The global chess hierarchy is set by FIDE ratings, and the current top spot belongs to Magnus Carlsen with a 2823. Fabiano Caruana and Hikaru Nakamura are dead even for second, both sitting at 2792. The top ten also…



Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen is a Norwegian chess grandmaster who has dominated the game for over a decade. Born November 30, 1990, in Tønsberg, he has held the world No.