Carlsen aiva mumwe wevatambi 21 mumakwikwi matanhatu FIDE Grand Prix 2008<unk>2010, mukwikwidzi weWorld Chess Championship 2012
. Mumakwikwi okutanga, muBaku, Azerbaijan, akapedza mumutsara wevatatu-nzira yekutanga, aine imwe 2800 PR. Gare gare akabva mumakwikwi eGran Prix pasinei nokubudirira kwake kwokutanga, achitsoropodza FIDE nokuda kwoku"chinja mitemo zvikuru pakati pemakwikwi eWorld Championship".