How strong of a player is Magnus Carlsen's father?

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togaquest

Is he IM level? Is he just an average club guy? 

 

I've always been curious.

Yigor

LMAO Shnobel prize to U for this awesome question of the day. blitz.pngpeshka.png 

Ziggy_Zugzwang

Nigel Short's dad plays in a Midlands league. He is in the lower strata of club chess.

fabelhaft

Henrik Carlsen is rated in the 2000s:

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=94612

 

G2gutZ

Standard 2063

Rapid 1941

Blitz 1993

DrSabotage

Henrik Carlsen FIDE profile:

https://ratings.fide.com/profile/1502832

SAI229

i think he is a normal dude

And magnus developed on his own

satan_llama

Father played a very important role for him. Henrik was always there to provide the best for magnus, nurturing the young talent.

DreamscapeHorizons

His dad peaked at 2095. It looks like he hasn't played in about 4 years. His 2 sisters peaks were 1947 & 1602. It looks like they stopped playing about 9 - 10 years ago.