Magnus on Mount Everst in Chess

I have followed the young Mozart of Chees, Magnus Carlsen, since he entered the world of chess 10 years ago. Magnus is now 22 and he is currently the world number in chess. In january 2013 the young Chess Grandmaster received  a staggering 2861 in rating. This is an all time rating record. Beating Garry Kasparov long time old record of 2851. There is more than 50 points between number one and two on the FIDE rating list! To put this perspective  there is only a handful of players who has been above 2800 in chess history. The the current world champion in Chess, Viswanathan Anand,  has mere 2772 as in rating as number 7 on the list.

In 2012  in Bilbao Masters Magnus Carlsen demolished Viswanathan Anand in the following game:

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[Event “Bilbao Masters”]
[Site “Sao Paulo BRA”]
[Date “2012.10.12”]
[EventDate “2012.09.24”]
[Round “9”]
[Result “1-0”]
[White “Magnus Carlsen”]
[Black “Viswanathan Anand”]
[ECO “B52”]
[WhiteElo “?”]
[BlackElo “?”]
[PlyCount “59”]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 g6
7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bg7 9.f3 Qc7 10.b3 Qa5 11.Bb2 Nc6 12.O-O O-O
13.Nce2 Rfd8 14.Bc3 Qb6 15.Kh1 d5 16.Nxc6 bxc6 17.Qe1 Rdc8
18.e5 Ne8 19.e6 fxe6 20.Nf4 Bxc3 21.Qxc3 d4 22.Qd2 c5 23.Rae1
Ng7 24.g4 Rc6 25.Nh3 Ne8 26.Qh6 Nf6 27.Ng5 d3 28.Re5 Kh8
29.Rd1 Qa6 30.a4 1-0

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Update:
Magnus Carlsen further clear in February FIDE Ratings theweekinchess.com

Links:
Homepage of Magnus Carlsen magnuscarlsen.com
Magnus Carlsen wikipedia.org
FIDE Rating list january 2013 fide.com

Magnus Carlsen is going to play 5 of the top 10 players of the world in The 75th Tata Steel Chess Tournament: 11 – 27 January 2013 in Wijk aan Zee