Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Carlsen ya zama Gwarzon Chess na Duniya a 2013 ta hanyar kayar da Viswanathan Anand. A shekara mai zuwa, ya riƙe sunansa
Anand, kuma ya lashe duka Gasar Rapid ta Duniya ta 2014 da Gasar Blitz ta Duniya, don haka ya zama ɗan wasa na farko da ya riƙe taken uku a lokaci guda, abin da ya maimaita a cikin 2019. Ya kare kambinsa na duniya na gargajiya a kan Sergey Karjakin a 2016, da Fabiano Caruana a 2018.