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Opening · 63 games
Two Knights Defense
Magnus Carlsen's games in the Two Knights Defense. Every game from the collection that played out through this opening.
All 63 games
Year
Game
ECO
Result
2001
Christian Aarefjord vs Magnus Carlsen
Open NOR-ch
C55
0–1
2001
M Kouvatsou vs Magnus Carlsen
ECC
C55
½–½
2004
Evgeny Alekseev vs Magnus Carlsen
5th YM
C55
½–½
2004
Evgeny Alekseev vs Magnus Carlsen
5th YM
C55
1–0
2005
E Paehtz vs Magnus Carlsen
6th YM
C55
½–½
2005
V Malakhov vs Magnus Carlsen
WCC Places 9-12
C55
0–1
2005
V Malakhov vs Magnus Carlsen
WCC Places 9-12
C55
1–0
2006
S Erenburg vs Magnus Carlsen
Glitnir Blitz
C55
0–1
2006
Viswanathan Anand vs Magnus Carlsen
Glitnir Blitz
C55
0–1
2006
A Naiditsch vs Magnus Carlsen
37th Olympiad
C57
0–1
2007
K Lie vs Magnus Carlsen
Arctic Chess Challenge
C56
½–½
2016
Vladimir Kramnik vs Magnus Carlsen
GCT Blitz Paris 2016
C55
0–1
2016
Anish Giri vs Magnus Carlsen
GCT Blitz YourNextMove
C55
½–½
2017
Magnus Carlsen vs D Pavasovic
PRO League Group Stage
C55
1–0
2017
Vladimir Kramnik vs Magnus Carlsen
GCT Blitz YourNextMove
C55
0–1
2017
Magnus Carlsen vs Bu Xiangzhi
FIDE World Cup 2017
C55
0–1
2019
Teimour Radjabov vs Magnus Carlsen
Vugar Gashimov Mem 2019
C55
½–½
2020
Jorden Van Foreest vs Magnus Carlsen
82nd Tata Steel GpA
C58
½–½
2021
Magnus Carlsen vs Daniil Dubov
Opera Euro Rapid KO 2021
C55
1–0
2021
Magnus Carlsen vs Daniil Dubov
Opera Euro Rapid KO 2021
C55
1–0
2021
Magnus Carlsen vs Daniil Dubov
Opera Euro Rapid KO 2021
C55
0–1
2021
Wesley So vs Magnus Carlsen
Opera Euro Rapid KO 2021
C58
0–1
2021
Magnus Carlsen vs Andrew Tang
Carlsen-Tang Bullet 2021
C56
0–1
2022
Andrey Esipenko vs Magnus Carlsen
Airthings Masters Prelim
C55
1–0
2022
Viswanathan Anand vs Magnus Carlsen
10th Norway Chess 2022
C55
½–½
2022
Veselin Topalov vs Magnus Carlsen
SuperUnited Blitz 2022
C55
0–1
2022
Samuel Sevian vs Magnus Carlsen
MrDodgy Inv 3 Finals
C55
0–1
2022
D Gukesh vs Magnus Carlsen
chess.com SpeedChess 2022
C55
0–1
2023
Arjun Erigaisi vs Magnus Carlsen
Airthings Masters Div 1 W
C55
½–½
2023
A Tari vs Magnus Carlsen
11th Norway Armageddon
C55
0–1
2023
Magnus Carlsen vs Alireza Firouzja
Bullet Chess Winners 2023
C55
½–½
2023
Magnus Carlsen vs Alireza Firouzja
Bullet Chess Winners 2023
C55
0–1
2023
Magnus Carlsen vs Daniel Naroditsky
Bullet Chess Losers 2023
C55
1–0
2023
Alireza Firouzja vs Magnus Carlsen
Bullet Chess Losers 2023
C55
0–1
2023
Alireza Firouzja vs Magnus Carlsen
Bullet Chess Losers 2023
C55
1–0
2023
Alireza Firouzja vs Magnus Carlsen
Bullet Chess Losers 2023
C55
1–0
2023
Alireza Firouzja vs Magnus Carlsen
Bullet Chess Losers 2023
C55
0–1
2023
Magnus Carlsen vs Subramaniyam H Bharath
Qatar Masters Open 2023
C55
1–0
2024
D Gukesh vs Magnus Carlsen
Superbet POL Rapid 2024
C57
½–½
2024
Magnus Carlsen vs Ma Herman
Titled Tue 25th Jun Early
C55
1–0
2024
Hans Niemann vs Magnus Carlsen
Titled Tue 9th Jul Early
C55
0–1
2024
Javokhir Sindarov vs Magnus Carlsen
Titled Tue 16th Jul Late
C58
1–0
2024
Magnus Carlsen vs Javokhir Sindarov
Titled Tue 13th Aug Late
C55
1–0
2024
M Pranesh vs Magnus Carlsen
Titled Tue 27th Aug Early
C58
0–1
2024
Hans Niemann vs Magnus Carlsen
SpeedChess Final 2024
C55
1–0
2024
Hans Niemann vs Magnus Carlsen
SpeedChess Final 2024
C55
1–0
2024
Alireza Firouzja vs Magnus Carlsen
SpeedChess Final 2024
C55
0–1
2024
Alireza Firouzja vs Magnus Carlsen
SpeedChess Final 2024
C55
½–½
2024
Alireza Firouzja vs Magnus Carlsen
SpeedChess Final 2024
C55
0–1
2024
Alireza Firouzja vs Magnus Carlsen
SpeedChess Final 2024
C57
1–0
2024
Magnus Carlsen vs Alireza Firouzja
SpeedChess Final 2024
C55
1–0
2024
Alireza Firouzja vs Magnus Carlsen
SpeedChess Final 2024
C55
1–0
2024
Alireza Firouzja vs Magnus Carlsen
CCT Final RR 2024
C55
½–½
2025
Magnus Carlsen vs Hikaru Nakamura
Chessable Masters Winners
C55
1–0
2025
Magnus Carlsen vs Denis Lazavik
Titled Tue 11th Mar Early
C55
1–0
2025
Nodirbek Abdusattorov vs Magnus Carlsen
Chess.com Classic Winners
C55
½–½
2025
Nodirbek Abdusattorov vs Magnus Carlsen
Chess.com Classic Winners
C55
0–1
2025
Hans Niemann vs Magnus Carlsen
Titled Tue 10th Jun Early
C55
1–0
2025
Alireza Firouzja vs Magnus Carlsen
SuperUnited CRO Blitz 2025
C55
0–1
2025
Jan-Krzysztof Duda vs Magnus Carlsen
Esports World Cup D 2025
C55
½–½
2025
Alireza Firouzja vs Magnus Carlsen
Esports World Cup 2025
C58
½–½
2025
Magnus Carlsen vs Hikaru Nakamura
Titled Tue 21st Oct 2025
C55
½–½
2025
Magnus Carlsen vs Shant Sargsyan
World Rapid 2025
C55
1–0