magnus Carlsen vs Jorden Van Foreest
Oslo Esports Cup 2022
A20
0–1
2022
Magnus Carlsen vs Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
Oslo Esports Cup 2022
A21
0–1
2022
Magnus Carlsen vs Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
Chessable Masters Prelim
A20
½–½
2022
Magnus Carlsen vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
10th Norway Blitz 2022
A20
1–0
2022
Magnus Carlsen vs Leinier Dominguez
SuperUnited Rapid 2022
A36
½–½
2022
Magnus Carlsen vs Jorden Van Foreest
SuperUnited Rapid 2022
A20
1–0
2022
Magnus Carlsen vs Jergus Pechac
44th Olympiad 2022
A20
½–½
2022
Magnus Carlsen vs Alireza Firouzja
FTX Crypto Cup 2022
A15
1–0
2022
Magnus Carlsen vs Alireza Firouzja
FTX Crypto Cup 2022
A20
1–0
2022
Magnus Carlsen vs Alexei Shirov
Titled Tue 23rd Aug Late
A11
1–0
2022
Jeffery Xiong vs Magnus Carlsen
Titled Tue 23rd Aug Late
A10
½–½
2022
Vincent Keymer vs Magnus Carlsen
Julius Baer GenCup KO
A15
0–1
2022
Magnus Carlsen vs Pentala Harikrishna
37th ECC Open 2022
A20
1–0
2022
Noah Thomforde-Toates vs Magnus Carlsen
Titled Tue 11th Oct Late
A10
0–1
2022
I Kovalenko vs Magnus Carlsen
Titled Tue 11th Oct Early
A10
0–1
2022
Vincent Keymer vs Magnus Carlsen
Aimchess Rapid Prelim
A20
0–1
2022
Magnus Carlsen vs Jan-Krzysztof Duda
Aimchess Rapid KO
A18
½–½
2022
Jan-Krzysztof Duda vs Magnus Carlsen
Meltwater Tour Final 2022
A28
0–1
2022
Magnus Carlsen vs Jan-Krzysztof Duda
Meltwater Tour Final 2022
A37
½–½
2022
H Ten Hertog vs Magnus Carlsen
MrDodgy Inv 3 GpA
A10
0–1
2022
Magnus Carlsen vs Alexander Grischuk
MrDodgy Inv 3 GpA
A20
½–½
2022
Kirill Shevchenko vs Magnus Carlsen
MrDodgy Inv 3 Finals
A15
1–0
2022
Kirill Shevchenko vs Magnus Carlsen
MrDodgy Inv 3 Finals
A14
½–½
2022
D Gukesh vs Magnus Carlsen
chess.com SpeedChess 2022
A15
0–1
2022
D Gukesh vs Magnus Carlsen
chess.com SpeedChess 2022
A10
1–0
2022
D Gukesh vs Magnus Carlsen
chess.com SpeedChess 2022
A37
1–0
2022
Fabiano Caruana vs Magnus Carlsen
chess.com SpeedChess 2022
A36
0–1
2022
Magnus Carlsen vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
chess.com SpeedChess 2022
A37
½–½
2022
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave vs Magnus Carlsen
chess.com SpeedChess 2022
A20
½–½
2022
Magnus Carlsen vs M Chigaev
Titled Tue 20th Dec Late
A38
1–0
2022
Magnus Carlsen vs Jorden Van Foreest
World Rapid 2022
A13
1–0
2023
Magnus Carlsen vs Nodirbek Abdusattorov
85th Tata Steel Masters
A35
0–1
2023
Magnus Carlsen vs R Praggnanandhaa
85th Tata Steel Masters
A35
½–½
2023
Magnus Carlsen vs Arjun Erigaisi
Airthings Masters Div 1 W
A15
1–0
2023
Magnus Carlsen vs Ethan Saya
Titled Tue 7th Feb Late
A14
1–0
2023
Tsvetan Stoyanov vs Magnus Carlsen
Titled Tue 7th Feb Late
A10
0–1
2023
Magnus Carlsen vs Frederik Svane
Titled Tue 7th Mar Late
A20
1–0
2023
Magnus Carlsen vs N Klepikov
Titled Tue 21st Mar Early
A20
1–0
2023
Vladislav Artemiev vs Magnus Carlsen
Chessable Masters Div 1 W
A15
0–1
2023
Magnus Carlsen vs Levon Aronian
Chessable Masters Div 1 L
A28
1–0
2023
Magnus Carlsen vs Hikaru Nakamura
Chessable Masters Div 1 L
A28
0–1
2023
Magnus Carlsen vs Aram Hakobyan
Titled Tue 18th Apr Late
A26
1–0
2023
Magnus Carlsen vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Superbet Blitz 2023
A37
1–0
2023
Magnus Carlsen vs Richard Rapport
Superbet Blitz 2023
A10
1–0
2023
Jan-Krzysztof Duda vs Magnus Carlsen
Superbet Blitz 2023
A13
0–1
2023
Magnus Carlsen vs R Wojtaszek
Superbet Blitz 2023
A28
1–0
2023
Fabiano Caruana vs Magnus Carlsen
11th Norway Blitz 2023
A21
0–1
2023
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov vs Magnus Carlsen
11th Norway Armageddon
A21
0–1
2023
Di Flores vs Magnus Carlsen
AimChess Rapid Play-In
A20
0–1
2023
Magnus Carlsen vs Jose Martinez
AimChess Rapid Play-In
A35
1–0
2023
Magnus Carlsen vs Etienne Bacrot
Titled Tue 13th Jun Early
A13
1–0
2023
Magnus Carlsen vs Viswanathan Anand
Global Chess League 2023
A36
1–0
2023
Shant Sargsyan vs Magnus Carlsen
Titled Tue 27th Jun Late
A36
1–0
2023
Magnus Carlsen vs Iv Saric
SuperUnited Rapid 2023
A36
½–½
2023
Magnus Carlsen vs Fabiano Caruana
SuperUnited Rapid 2023
A28
0–1
2023
Magnus Carlsen vs Fabiano Caruana
SuperUnited Blitz 2023
A29
½–½
2023
Magnus Carlsen vs Fabiano Caruana
Aimchess Rapid Div 1 W
A21
½–½
2023
Magnus Carlsen vs Alexey Sarana
Titled Tue 11th Jul Late
A29
1–0
2023
Wesley So vs Magnus Carlsen
Aimchess Rapid Div 1 W
A29
0–1
2023
Wesley So vs Magnus Carlsen
Aimchess Rapid Div 1 W
A15
0–1
2023
Magnus Carlsen vs Eric Hansen
Bullet Chess Winners 2023
A20
1–0
2023
Daniil Dubov vs Magnus Carlsen
Titled Tue 18th Jul Early
A13
1–0
2023
Magnus Carlsen vs Levon Aronian
Titled Tue 1st Aug Early
A22
1–0
2023
L Pantsulaia vs Magnus Carlsen
FIDE World Cup 2023
A15
0–1
2023
Magnus Carlsen vs L Pantsulaia
FIDE World Cup 2023
A30
1–0
2023
Magnus Carlsen vs Goh Weiming
Titled Tue 8th Aug Early
A22
1–0
2023
R Praggnanandhaa vs Magnus Carlsen
FIDE World Cup 2023
A29
½–½
2023
Shant Sargsyan vs Magnus Carlsen
chess.com SpeedChess Q2Sw
A20
0–1
2023
M Tabatabaei vs Magnus Carlsen
Julius Baer Rapid Div 1 W
A36
0–1
2023
Fabiano Caruana vs Magnus Carlsen
Julius Baer Rapid Div 1 W
A10
0–1
2023
Fabiano Caruana vs Magnus Carlsen
Julius Baer Rapid Div 1 W
A21
½–½
2023
Magnus Carlsen vs Vidit Gujrathi
chess.com SpeedChess 2023
A20
1–0
2023
Ian Nepomniachtchi vs Magnus Carlsen
chess.com SpeedChess 2023
A20
0–1
2023
Magnus Carlsen vs Ian Nepomniachtchi
chess.com SpeedChess 2023
A15
1–0
2023
Wesley So vs Magnus Carlsen
chess.com SpeedChess 2023
A15
0–1
2023
Magnus Carlsen vs Wesley So
chess.com SpeedChess 2023
A36
1–0
2023
Magnus Carlsen vs Hikaru Nakamura
AI Cup Div 1 W
A15
1–0
2023
L Moroni vs Magnus Carlsen
Titled Tue 26th Sep Late
A10
0–1
2023
Alexa Donchenko vs Magnus Carlsen
Titled Tue 10th Oct Early
A10
0–1
2023
G Oparin vs Magnus Carlsen
Titled Tue 24th Oct Early
A21
0–1
2023
Magnus Carlsen vs Sihan Tao
Titled Tue 21st Nov Late
A18
1–0
2023
Mahammad Muradli vs Magnus Carlsen
Titled Tue 21st Nov Late
A15
½–½
2023
Magnus Carlsen vs Fabiano Caruana
CCT Final Playoff 2023
A14
½–½
2023
Magnus Carlsen vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
CCT Final Playoff 2023
A14
1–0
2023
Magnus Carlsen vs Wesley So
CCT Final KO 2023
A29
½–½
2023
J Vakhidov vs Magnus Carlsen
World Blitz 2023
A21
½–½
2024
Magnus Carlsen vs Denis Lazavik
Chessable Masters Div 1 W
A29
0–1
2024
Magnus Carlsen vs Denis Lazavik
Chessable Masters Div 1 W
A22
1–0
2024
Magnus Carlsen vs S Antunez
Titled Tue 5th Mar Early
A20
1–0
2024
Magnus Carlsen vs Alireza Firouzja
Titled Tue 5th Mar Early
A29
1–0
2024
Jan-Krzysztof Duda vs Magnus Carlsen
Titled Tue 19th Mar Late
A37
0–1
2024
Magnus Carlsen vs R Dragomirescu
Titled Tue 2nd Apr Early
A21
1–0
2024
Magnus Carlsen vs P Salinas Herrera
Titled Tue 2nd Apr Early
A14
½–½
2024
Artin Ashraf vs Magnus Carlsen
Titled Tue 23rd Apr Late
A21
0–1
2024
Vincent Keymer vs Magnus Carlsen
Superbet POL Rapid 2024
A15
0–1
2024
Magnus Carlsen vs Vincent Keymer
Superbet POL Blitz 2024
A28
1–0
2024
Nodirbek Abdusattorov vs Magnus Carlsen
Superbet POL Blitz 2024
A10
0–1
2024
Vincent Keymer vs Magnus Carlsen
Superbet POL Blitz 2024
A15
0–1
2024
Anish Giri vs Magnus Carlsen
Superbet POL Blitz 2024
A15
½–½
2024
Magnus Carlsen vs B Amin
Casablanca Chess 2024
A13
1–0
2024
Ding Liren vs Magnus Carlsen
12th Norway Armageddon
A20
½–½
2024
Magnus Carlsen vs Fabiano Caruana
12th Norway Armageddon
A15
1–0
2024
J Vakhidov vs Magnus Carlsen
Titled Tue 11th Jun Late
A20
1–0
2024
Magnus Carlsen vs Dmitrij Kollars
Titled Tue 11th Jun Late
A14
1–0
2024
H Melkumyan vs Magnus Carlsen
Titled Tue 18th Jun Late
A20
0–1
2024
Shant Sargsyan vs Magnus Carlsen
Titled Tue 18th Jun Early
A20
1–0
2024
Magnus Carlsen vs Vl Kovalev
Titled Tue 18th Jun Late
A14
1–0
2024
Nicolai Maxime Ostensen vs Magnus Carlsen
Titled Tue 25th Jun Early
A13
0–1
2024
Magnus Carlsen vs S Adan Bermudez
Titled Tue 2nd Jul Late
A10
1–0
2024
L Moroni vs Magnus Carlsen
Titled Tue 2nd Jul Late
A10
1–0
2024
Ian Nepomniachtchi vs Magnus Carlsen
CrunchLab Masters Div 1 W
A29
0–1
2024
Magnus Carlsen vs Le Tuan Minh
chess.com SpeedChess 2024
A13
½–½
2024
Magnus Carlsen vs D Haydon
Titled Tue 6th Aug Late
A16
1–0
2024
Subramaniyam H Bharath vs Magnus Carlsen
Titled Tue 6th Aug Late
A10
0–1
2024
Arjun Erigaisi vs Magnus Carlsen
chess.com SpeedChess 2024
A15
0–1
2024
Arjun Erigaisi vs Magnus Carlsen
chess.com SpeedChess 2024
A10
1–0
2024
Magnus Carlsen vs Jan Klimkowski
Titled Tue 13th Aug Early
A15
1–0
2024
B Harsha vs Magnus Carlsen
Titled Tue 27th Aug Late
A15
½–½
2024
M Chigaev vs Magnus Carlsen
Titled Tue 3rd Sep Early
A15
0–1
2024
Magnus Carlsen vs Hans Niemann
SpeedChess Final 2024
A20
0–1
2024
Magnus Carlsen vs Hans Niemann
SpeedChess Final 2024
A14
1–0
2024
Hans Niemann vs Magnus Carlsen
SpeedChess Final 2024
A20
½–½
2024
Fabiano Caruana vs Magnus Carlsen
Titled Tue 10th Sep Early
A20
0–1
2024
Ian Nepomniachtchi vs Magnus Carlsen
Titled Tue 10th Sep Early
A29
1–0
2024
Marcus R Harvey vs Magnus Carlsen
Titled Tue 17th Sep Early
A10
½–½
2024
Magnus Carlsen vs Tymur Keleberda
Titled Tue 17th Sep Late
A34
1–0
2024
Magnus Carlsen vs Vincent Keymer
Titled Tue 24th Sep Late
A13
1–0
2024
Magnus Carlsen vs Ian Nepomniachtchi
Julius Baer Gen Cup D1 W
A28
½–½
2024
Ian Nepomniachtchi vs Magnus Carlsen
Julius Baer Gen Cup D1 W
A28
0–1
2024
Magnus Carlsen vs Levon Aronian
Julius Baer Gen Cup D1 W
A13
½–½
2024
Magnus Carlsen vs Jeffery Xiong
Titled Tue 1st Oct Late
A37
1–0
2024
Magnus Carlsen vs Viswanathan Anand
TechM GCL 2024
A33
1–0
2024
G Oparin vs Magnus Carlsen
Titled Tue 15th Oct Late
A28
0–1
2024
Matt Zavortink vs Magnus Carlsen
Titled Tue 5th Nov Early
A37
0–1
2024
Magnus Carlsen vs R Praggnanandhaa
Tata Steel India Rapid
A13
½–½
2024
Nodirbek Abdusattorov vs Magnus Carlsen
Tata Steel India Rapid
A13
½–½
2024
Magnus Carlsen vs Nodirbek Abdusattorov
Tata Steel India Blitz
A36
1–0
2024
Magnus Carlsen vs Vidit Gujrathi
Tata Steel India Blitz
A20
1–0
2024
Ali Rastbod vs Magnus Carlsen
Titled Tue 19th Nov Early
A21
0–1
2024
Magnus Carlsen vs Denis Lazavik
Titled Tue 19th Nov Early
A14
1–0
2024
Magnus Carlsen vs A Demchenko
Titled Tue 26th Nov Early
A25
1–0
2024
Magnus Carlsen vs Wesley So
CCT Final RR 2024
A20
0–1
2024
Magnus Carlsen vs Alireza Firouzja
CCT Final RR 2024
A15
½–½
2024
Magnus Carlsen vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
CCT Final KO 2024
A10
1–0
2024
Magnus Carlsen vs Jose Martinez
Titled Tue 24th Dec Early
A37
1–0
2024
Marco Materia vs Magnus Carlsen
Titled Tue 24th Dec Late
A15
0–1
2024
Magnus Carlsen vs Brewington Hardaway
World Rapid 2024
A13
1–0
2024
M Bezold vs Magnus Carlsen
World Blitz 2024
A20
0–1
2024
Magnus Carlsen vs A Shimanov
World Blitz 2024
A10
1–0
2024
Magnus Carlsen vs Hans Niemann
World Blitz Final KO 2024
A22
½–½
2024
Jan-Krzysztof Duda vs Magnus Carlsen
World Blitz Final KO 2024
A15
0–1
2024
Ian Nepomniachtchi vs Magnus Carlsen
World Blitz Final KO 2024
A28
1–0
2025
Magnus Carlsen vs Arjun Erigaisi
Titled Tue 14th Jan Early
A30
0–1
2025
Adam Zielonka vs Magnus Carlsen
Titled Tue 21st Jan Late
A10
0–1
2025
Magnus Carlsen vs Daniel Beniosev
Titled Tue 21st Jan Early
A36
1–0
2025
Eduardo Iturrizaga Bonelli vs Magnus Carlsen
Titled Tue 25th Feb Early
A37
½–½
2025
Magnus Carlsen vs Alparslan Isik
TCh-NOR Elite 2024-25
A35
1–0
2025
Magnus Carlsen vs A Kosteniuk
Titled Tue 11th Mar Early
A13
1–0
2025
Parham Maghsoodloo vs Magnus Carlsen
Titled Tue 11th Mar Late
A10
1–0
2025
K Lie vs Magnus Carlsen
Titled Tue 18th Mar Late
A36
0–1
2025
Magnus Carlsen vs Alexey Grachev
Titled Tue 18th Mar Early
A20
1–0
2025
Parham Maghsoodloo vs Magnus Carlsen
Titled Tue 25th Mar Late
A28
0–1
2025
Magnus Carlsen vs De Garrido
Titled Tue 15th Apr Early
A15
1–0
2025
Magnus Carlsen vs A Rustemov
Titled Tue 15th Apr Early
A36
1–0
2025
D Paravyan vs Magnus Carlsen
Titled Tue 15th Apr Late
A21
0–1
2025
Magnus Carlsen vs Erick Zhao
Titled Tue 22nd Apr Early
A22
0–1
2025
Shant Sargsyan vs Magnus Carlsen
Titled Tue 22nd Apr Late
A10
0–1
2025
Magnus Carlsen vs Valiantsin Yezhel
Titled Tue 29th Apr Early
A11
1–0
2025
Magnus Carlsen vs R Terry
Titled Tue 29th Apr Early
A20
½–½
2025
Vincent Keymer vs Magnus Carlsen
Titled Tue 29th Apr Early
A20
½–½
2025
Magnus Carlsen vs Jeffery Xiong
Titled Tue 29th Apr Early
A13
0–1
2025
Jose Martinez vs Magnus Carlsen
Titled Tue 20th May Late
A36
1–0
2025
Magnus Carlsen vs B Harsha
Titled Tue 20th May Late
A14
1–0
2025
Magnus Carlsen vs Arjun Erigaisi
13th Norway Chess 2025
A36
1–0
2025
Victor Labussiere vs Magnus Carlsen
Titled Tue 10th Jun Late
A10
0–1
2025
Magnus Carlsen vs Ivan Povshednyi
Titled Tue 10th Jun Late
A14
1–0
2025
Magnus Carlsen vs Marco Materia
Titled Tue 10th Jun Late
A35
1–0
2025
Arjun Erigaisi vs Magnus Carlsen
Titled Tue 10th Jun Early
A12
0–1
2025
Magnus Carlsen vs Hikaru Nakamura
Titled Tue 10th Jun Late
A20
0–1
2025
Magnus Carlsen vs J Vakhidov
Titled Tue 24th Jun Late
A22
0–1
2025
Magnus Carlsen vs Dmitrij Kollars
Titled Tue 24th Jun Early
A20
1–0
2025
Magnus Carlsen vs Savva Vetokhin
Titled Tue 1st Jul Late
A13
½–½
2025
Magnus Carlsen vs Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus
Titled Tue 1st Jul Late
A15
½–½
2025
Magnus Carlsen vs Parham Maghsoodloo
Titled Tue 1st Jul Late
A20
0–1
2025
Magnus Carlsen vs Wesley So
SuperUnited CRO Rapid 2025
A14
1–0
2025
Magnus Carlsen vs D Gukesh
SuperUnited CRO Rapid 2025
A21
0–1
2025
Magnus Carlsen vs Anish Giri
SuperUnited CRO Blitz 2025
A15
½–½
2025
Magnus Carlsen vs Wesley So
SuperUnited CRO Blitz 2025
A28
½–½
2025
L Moroni vs Magnus Carlsen
Titled Tue 8th Jul Early
A21
0–1
2025
Magnus Carlsen vs Vasif Durarbayli
Titled Tue 5th Aug Late
A36
0–1
2025
M Tabatabaei vs Magnus Carlsen
Titled Tue 19th Aug Late
A15
0–1
2025
Haowen Xue vs Magnus Carlsen
Titled Tue 19th Aug Late
A10
0–1
2025
Magnus Carlsen vs Andrey Drygalov
Titled Tue 26th Aug Late
A20
1–0
2025
Magnus Carlsen vs Alexey Sarana
Titled Tue 26th Aug Late
A14
0–1
2025
Magnus Carlsen vs Olexandr Bortnyk
Titled Tue 9th Sep 2025
A15
1–0
2025
Alireza Firouzja vs Magnus Carlsen
Titled Tue 9th Sep 2025
A37
1–0
2025
Magnus Carlsen vs Hikaru Nakamura
Titled Tue 23rd Sep 2025
A20
0–1
2025
Magnus Carlsen vs Jose Martinez
chess.com SpeedChess 2025
A14
1–0
2025
Magnus Carlsen vs Jose Martinez
chess.com SpeedChess 2025
A36
1–0
2025
Magnus Carlsen vs Jose Martinez
chess.com SpeedChess 2025
A36
0–1
2025
Magnus Carlsen vs Jose Martinez
chess.com SpeedChess 2025
A14
1–0
2025
Magnus Carlsen vs Shamsiddin Vokhidov
Titled Tue 14th Oct 2025
A14
1–0
2025
Magnus Carlsen vs Matfey Rogov
Titled Tue 21st Oct 2025
A20
0–1
2025
Denis Lazavik vs Magnus Carlsen
Titled Tue 21st Oct 2025
A21
0–1
2025
Magnus Carlsen vs F Elsness
TCh-NOR Elite 2025-26
A30
1–0
2025
Denis Lazavik vs Magnus Carlsen
Titled Tue 4th Nov 2025
A21
1–0
2025
M Klekowski vs Magnus Carlsen
Titled Tue 11th Nov 2025
A10
0–1
2025
Magnus Carlsen vs SaA Manukyan
1st 3-0 Thursday Nov 13th 2025
A14
1–0
2025
Jose Martinez vs Magnus Carlsen
1st 3-0 Thursday Nov 13th 2025
A36
1–0
2025
Fabiano Caruana vs Magnus Carlsen
chess.com SpeedChess 2025
A26
0–1
2025
Magnus Carlsen vs V Akobian
Titled Tue 25th Nov 2025
A14
1–0
2025
Magnus Carlsen vs A Khlebovich
2nd 3-0 Thu 27th Nov 2025
A39
1–0
2025
Abtin Atakhan vs Magnus Carlsen
1st 3-0 Thu 27th Nov 2025
A20
0–1
2025
Magnus Carlsen vs Jan-Krzysztof Duda
Titled Tue 2nd Dec 2025
A14
½–½
2025
Magnus Carlsen vs Samuel Sevian
Titled Tue 2nd Dec 2025
A20
½–½
2025
Magnus Carlsen vs V Pranav
Titled Tue 2nd Dec 2025
A20
1–0
2025
Svyatoslav Lisenkov vs Magnus Carlsen
Titled Tue 23rd Dec 2025
A10
0–1
2025
Bu Xiangzhi vs Magnus Carlsen
World Blitz 2025
A15
0–1
Questions
Magnus Carlsen and the English Opening: questions and answers
Does Magnus Carlsen play the English Opening?
Yes. Our database has 525 games of Magnus Carlsen in the English Opening from 2001–2025: 298 with White and 227 with Black.
What is Magnus Carlsen's record in the English Opening?
274 wins, 171 draws and 80 losses in 525 games, a score of 68.5%. With White 162–96–40, with Black 112–75–40 (won–drawn–lost).
Has Magnus Carlsen played the English Opening in classical chess?
Yes, 107 games in classical events in our database (36–57–14). The other games come from rapid, blitz and other events.
Which line of the English Opening does Carlsen play most?
The move order seen most often in his games is 1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 (15 games).
What are Magnus Carlsen's best English Opening games?
Good places to start are his wins against top players: Magnus Carlsen vs Arjun Erigaisi (13th Norway Chess 2025, 2025); Magnus Carlsen vs Pentala Harikrishna (37th ECC Open 2022, 2022); Ian Nepomniachtchi vs Magnus Carlsen (WCh 2021, 2021); Magnus Carlsen vs Anish Giri (Vugar Gashimov Mem 2019, 2019).
When did Magnus Carlsen last play the English Opening?
The latest game in our database is Bu Xiangzhi vs Magnus Carlsen at the World Blitz 2025 (30 December 2025), result 0-1.
Can I replay Magnus Carlsen's English Opening games?
Yes. All 525 games are listed on this page. Each one opens on a board where you can step through the moves, check them with the engine, or practise the position.
All numbers count the games in the Rama Chess database (2001 to 2025), not every game he has ever played.