CHESS PLAYER

Magnus Carlsen

1990 - Today

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Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen (born 30 November 1990) is a Norwegian chess grandmaster. Carlsen is a five-time World Chess Champion, five-time World Rapid Chess Champion, the reigning (shared with Ian Nepomniachtchi) eight time World Blitz Chess Champion and the reigning Chess World Cup Champion. He has held the No. 1 position in the FIDE world chess rankings since 1 July 2011 and trails only Garry Kasparov in time spent as the highest-rated player in the world. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Magnus Carlsen has received more than 18,224,228 page views. His biography is available in 87 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 80 in 2019). Magnus Carlsen is the 56th most popular chess player, the 145th most popular biography from Norway (down from 125th in 2019) and the most popular Norwegian Chess Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 18M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.94

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 87

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.58

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Magnus Carlsen ranks 56 out of 461. Before him are Milan Vidmar, Jan Timman, Pedro Damiano, Lajos Portisch, Alexander Kotov, and Lionel Kieseritzky. After him are Salo Flohr, Aleksandar Matanović, Géza Maróczy, Viswanathan Anand, Dawid Janowski, and Elisaveta Bykova.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1990, Magnus Carlsen ranks 9. Before him are Toni Kroos, Mario Balotelli, Liam Hemsworth, Jennifer Lawrence, David de Gea, and İlkay Gündoğan. After him are Kristen Stewart, Machine Gun Kelly, Joselu, Princess Eugenie of York, Bojan Krkić, and Douglas Costa.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Magnus Carlsen ranks 145 out of 1,039. Before him are Johan Nygaardsvold (1879), Viggo Brun (1885), Euronymous (1968), Per Petterson (1952), Ole Gunnar Solskjær (1973), and Carsten Borchgrevink (1864). After him are Karin Fossum (1954), Dag Solstad (1941), Gunnhildr Sveinsdóttir (1015), Egil Danielsen (1933), Belle Gunness (1859), and Haakon Magnusson of Norway (1068).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In Norway

Among chess players born in Norway, Magnus Carlsen ranks 1. After him are Simen Agdestein (1967), Jon Ludvig Hammer (1990), and Aryan Tari (1999).

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