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Carlsen became World Chess Champion in [[World Chess Championship 2013|2013]] by defeating [[Viswanathan Anand]]. He [[World Chess Championship 2014|retained his title]] against Anand the following year and won both the 2014 World Rapid Championship and World Blitz Championship, becoming the first player to hold all three titles simultaneously, a feat which he repeated in 2019 and 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Barden |first=Leonard |date=2022-12-30 |title=Chess: Magnus Carlsen captures double world crown in Rapid and Blitz |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/dec/30/chess-carlsen-triumphs-in-world-rapid-then-sprints-to-avoid-blitz-time-forfeit |access-date=2022-12-30 |website=amp-theguardian-com.cdn.ampproject.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-30 |title=World Blitz: Carlsen clinches triple crown, Assaubayeva defends her title |url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/world-rapid-blitz-ch-2022-live-blitz-2 |access-date=2022-12-31 |website=Chess News |language=en}}</ref> He defended his classical world title against [[Sergey Karjakin]] in [[World Chess Championship 2016|2016]], [[Fabiano Caruana]] in [[World Chess Championship 2018|2018]], and [[Ian Nepomniachtchi]] in [[World Chess Championship 2021|2021]]. He declined to defend his title against Nepomniachtchi in [[World Chess Championship 2023|2023]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lourim |first1=Jake |title=Magnus Carlsen Is Giving Up The World Title. But The Carlsen Era Lives On. |url=https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/magnus-carlsen-is-giving-up-the-world-title-but-the-carlsen-era-lives-on/ |website=FiveThirtyEight |date=26 July 2022 |access-date=12 September 2022}}</ref>
Known for his attacking style as a teenager, Carlsen has since developed into a universal player. He uses a variety of [[chess opening|openings]] to make it harder for opponents to prepare against him and reduce the utility of pre-game [[Chess engine|computer analysis]]. He has stated the [[chess middlegame|middlegame]] is his favorite part of the game as it "comes down to pure chess"
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