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Opening · 154 games
Grünfeld Defense
Magnus Carlsen's games in the Grünfeld Defense. Every game from the collection that played out through this opening.
All 154 games
Year
Game
ECO
Result
2003
B Ostenstad vs Magnus Carlsen
ch-NOR
D71
1–0
2003
R Djurhuus vs Magnus Carlsen
ch-NOR
D87
½–½
2003
L Olsson vs Magnus Carlsen
25th Politiken Cup
D87
0–1
2003
A Jussupow vs Magnus Carlsen
25th Politiken Cup
D95
1–0
2003
J Dourerassou vs Magnus Carlsen
WYb14
D99
0–1
2003
S Estremera Panos vs Magnus Carlsen
Claude Pecaut Mem
D87
½–½
2004
H1 Olafsson vs Magnus Carlsen
Blitz
D80
½–½
2004
E Gausel vs Magnus Carlsen
TCh-NOR Final
D85
½–½
2004
Magnus Carlsen vs B Ostenstad
ch-NOR
D87
½–½
2004
R Fyllingen vs Magnus Carlsen
ch-NOR
D77
½–½
2004
S Papa vs Magnus Carlsen
5th YM
D91
½–½
2004
Magnus Carlsen vs E L'Ami
GM Classic
D89
0–1
2004
I Sokolov vs Magnus Carlsen
XLVIII TCh-ESP
D83
1–0
2005
PH Nielsen vs Magnus Carlsen
Corus B
D85
½–½
2005
Al Onischuk vs Magnus Carlsen
Corus B
D88
½–½
2005
PH Nielsen vs Magnus Carlsen
Bundesliga 2004-5
D76
1–0
2005
K Miton vs Magnus Carlsen
2nd Samba Cup
D97
1–0
2005
Z Azmaiparashvili vs Magnus Carlsen
WCC
D97
1–0
2005
Magnus Carlsen vs V Malakhov
WCC Places 9-12
D94
1–0
2007
Magnus Carlsen vs D Navara
Corus A
D87
0–1
2007
Magnus Carlsen vs Vassily Ivanchuk
XXIV SuperGM
D87
1–0
2007
Magnus Carlsen vs Bu Xiangzhi
GM
D94
1–0
2008
Magnus Carlsen vs P Eljanov
Corus A
D91
1–0
2008
Sergey Karjakin vs Magnus Carlsen
Aerosvit
D86
½–½
2008
Magnus Carlsen vs Peter Svidler
Tal Memorial Blitz
D87
1–0
2008
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov vs Magnus Carlsen
Tal Memorial Blitz
D95
0–1
2008
Vassily Ivanchuk vs Magnus Carlsen
24th ECC
D94
1–0
2009
Magnus Carlsen vs Leinier Dominguez
Corus A
D81
1–0
2009
Magnus Carlsen vs Vassily Ivanchuk
XXVI SuperGM
D81
½–½
2009
Magnus Carlsen vs Alexander Morozevich
18th Amber Blindfold
D97
1–0
2009
Vladimir Kramnik vs Magnus Carlsen
18th Amber Rapid
D82
½–½
2009
Wang Yue vs Magnus Carlsen
5th MTel Masters
D82
½–½
2009
Magnus Carlsen vs Leinier Dominguez
5th MTel Masters
D97
1–0
2009
Wang Yue vs Magnus Carlsen
XXII Rapid KO
D82
1–0
2009
Wang Yue vs Magnus Carlsen
2nd Pearl Spring
D83
½–½
2009
Peter Leko vs Magnus Carlsen
2nd Pearl Spring
D72
½–½
2009
Teimour Radjabov vs Magnus Carlsen
2nd Pearl Spring
D86
½–½
2009
Boris Gelfand vs Magnus Carlsen
Tal Memorial
D80
½–½
2009
Magnus Carlsen vs Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
World Blitz
D85
1–0
2009
Anatoly Karpov vs Magnus Carlsen
World Blitz
D72
0–1
2009
Levon Aronian vs Magnus Carlsen
World Blitz
D80
0–1
2009
Magnus Carlsen vs J Hammer
BNbank Blitz KO
D85
1–0
2009
Hikaru Nakamura vs Magnus Carlsen
BNbank Blitz KO
D85
1–0
2009
Pa Hansen vs Magnus Carlsen
BNbank Blitz GpA
D80
0–1
2010
Magnus Carlsen vs Leinier Dominguez
Corus A
D97
1–0
2010
Magnus Carlsen vs Peter Svidler
19th Amber Rapid
D97
1–0
2010
R Ponomariov vs Magnus Carlsen
19th Amber Rapid
D86
0–1
2010
Wang Yue vs Magnus Carlsen
4th Kings Tournament
D85
0–1
2010
Magnus Carlsen vs Viswanathan Anand
Arctic Stars Final
D78
1–0
2011
Magnus Carlsen vs Anish Giri
73rd Tata Steel GMA
D71
0–1
2011
Magnus Carlsen vs Levon Aronian
20th Amber Rapid
D78
½–½
2011
Y Pelletier vs Magnus Carlsen
Biel ACCENTUS GM
D85
0–1
2011
Alexander Morozevich vs Magnus Carlsen
Biel ACCENTUS GM
D80
½–½
2011
Vassily Ivanchuk vs Magnus Carlsen
6th Tal Memorial
D82
½–½
2011
Magnus Carlsen vs Peter Svidler
6th Tal Memorial
D86
½–½
2011
Viswanathan Anand vs Magnus Carlsen
6th Tal Memorial
D85
½–½
2012
Magnus Carlsen vs Fabiano Caruana
7th Mikhail Tal Memorial
D85
½–½
2012
Hikaru Nakamura vs Magnus Carlsen
45th Biel GM
D91
½–½
2013
Vassily Ivanchuk vs Magnus Carlsen
FIDE Candidates
D93
½–½
2013
Alexander Grischuk vs Magnus Carlsen
FIDE Candidates
D90
½–½
2014
Magnus Carlsen vs Anish Giri
2nd Norway Blitz 2014
D97
1–0
2014
Magnus Carlsen vs Fabiano Caruana
2nd Norway Chess 2014
D70
½–½
2014
Magnus Carlsen vs Alexander Grischuk
2nd Norway Chess 2014
D91
½–½
2014
Magnus Carlsen vs Le Quang Liem
FIDE World Blitz 2014
D73
1–0
2014
Viswanathan Anand vs Magnus Carlsen
WCh 2014
D85
½–½
2014
Viswanathan Anand vs Magnus Carlsen
WCh 2014
D97
½–½
2015
Magnus Carlsen vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
77th Tata Steel GpA
D85
½–½
2015
Magnus Carlsen vs Li Chao2
Qatar Masters Open 2015
D70
1–0
2016
L Van Wely vs Magnus Carlsen
78th Tata Steel GpA
D83
0–1
2016
Magnus Carlsen vs Li Chao2
4th Norway Blitz 2016
D75
1–0
2016
Magnus Carlsen vs Veselin Topalov
GCT Blitz YourNextMove
D80
1–0
2016
Magnus Carlsen vs Wei Yi
9th Masters Final 2016
D76
½–½
2017
Magnus Carlsen vs E Fossan
Magnus Inv Simul 2017
D79
0–1
2017
Geo Meier vs Magnus Carlsen
4th GRENKE Chess Classic
D90
0–1
2017
Magnus Carlsen vs Veselin Topalov
GCT Rapid Paris 2017
D76
1–0
2017
Magnus Carlsen vs Vladislav Artemiev
World Blitz 2017
D71
1–0
2019
Vl3 Fedoseev vs Magnus Carlsen
81st Tata Steel GpA
D90
½–½
2019
Magnus Carlsen vs Alexander Grischuk
7th Norway Chess 2019
D85
1–0
2019
Magnus Carlsen vs Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
7th Norway Chess 2019
D85
½–½
2019
Magnus Carlsen vs Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
7th Norway Armageddon
D85
1–0
2019
Wesley So vs Magnus Carlsen
7th Norway Armageddon
D70
½–½
2019
Magnus Carlsen vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Croatia GCT 2019
D85
1–0
2019
Magnus Carlsen vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Saint Louis Rapid 2019
D97
1–0
2019
Magnus Carlsen vs Ian Nepomniachtchi
7th Sinquefield Cup 2019
D85
½–½
2019
Magnus Carlsen vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
11th London Classic 2019
D87
½–½
2019
Magnus Carlsen vs Vladislav Artemiev
World Blitz 2019
D86
1–0
2019
Magnus Carlsen vs Ian Nepomniachtchi
World Blitz 2019
D87
½–½
2020
Magnus Carlsen vs Vladislav Artemiev
82nd Tata Steel GpA
D85
½–½
2020
Magnus Carlsen vs N Grandelius
Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup
D87
1–0
2020
Anish Giri vs Magnus Carlsen
Carlsen Inv Prelim
D87
½–½
2020
Magnus Carlsen vs Wesley So
Lindores Abbey Prelim
D86
½–½
2020
Magnus Carlsen vs Ding Liren
Chessable Masters Final 8
D85
½–½
2020
Anish Giri vs Magnus Carlsen
Chessable Masters Final 8
D85
½–½
2020
Boris Gelfand vs Magnus Carlsen
Legends of Chess Prelim
D87
0–1
2020
Ding Liren vs Magnus Carlsen
Legends of Chess Prelim
D78
½–½
2020
Magnus Carlsen vs Ian Nepomniachtchi
Legends of Chess Prelim
D85
1–0
2020
Magnus Carlsen vs Ian Nepomniachtchi
Legends of Chess Final
D79
½–½
2020
Magnus Carlsen vs Ian Nepomniachtchi
Legends of Chess Final
D85
½–½
2020
Magnus Carlsen vs Levon Aronian
Saint Louis Rapid 2020
D97
1–0
2020
Magnus Carlsen vs Levon Aronian
Chess24 Banter Final 2020
D86
1–0
2020
Magnus Carlsen vs Levon Aronian
Chess24 Banter Final 2020
D90
0–1
2020
Magnus Carlsen vs Ian Nepomniachtchi
Skilling Open KO 2020
D85
1–0
2020
Magnus Carlsen vs Ian Nepomniachtchi
Skilling Open KO 2020
D85
½–½
2020
Magnus Carlsen vs Vladislav Artemiev
chess.com Speed 2020
D85
½–½
2020
Magnus Carlsen vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
chess.com Speed 2020
D90
1–0
2020
Magnus Carlsen vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
chess.com Speed 2020
D90
0–1
2020
Magnus Carlsen vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
chess.com Speed 2020
D90
0–1
2020
Magnus Carlsen vs Anish Giri
Airthings Masters Prelim
D94
½–½
2021
Magnus Carlsen vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
83rd Tata Steel Masters
D85
1–0
2021
Magnus Carlsen vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Opera Euro Rapid KO 2021
D85
1–0
2021
Magnus Carlsen vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Opera Euro Rapid KO 2021
D85
1–0
2021
Magnus Carlsen vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Opera Euro Rapid KO 2021
D85
0–1
2021
Magnus Carlsen vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Opera Euro Rapid KO 2021
D85
1–0
2021
Magnus Carlsen vs Alireza Firouzja
Magnus-Alireza Bullet
D79
1–0
2021
Daniil Dubov vs Magnus Carlsen
DM Carlsen-Dubov 2021
D85
0–1
2021
Sa Martinovic vs Magnus Carlsen
FIDE World Cup 2021
D85
0–1
2021
Magnus Carlsen vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Aimchess US Rapid Prelim
D80
1–0
2022
Magnus Carlsen vs Jorden Van Foreest
84th Tata Steel Masters
D78
½–½
2022
Vladislav Artemiev vs Magnus Carlsen
Airthings Masters KO 2022
D91
0–1
2022
R Praggnanandhaa vs Magnus Carlsen
Charity Cup Prelim
D85
0–1
2022
Magnus Carlsen vs Jorden Van Foreest
Charity Cup Prelim
D78
½–½
2022
Vidit Gujrathi vs Magnus Carlsen
Charity Cup Prelim
D90
½–½
2022
Magnus Carlsen vs Hans Niemann
Charity Cup KO 2022
D78
½–½
2022
Magnus Carlsen vs Eric Hansen
Oslo Esports Cup 2022
D85
1–0
2022
Teimour Radjabov vs Magnus Carlsen
10th Norway Blitz 2022
D80
½–½
2022
Magnus Carlsen vs Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
10th Norway Chess 2022
D78
1–0
2022
Magnus Carlsen vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
10th Norway Armageddon
D85
1–0
2022
Magnus Carlsen vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
10th Norway Chess 2022
D85
½–½
2022
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov vs Magnus Carlsen
SuperUnited Rapid 2022
D94
1–0
2022
Magnus Carlsen vs Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
SuperUnited Blitz 2022
D78
1–0
2022
Magnus Carlsen vs M Petrosyan
Titled Tue 27th Sep Early
D78
1–0
2022
Magnus Carlsen vs Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
Meltwater Tour Final 2022
D78
1–0
2022
Magnus Carlsen vs Anish Giri
Meltwater Tour Final 2022
D85
1–0
2022
Magnus Carlsen vs Mukhiddin Madaminov
World Blitz 2022
D76
1–0
2023
Vincent Keymer vs Magnus Carlsen
85th Tata Steel Masters
D91
0–1
2023
Magnus Carlsen vs Sebastian Poltorak
Titled Tue 31st Jan Late
D85
1–0
2023
Magnus Carlsen vs Hikaru Nakamura
Airthings Masters Div 1 W
D77
½–½
2023
Magnus Carlsen vs Jan-Krzysztof Duda
Titled Tue 28th Feb Late
D85
1–0
2023
Magnus Carlsen vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Global Chess League 2023
D80
½–½
2023
Eric Hansen vs Magnus Carlsen
Bullet Chess Winners 2023
D90
0–1
2023
Magnus Carlsen vs Le Tuan Minh
Bullet Chess Winners 2023
D79
0–1
2023
Andrew Tang vs Magnus Carlsen
Bullet Chess Losers 2023
D70
0–1
2023
Magnus Carlsen vs Vidit Gujrathi
chess.com SpeedChess 2023
D79
1–0
2024
Magnus Carlsen vs Alireza Firouzja
Chessable Masters Div 1 W
D78
0–1
2024
Denis Lazavik vs Magnus Carlsen
Titled Tue 19th Mar Early
D78
1–0
2024
Magnus Carlsen vs Le Tuan Minh
chess.com SpeedChess 2024
D78
1–0
2024
Magnus Carlsen vs Alireza Firouzja
Julius Baer Gen Cup D1 W
D85
½–½
2024
Magnus Carlsen vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
CCT Final KO 2024
D78
1–0
2024
Magnus Carlsen vs S Shankland
World Blitz 2024
D75
½–½
2025
Magnus Carlsen vs Jose Avelino Alvarez Calzadilla
Titled Tue 14th Jan Early
D85
1–0
2025
Magnus Carlsen vs Viacheslav Tikhonov
Titled Tue 21st Jan Late
D85
1–0
2025
Magnus Carlsen vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Chess.com Classic Winners
D85
1–0
2025
Hikaru Nakamura vs Magnus Carlsen
13th Norway Armageddon
D78
1–0
2025
Magnus Carlsen vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Titled Tue 23rd Dec 2025
D85
1–0