Magnus Carlsen This Year

[Wayne Komer]

Magnus Carlsen This Year

December 30, 2015

I read the other day that Magnus had won six tournaments this year. I couldn’t remember them all and the number seemed high, so I set down the contests that he had participated in in 2015 and got this list:

1. Tata Steel, January, 1st, 13 games, 6+/6=/1-
2. Grenke Baden-Baden, February, 1st, 7 games, 3+/3=/1-
3. Gashimov Memorial Shamkir, April, 1st, 9 games, 5+/4=/0-
4. Norway Blitz, June, 3rd-4th, 9 games, 4+/3=/2-
5. Norway Chess, June, 7th-8th, 9 games, 2+/3=/4-
6. Sinquefield Cup, August, 2nd, 9 games, 3+/4=/2-
7. World Rapids Berlin, October, 1st, 15 games, 8+/7=/0-
8. World Blitz Berlin, October, 4th-6th, 21 games, 11+/6=/4-
9. European Team Champs Reykjavik, November, N/A, 7 games, 2+/2=/3-*
10. London Chess Classic, December, 1st, 9 games, 2+/7=/0-
11. Qatar Masters Open, December, 1st, 9 games, 5+/4=/0-

which indeed does give six 1st prizes and 117 games played, not counting playoffs. There were 5 games in the playoff with Naiditsch in Baden-Baden 2+/2=/1-, two games with MVL at London, 1+/1=/0- and two games with Yu Yangyi at Qatar, 2+/0=/0-.

That gives a grand total of 51+/50=/16- in regular games and 5+/3=/1- in playoffs. (corrected)

His worst tournament was Norway Chess, where he lost to Topalov, Caruana, Anand and Hammer.

Still, he played in 11 events, won more than half of them and maintained his rating above 2800. Not bad!

These figures are, of course, subject to correction.

*Note added later: This figure is incorrect, it should be 2+/3=/2-

He beat Wojtaszek and Leko, drew with Nispeanu, Papaioannou and Hansen and lost to Pelletier and Aronian.

[Egidijus Zeromskis]

Re: Magnus Carlsen This Year

9. European Team Champs Reykjavik, November, N/A, 7 games, 2+/2=/3-

These figures are, of course, subject to correction.

I don't recall that he lost that many at the ETC, thus double checked:

should be +2 =3 -2

GM Carlsen Magnus 2850 NOR Rp:2670 Pts. 3,5
3	6	GM	Aronian Levon	2781	ARM	6,0	w 0	Open Section
4	29	GM	Hansen Sune Berg	2566	DEN	4,5	s ½	Open Section
5	159	GM	Pelletier Yannick	2566	SUI	3,5	w 0	Open Section
6	72	GM	Leko Peter	2708	HUN	4,0	s 1	Open Section
7	68	GM	Papaioannou Ioannis	2638	GRE	3,5	w ½	Open Section
8	61	GM	Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter	2683	GER	3,5	s ½	Open Section
9	121	GM	Wojtaszek Radoslaw	2748	POL	1,5	w 1	Open Section

[Wayne Komer]

Re: Magnus Carlsen This Year

Magnus Carlsen This Year

December 30, 2015

Thank you, Egidijus, for keeping me honest. I have made the corrections.