Magnus Carlsen suffered a rare double setback last weekend when the world champion twice lost three games in a row at the $100,000 Goldmoney Asian Rapid. The defeats occurred in his losing semi 95% of IQ scores fall between 70 and 130. 99.5% of IQ scores fall between 60 and 140. A score of 132 equals the top 2%. A score of 134 equals the top 1%. A score of 68 equals the bottom 2%. A score of 66 equals the bottom 1%. I’d like to stop for a second and inject a little philosophy before we go on. Carlsen is doing likewise to today's Chess world, which is too much believing in the silicon oracles' search and evaluation functions, by playing with 100% human positional understanding and making virtually no mistakes, and therefore by gaining and keeping an advantage throughout the game, untill his opponents' brain goes into malfunction. Discover the online chess profile of GM Magnus Carlsen (MagnusCarlsen) at Chess.com. See their chess rating, follow their best games, and challenge them to play a game. A 99% win rate is winning 99% of games played. Carlsen does not win nearly that many games, since at top level most games are drawn. Carlsen's overall record in life is +1262 =1289 -454, which means 1262 wins, 1289 draws, 454 losses. He has won 42.00% of all the games he's been recorded to have played, and has an all-time average score of 63.44 Play Magnus Group (PMG), that includes chess24, has received an offer from Chess.com that may see the two companies join forces. The offer values PMG at around $82.5 million and will take around two months to finalise, subject to shareholder approval and other closing conditions. Magnus Carlsen commented, “now we are entering a new era, and the combination of these two companies creates It cracked most of the audience present there. However, the GM seemed to be criticizing one of Carlsen’s infamous moves by his remarks. Magnus had previously made weak opening moves when there was not much pressure on him during any part of a tournament. The most famous of his weak opening moves are the 1.h4 followed by 2.a4. W ednesday marks the start of a six-month countdown to the World Chess Championship in New York, where Russia’s Sergey Karjakin will try to snatch the title from the champion, Magnus Carlsen It sort of is, sort of isnt. He has been streaming for years, has a huge loyal fan base and brought lots of new fans into chess. But on tuesdays he also has the chess.com tv embed to his channel, that adds about 10k viewers from 17.00 CET to 01.00 CET (from before the first until after the last TT), and he's said himself (explaining the low How Magnus Carlsen Achieved a Net Worth of $12 Million. If you don't know who Magnus Carlsen is, you should. Lots of people know who the Kardashians are, but few can name even one person on the top five smartest people alive list. If your instant answer was Stephen Hawking or Einstein, you might be surprised to learn you're wrong. lDJA.