So strongly do Carlsen and his family believe in the company, in fact, that when the stock price has slipped recently, they have stepped in to buy shares - about 100,000 over the last six months Many players are very talented, but Magnus is immensely so. It can be seen throughout his chess career that he simply has a superior intuition about what is possible on the board in a specific position. He’s a very hard worker. From early childhood on, Magnus studied vast amounts of chess literature. It’s known that he knows books of Magnus Carlsen, the 28-year-old chess grandmaster ranked No. 1 in the world, used to drink orange juice and water for energy during chess games, but noticed that the sugar was making him crash. Not much data to go off of but Carlsen is much stronger in shorter time controls as well. When Garry became no.1 his rating was 2710. When Carlsen became no.1 his rating was 2810. Garry spent 20 years on top on the chess world and Carlsen has spent around 10-12. In his short career, Carlsen has already played around the same total chess games The highest paid chess player of all time was Fedor Bondarchuk, who made $1 million in 2008. The second highest paid player was Vladimir Kramnik who made $750,000 in 2014. As of 2015, the third highest paid player is Magnus Carlsen with an annual salary of $1 million. After looking at this site, many believe Magnus Carlsen has an IQ of 180. Not only is that number high, it is incredibly high. About 1 in 2 million people. Many chess players chose to to not to take an IQ test and maybe for good reasons. Garry Kasparov decided to take an IQ test and scored 135. Here's what world’s best chess player Magnus Carlsen was like as a kid. Gus Lubin. 2016-11-03T19:28:00Z An curved arrow pointing right. Share The letter F. Facebook. An envelope. It indicates Magnus Carlsen is a $50 million net worth Norwegian chess player. Magnus Carlsen is a five-time World Chess Champion from Norway who also holds the record for the longest unbroken streak at the highest level of classical chess. Furthermore, he has a peak rating of 2882, which is the greatest in history. Carlsen’s game is distinguished by C1hhR.