Magnus Carlsen

Teimour Radjabov

84 games · Head-to-head

Magnus Carlsen vs Teimour Radjabov

Magnus Carlsen leads 27–11 with 46 draws in the 84 games of the two in the Rama Chess archive, 2006 to 2025. Every game can be replayed move by move.

Games

Magnus Wins

Draws

Radjabov Wins

Magnus

32.1%

Draws

54.8%

Radjabov

13.1%

Quick answer · Updated October 2026

Magnus vs Radjabov head to head

Magnus Carlsen leads Teimour Radjabov 27–11, with 46 draws, in 84 games (2006–2025). In classical events Carlsen has won 8, Radjabov has won 2 and 19 were drawn.

Type of event	Games	Carlsen won	Drawn	Radjabov won	Carlsen score
Classical	29	8	19	2	60.3%
Rapid	31	8	20	3	58.1%
Blitz and bullet	11	7	2	2	72.7%
Other events	13	4	5	4	50.0%
All games	84	27	46	11	59.5%

First gameMagnus Carlsen vs Teimour Radjabov · 37th Olympiad · 31 May 2006 · ½-½

Latest gameMagnus Carlsen vs Teimour Radjabov · World Blitz 2025 · 29 December 2025 · 1-0

Radjabov's latest winTeimour Radjabov vs Magnus Carlsen · Meltwater Tour Final 2021 · 2 October 2021 · 1-0

Carlsen's latest winMagnus Carlsen vs Teimour Radjabov · World Blitz 2025 · 29 December 2025 · 1-0

With White / BlackCarlsen with White: 19–21–5 · with Black: 8–25–6 (won–drawn–lost)

Busiest year2021, with 24 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.

Radjabov's wins

Every time Radjabov beat Magnus Carlsen (11)

Teimour Radjabov vs Magnus Carlsen, 1-0Meltwater Tour Final 2021 · 2 October 2021 · Rapid · Pirc Defense · 28 moves
Magnus Carlsen vs Teimour Radjabov, 0-1Meltwater Tour Final 2021 · 2 October 2021 · Rapid · Ruy Lopez · 74 moves
Teimour Radjabov vs Magnus Carlsen, 1-0FTX Crypto Cup KO 2021 · 28 May 2021 · Rapid · Queen's Gambit Declined · 54 moves
Teimour Radjabov vs Magnus Carlsen, 1-0World Blitz 2015 · 14 October 2015 · Blitz and bullet · Queen's Pawn Game · 41 moves
Magnus Carlsen vs Teimour Radjabov, 0-1Vugar Gashimov Mem 2014 · 24 April 2014 · Classical · King's Indian Defense · 51 moves
Magnus Carlsen vs Teimour Radjabov, 0-1Norway Supreme Masters Blitz 2013 · 7 May 2013 · Other events · Réti Opening · 61 moves
Magnus Carlsen vs Teimour Radjabov, 0-1VI World Blitz · 18 November 2010 · Blitz and bullet · Indian Defenses · 58 moves
Teimour Radjabov vs Magnus Carlsen, 1-018th Amber Blindfold · 26 March 2009 · Other events · Italian Game · 54 moves
Teimour Radjabov vs Magnus Carlsen, 1-0XXV SuperGM · 22 February 2008 · Classical · Ruy Lopez · 43 moves
Magnus Carlsen vs Teimour Radjabov, 0-1Match of the Hopes · 18 May 2007 · Other events · Dutch Defense · 34 moves
Teimour Radjabov vs Magnus Carlsen, 1-0Match of the Hopes · 18 May 2007 · Other events · Queen's Indian Defense · 45 moves

Carlsen's wins

Carlsen's quickest wins against Radjabov

Magnus Carlsen vs Teimour Radjabov, 1-02nd Pearl Spring · 2 October 2009 · Classical · Sicilian Defense · 25 moves
Magnus Carlsen vs Teimour Radjabov, 1-0GM · 2 August 2007 · Other events · Pirc Defense · 28 moves
Magnus Carlsen vs Teimour Radjabov, 1-07th Tal Mem Blitz · 7 June 2012 · Blitz and bullet · French Defense · 28 moves

Results by year

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

Carlsen wonDrawnRadjabov won

Key position

How their latest decisive classical game ended

Final position of Magnus Carlsen vs Teimour Radjabov, 10th Norway Chess 2022 2022, chess board diagram — This is the most recent decisive classical game between them in our database: **Magnus Carlsen vs Teimour Radjabov** at the 10th Norway Chess 2022 (2 June 2022), Magnus Carlsen won in 36 moves (classical). This is the position after the last move in the score; Teimour Radjabov resigned here or lost on time.

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Head to head · Updated October 2026

Magnus Carlsen vs Radjabov: the record

Magnus Carlsen and Teimour Radjabov have met 84 times in the games collected here, from 2006 to 2025, across 52 events and all time controls (classical, rapid and blitz). Carlsen has won 27, Radjabov has won 11, and 46 ended in a draw. That gives Carlsen 50 points out of 84, a score of 59.5%.

With the white pieces Carlsen scored 19 wins, 21 draws and 5 losses in 45 games. With Black he scored 8 wins, 25 draws and 6 losses in 39. Radjabov took 6 games with White and 5 games with Black.

Their first game in this collection was played in 2006 at the 37th Olympiad; the most recent is from 2025 (World Blitz 2025). The busiest year was 2021, with 24 games. The opening seen most often is the Sicilian Defense.

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Results with White and Black

Carlsen played	Games	Won	Drawn	Lost	Score
White	45	19	21	5	66%
Black	39	8	25	6	53%
All games	84	27	46	11	60%

Year by year

Carlsen vs Radjabov, 2006–2025

Year	Games	Carlsen won	Drawn	Radjabov won	Carlsen score
2006	4	1	3	0	62%
2007	9	2	5	2	50%
2008	8	3	4	1	62%
2009	7	2	4	1	57%
2010	4	1	2	1	50%
2011	2	0	2	0	50%
2012	6	4	2	0	83%
2013	4	2	1	1	62%
2014	3	0	2	1	33%
2015	3	2	0	1	67%
2016	1	1	0	0	100%
2018	1	0	1	0	50%
2019	2	0	2	0	50%
2020	2	1	1	0	75%
2021	24	5	16	3	54%
2022	2	1	1	0	75%
2023	1	1	0	0	100%
2025	1	1	0	0	100%

By Opening

Openings in this matchup

Sicilian Defense16 Queen's Gambit Declined16 Ruy Lopez13 King's Indian Defense4 Indian Defenses4 Italian Game4 Réti Opening3 Nimzo-Indian Defense3 Queen's Indian Defense2 Pirc Defense2 Grünfeld Defense2 English Opening2