GM Pontus Carlsson

Full name

Pontus Carlsson

Born

Dec 18, 1982 (age 42)‎

Place of birth

Cali, Colombia

Federation

Sweden

Retired

Rating

Bio

Pontus Carlsson is a Swedish grandmaster and member of the Swedish National Team. He’s the only player in history to win the Tusenmannaschacket Rapid tournament three times, and has two Swedish Junior Championships and a Nordic Junior Championship to his name as well. At the 2007 European Team Chess Championship, he scored an undefeated 6/9 points, earning a performance rating of 2686.

One of the few black GMs in the world, Carlsson shared his experience with racism in a 2020 interview with Chess.com.

Best Game

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Alapin Sicilian Defense (16 games)

Sicilian Defense: Canal Attack (15 games)

French Defense: Tarrasch, Closed (13 games)

Sicilian Defense: Taimanov, Bastrikov Variation (13 games)

Closed Sicilian Defense: Traditional Line (13 games)

Black Pieces

English Opening: King's English Variation (17 games)

Alapin Sicilian Defense: Barmen Defense (17 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Dragon Variation (13 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Dragon, Old Line (13 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Dragon, Rauzer Variation (13 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Pontus Carlsson (2461) Christian Stevens	1-0	28	2024
Pontus Carlsson (2461) Ritvik Krishnan (2192)	1-0	71	2024
Pontus Carlsson (2461) Iren Lyutsinger (2192)	1-0	32	2024
Pontus Carlsson (2461) Arif Abdul Hafiz (2198)	0-1	48	2024
Pontus Carlsson (2461) S P Sethuraman (2495)	0-1	24	2024
Pontus Carlsson (2461) Rinat Jumabayev (2521)	0-1	35	2024
Pontus Carlsson (2461) Marius Deuer (2388)	½-½	37	2024
Pontus Carlsson (2447) Artur Jakubiec (2452)	1-0	36	2020
Pontus Carlsson (2447) Nikola Nikolovski (2424)	1-0	41	2019
Pontus Carlsson (2447) Martin Blahynka (2423)	1-0	50	2019

Show All Games