Magnus Øen Carlsen (born Sven
Magnus Øen Carlsen on 30
November 1990) is a Norwegian chess Grandmaster and chess prodigy.
On 26 April 2004 Carlsen became a Grandmaster at the age of 13
years, 4 months, and 27 days, making him the third youngest Grandmaster in history.
At the September-October 2009 Nanjing Pearl Spring
tournament (category
21), he achieved one of the highest performance ratings ever (over 3000) and unofficially
became by far the youngest player to achieve a rating over 2800 - which only
four players, all of whom became world champions,
had previously achieved.
