Chess player Magnus Carlsen is about to start 2025. with an important step in his personal life – he will marry his girlfriend, 26-year-old Ella Victoria Malone, this weekend, Norwegian media reported.
The Norwegian, fresh from winning his eighth world blitz championship after sharing his title with Jan Nepomniaschie, will mark an even bigger victory by marrying Malone at an undisclosed location this weekend, according to Norwegian newspaper VG.
The couple confirmed the news through Carlsen’s longtime friend Magnus Barstad, but no further details have been made public.
Carlsen and Malone were first seen in public together at the GOAT Freestyle Challenge in Germany in February.
Since then, Malone has been with him in tournaments, most recently at the Champions Chess Tour Finals in Oslo and the Rapid and Blitz World Championship in New York in late December.
Malone was raised in Oslo by a Norwegian mother and an American father, but has spent most of her life in Singapore, where she is a permanent resident.