Magnus Carlsen is a Norwegian chess grandmaster born in 1990 who achieved many chess accomplishments at a young age, including becoming a grandmaster at age 13, the youngest to ever break the 2600 and 2700 Elo rating barriers as a teenager, winning numerous tournaments, and being the #1 ranked player in the world by 2011. Some of his accomplishments include winning the Norwegian Chess Championship twice as a teenager, winning the Biel Grandmaster Tournament twice, and winning the London Chess Classic and World Blitz Championship. He has won several Chess Oscars for the best chess player of the year.