Magnus Carlsen vs Etienne Bacrot

Magnus Carlsen leads 18–3 with 9 draws in the 30 games of the two in the Rama Chess archive, 2006 to 2025. Every game can be replayed move by move.

Games

Magnus Wins

Draws

Bacrot Wins

Magnus

60.0%

Draws

30.0%

Bacrot

10.0%

Quick answer · Updated October 2026

Magnus vs Bacrot head to head

Magnus Carlsen leads Etienne Bacrot 18–3, with 9 draws, in 30 games (2006–2025). In classical events Carlsen has won 5, Bacrot has won 0 and 8 were drawn.

Type of event	Games	Carlsen won	Drawn	Bacrot won	Carlsen score
Classical	13	5	8	0	69.2%
Rapid	1	1	0	0	100.0%
Blitz and bullet	15	12	0	3	80.0%
Other events	1	0	1	0	50.0%
All games	30	18	9	3	75.0%

First gameEtienne Bacrot vs Magnus Carlsen · World Blitz · 7 September 2006 · 0-1

Latest gameMagnus Carlsen vs Etienne Bacrot · Titled Tue 15th Apr Late · 15 April 2025 · 1-0

Bacrot's latest winEtienne Bacrot vs Magnus Carlsen · Titled Tue 21st May Late · 21 May 2024 · 1-0

Carlsen's latest winMagnus Carlsen vs Etienne Bacrot · Titled Tue 15th Apr Late · 15 April 2025 · 1-0

With White / BlackCarlsen with White: 12–4–1 · with Black: 6–5–2 (won–drawn–lost)

Busiest year2012, with 5 games

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Source: the Rama Chess database of 7,484 Magnus Carlsen games, 2001 to 2025. It holds many of his games, not every game the two have ever played. The type of event (classical, rapid, blitz) is read from the event name; knockout tie-breaks are counted on their own.

Bacrot's wins

Every time Bacrot beat Magnus Carlsen (3)

Etienne Bacrot vs Magnus Carlsen, 1-0Titled Tue 21st May Late · 21 May 2024 · Blitz and bullet · Sicilian Defense · 25 moves
Etienne Bacrot vs Magnus Carlsen, 1-0Biel Exhibition Blitz · 22 July 2012 · Blitz and bullet · English Opening · 52 moves
Magnus Carlsen vs Etienne Bacrot, 0-1Biel Exhibition Blitz · 22 July 2012 · Blitz and bullet · Sicilian Defense · 39 moves

Carlsen's wins

Carlsen's quickest wins against Bacrot

Etienne Bacrot vs Magnus Carlsen, 0-1Titled Tue 9th May Early · 9 May 2023 · Blitz and bullet · Sicilian Defense · 24 moves
Magnus Carlsen vs Etienne Bacrot, 1-0World Blitz · 22 November 2007 · Blitz and bullet · Philidor Defense · 27 moves
Magnus Carlsen vs Etienne Bacrot, 1-0Titled Tue 8th Apr Late · 8 April 2025 · Blitz and bullet · Queen's Gambit Accepted · 28 moves

Results by year

Magnus Carlsen vs Bacrot, year by year (2006–2025)

Carlsen wonDrawnBacrot won

Key position

How their latest decisive classical game ended

Final position of Magnus Carlsen vs Etienne Bacrot, FIDE World Cup 2021 2021, chess board diagram — This is the most recent decisive classical game between them in our database: **Magnus Carlsen vs Etienne Bacrot** at the FIDE World Cup 2021 (29 July 2021), Magnus Carlsen won in 39 moves (classical). This is the position after the last move in the score; Etienne Bacrot resigned here or lost on time.

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Magnus Carlsen vs Bacrot: the record

Magnus Carlsen and Etienne Bacrot have met 30 times in the games collected here, from 2006 to 2025, across 21 events and all time controls (classical, rapid and blitz). Carlsen has won 18, Bacrot has won 3, and 9 ended in a draw. That gives Carlsen 22.5 points out of 30, a score of 75.0%.

With the white pieces Carlsen scored 12 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss in 17 games. With Black he scored 6 wins, 5 draws and 2 losses in 13. Bacrot took 2 games with White and 1 game with Black.

Their first game in this collection was played in 2006 at the World Blitz; the most recent is from 2025 (Titled Tue 4th Mar Late). The busiest year was 2012, with 5 games. The opening seen most often is the Sicilian Defense.

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