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Quiz about Magnus Carlsen The Mozart of Chess

Magnus Carlsen - The Mozart of Chess Quiz

This quiz is about one of the strongest chess players in history.

A multiple-choice quiz by Bohr. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
Bohr

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
377,933

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
109

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Question 1 of 10

1. What is the nationality of Magnus Carlsen? Hint

Swedish

Finnish

Danish

Norwegian

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who first coined the phrase "The Mozart of Chess" about Magnus Carlsen? Hint

Yasser Seirawan

Nigel Short

Lubomir Kavalek

Garry Kasparov

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Question 3 of 10

3. At what age did Magnus Carlsen become a grandmaster? Hint

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Question 4 of 10

4. In 2009 Carlsen won the very strong Nanjing Pearl Spring Tournament 2,5 points ahead of second place! What was his final tournament score? Hint

8 out of 10 points

10 out of 10 points

7 out of 10 points

9 out of 10 points

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Question 5 of 10

5. In 2012 Carlsen increased his rating to 2861 making him the highest rated chess player of all-time. Who previously held that title? Hint

Anatoly Karpov

Viswanathan Anand

Garry Kasparov

Bobby Fischer

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Question 6 of 10

6. In November 2013, who did Magnus Carlsen defeat to win his first world championship? Hint

Sergey Karjakin

Viswhanathan Anand

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

Levon Aronian

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Question 7 of 10

7. One of the strongest annual chess tournaments is the Tata Steel Chess Tournament. In 2019 Magnus Carlsen broke the record for number of wins at this event, it being which victory for him? Hint

The 8th

The 5th

The 6th

The 7th

8. Have a dream of playing a game of chess against the world champion? You can actually do that; well kind of anyway. Magnus Carlsen has been involved in the development of a chess app, where you can play against him. Based on your skill level the app will resemble the way Magnus played at different ages. What is the name of the app? Hint

Play Magnus

Play On

Play the World Champion

Play Me

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Question 9 of 10

9. In 2018 Carlsen faced Fabiano Caruana in a match for the world championship. The match was played over 12 games. How many games ended in a draw? Hint

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Question 10 of 10

10. Magnus Carlsen is not only super strong in the standard time control. In fact he has been world champion in all 3 time controls approved by the world chess federation (standard, rapid and blitz). In St. Petersburg 2019 Carlsen won his fourth blitz world championship. The tournament turned out to be a two-horse race between Magnus Carlsen and which other player? Hint

Hikaru Nakamura

Jan-Krzysztof Duda

Anish Giri

Ian Nepomniachtchi

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What is the nationality of Magnus Carlsen?

Answer: Norwegian

Magnus Carlsen was born in T�nsberg on November 30, 1990.

2. Who first coined the phrase "The Mozart of Chess" about Magnus Carlsen?

Answer: Lubomir Kavalek

Kavalek used the phrase in one of his chess columns for the "Washington Post" after Carlsen's brilliant win against Sipke Ernst in the 2004 Corus Chess Tournament (The tournament has since been renamed to Tata Steel).

3. At what age did Magnus Carlsen become a grandmaster?

Answer: 13

To become a chess grandmaster, you have to earn 3 Grandmaster norms as well as getting a FIDE rating of at least 2500.

4. In 2009 Carlsen won the very strong Nanjing Pearl Spring Tournament 2,5 points ahead of second place! What was his final tournament score?

Answer: 8 out of 10 points

The 2009 Nanjing Pearl Spring Tornament listed a very strong field of players. The average rating stood at 2763.
Magnus Carlsen completed the tournament without any losses (6 wins and 4 draws), giving him a performance rating of 3003!

5. In 2012 Carlsen increased his rating to 2861 making him the highest rated chess player of all-time. Who previously held that title?

Answer: Garry Kasparov

Kasparov's peak rating stood at 2851.
Magnus Carlsen's highest rating (as of March 2019) stands at 2882 achieved in May 2014.

6. In November 2013, who did Magnus Carlsen defeat to win his first world championship?

Answer: Viswhanathan Anand

The match was played in Anand's home country of India. However that didn't help him very much since Carlsen won the match convincingly 6,5 - 3,5.

7. One of the strongest annual chess tournaments is the Tata Steel Chess Tournament. In 2019 Magnus Carlsen broke the record for number of wins at this event, it being which victory for him?

Answer: The 7th

Carlsen won the tournament in 2008(tied with Levon Aronian), 2010, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2018 and 2019. He also won the C-group of the tournament back in 2004 at age 13.

Answer: Play Magnus

The Play Magnus app was created by feeding the chess engine with a database containing games that Magnus had played at different points in his chess career starting at age 5.

9. In 2018 Carlsen faced Fabiano Caruana in a match for the world championship. The match was played over 12 games. How many games ended in a draw?

Answer: 12

The 12 consecutive draws in the standard time control games was a first in the history of the world championship.
Since the match score was tied after the 12 games, a tie-breaker was needed to crown the new world champion. The tie-breaker used was a maximum of 4 rapid games(in this case, 25 minuttes + a 10 second increment after each move). Carlsen was superior in the rapid games. The match was stopped after he had won the first 3 games, thus making it impossible for Caruana to even the score.

Answer: Jan-Krzysztof Duda

Carlsen won with the incredible score of 17 points out of 21. In the 21 rounds, he didn't suffer a single loss. In spite of this, Jan-Krzysztof Duda from Poland was only half a point behind when the dust settled.

Source: Author Bohr

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