Talk:Magnus Carlsen

Image dispute - 2021 WCC image is better
FIrst, the WCC is more significant than the Tata Steel tournament, and also the image shows him more clearly. Jishiboka1 (talk) 05:26, 20 April 2023 (UTC)


 * Agreed, this new photo is significantly worse. There's no need to only use the latest photo available, and particularly not if it's a bad one. Even using this one from 2016 seems quite okay. 157.157.164.20 (talk) 11:46, 5 May 2023 (UTC)

The 'Notes: interactive games' tab should be merged with the main 'Notes' tab
In my opinion, the information from the 'Notes: interactive games' tab should be merged with the information from the main 'Notes' tab and then the 'Notes: interactive games' tab should be deleted as in my opinion it is pointless having 2 notes tabs. Xboxsponge15 (talk) 18:43, 29 July 2023 (UTC)

All-time highest-rated blitz and rapid player = no mention
Carlsen's peak in both blitz and rapid chess (according to FIDE) is the highest in history but I couldn't find a single mention of it. Isn't that worth of a mention..? Vehvilæinen (talk) 17:31, 16 August 2023 (UTC)


 * feel free to go ahead and add a mention to the article. LittlePuppers (talk) 01:40, 17 August 2023 (UTC)
 * The fact that it's a record does not imply that it needs to be mentioned in the article. There is no hard-and-fast criterion for what to put into the article and what not to, but one useful criterion is notability.  If you can find one or more articles in the chess press (print or online) that mention his record-high blitz and/or rapid ratings, you can mention them in the article, and cite the article(s).  On the other hand, if you can't find such an article, chances are the rest of the world just does not care about these high ratings, and mentioning them in the article would be just nerdy. Bruce leverett (talk) 02:03, 17 August 2023 (UTC)
 * I think you are right. It seems that the internet had very little interest in it. However, can't see it as nerdy... Vehvilæinen (talk) 08:31, 18 August 2023 (UTC)

GOAT again
Should this edit by SpyroeBM be reverted?

This matter has been discussed before here:

Talk:Magnus Carlsen/Archive 2

Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Chess/Archive 37

Similar statements have been removed from the articles about Bobby Fischer and Garry Kasparov. For example:

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bobby_Fischer&diff=1150860407&oldid=1150835367

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Garry_Kasparov&diff=1139625710&oldid=1139622414

The edits above were made by MaxBrowne2 and Bruce leverett. Khiikiat (talk) 18:47, 20 August 2023 (UTC)


 * I do not have anything to add to the discussion in Talk:Magnus Carlsen/Archive 2. By way of clarification, when that discussion took place, there were still "GOAT" statements in the lead paragraphs of Bobby Fischer and Garry Kasparov, but those have since been removed.
 * In a nutshell (in case the reader does not want to click through to that discussion), there was consensus that GOAT statements, no matter how carefully supported by citations to references, are generally not helpful things to have in biographies of chess world champions. Bruce leverett (talk) 02:52, 21 August 2023 (UTC)

Two different birth years
1989 in the introduction and 1990 later. 76.236.30.55 (talk) 02:53, 24 January 2024 (UTC)

Girlfriend
Under the personal life section there should be something about his girlfriend. Briaboru (talk) 06:55, 13 May 2024 (UTC)


 * See talk:magnus Carlson/Archive 2#Love life. Bruce leverett (talk) 21:35, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

Tata Steel Chess Tournament
Is mentioned at the start of the 2004 and 2006 sections. In the 2005 section, it is missing.

The phrasing at the start of the 2006 section can be mistaken as his first group B was in 2006. His finish in the 2004 group C allowed him to play in group B for the first time in 2005. Tbuonodono (talk) 04:27, 20 May 2024 (UTC)