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Magnus Carlsen, a Legendary card
Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen is a Norwegian chess grandmaster.
- Rarity
- Legendary
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 100
- DEF
- 91
- Power
- 191
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 1,600,000
Power 191 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 95 % of WikiCards cards.
Magnus Carlsen quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Magnus Carlsen card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
His peak rating of 2882 is the highest rating achieved since their ______ by FIDE in 1970.
Answer
introduction. His peak rating of 2882 is the highest rating achieved since their introduction by FIDE in 1970. From the Magnus Carlsen article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Carlsen has held the No. 1 position in the FIDE rankings since 1 July ____, the longest consecutive period, and trails only Garry Kasparov in time spent as the highest-rated player in the world.
Answer
2010s. Carlsen has held the No. 1 position in the FIDE rankings since 1 July 2011, the longest consecutive period, and trails only Garry Kasparov in time spent as the highest-rated player in the world. From the Magnus Carlsen article on Wikipedia.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Carlsen is a five-time World Chess Champion, reigning six-time World Rapid Chess Champion, reigning nine-time World Blitz Chess Champion and the reigning FIDE Freestyle Chess World Champion.
- Carlsen has held the No. 1 position in the FIDE rankings since 1 July 2011, the longest consecutive period, and trails only Garry Kasparov in time spent as the highest-rated player in the world.
- His peak rating of 2882 is the highest rating achieved since their introduction by FIDE in 1970.
Why it is Legendary
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Magnus Carlsen article was read about 1,600,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 100 and blocks with 91: each hit it takes is cut by 36 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Magnus Carlsen (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Miroslav.vajdic, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.


