Chess star Magnus Carlsen to marry girlfriend Ella Victoria Malone this weekend: Report

World No.1 chess participant and five-time world champion Magnus Carlsen is ready to marry his girlfriend, 26-year-old Ella Victoria Malone, this weekend, Norway newspaper Verdens Gang has reported. As per the media home, Carlsen and Malone shall be tying the knot at an undisclosed location this weekend. They’ve determined to maintain their wedding ceremony venue and time a secret as they want to have a peaceable wedding ceremony.

It’s not clear when the 34-year-old Carlsen began relationship Malone however they had been seen publicly collectively for the primary time throughout the Freestyle Chess G.O.A.T. Problem in Germany in February 2024. Malone had additionally accompanied Carlsen to the Champions Chess Tour Finals in Oslo and the World Speedy & Blitz Championships which lately led to New York.

Carlsen to marry Malone this weekend

Whereas chatting with The Straits Instances lately, Carlsen revealed that Malone was born to an American father and Norwegian mom and after rising up in Oslo, Norway, she is now a everlasting resident of Singapore.

Carlsen had additionally described Malone as “understanding and supportive”.

“It’s very good to have her with me. She is knowing and supportive. That’s good and it’s good to have some distractions in case I don’t carry out effectively,” he stated whereas chatting with TV 2 throughout the Velocity Chess Championship in September.

Carlsen faces controversy after shared Blitz title win

In the meantime, Carlsen has discovered himself
in a little bit of controversy since profitable the World Blitz title on 31 December for a document eighth time as he shared the trophy with Russia’s Ian Nepomniachtchi.

The duo determined to share the trophy after three consecutive attracts within the sudden-death stage. Nonetheless, a video that rapidly surfaced on-line confirmed Carlsen and Nepomniachtchi discussing plans to play out attracts. It led to an enormous furore with match-fixing allegations behind labelled towards Carlsen.

Carlsen, nevertheless,
defended his actions on X, saying that he wasn’t prearranging a draw however solely made a joke.

“I’ve by no means prearranged a attract my profession. Within the video I’m joking with Ian in a state of affairs with missing decisive tiebreak guidelines. This was clearly not an try to affect FIDE. It was stated within the spirit that I believed FIDE would comply with our proposal. If something it was a nasty joke given the gravity of the state of affairs,” Carlsen stated on X.

“I believe the match itself confirmed two gamers taking part in excessive degree chess, equally matched and each deserving of a win.”