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Karthik Venkataraman
GM🇮🇳FIDE 25006479· Male· India· Born in 1999
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Karthik Venkataraman, a 27-year-old Indian Grandmaster, is rated 2566 and ranked 24th among Indian players, and 248th worldwide. He has fluctuated between 2540 and 2605 over the past 2 years. 136 rated games in the past year (≈109/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 1. Schachbundesliga 2025-2026 April 2026, 1. Bundesliga AUT 2025-2026 Round 6-11, and V Open Chess Menorca 2026. Also played 2 rapid (including FIDE World Rapid Championship 2025) and 4 blitz events (including FIDE World Blitz Championship 2025) recently. His peak of 2609 was reached at age 24 (Dec 2023); he also reached World #157 in Dec 2024.
Awarded GM in 2018 (age 19), IM in 2018 (age 19), and FM in 2015 (age 16). At junior level, he reached World #25 in U20, World #36 in U18, World #65 in U16, World #64 in U14 and #7 and #46 nationally in U12 and U10.
Current rating
2566
Standard
Rpd2499·Blz2453
All-time high
2609
−43 pts below
Dec 2023 · age 24
Dec 2023 · age 24
Activity
129
games / yr avg. · ≈11/mo
136 past 12 mo · ≈11/mo
classical only
Very active
classical only
Very active
Signature stat
#24
#24 · Indian players · of 19,102
Career timeline
27 entries2024
Peak World rank: #157
at age 25 · rated 2603
Dec 2024
Peak Indian rank: #15
at age 25 · rated 2605
Nov 2024
Re-crossed 2600
at age 25
Nov 2024
2023
Crossed 2600
at age 24
Dec 2023
All-time peak 2609
at age 24 · −43 from today
Dec 2023
2022
Re-crossed 2500
at age 23
Dec 2022
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+16
2550 → 2566
Tournaments
17
118 games
Score
82.5/ 11869.9%
56W53D9L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
14 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Apr 2026 | 1/3 | #115 | 2399 | -8.0 |
Team | Apr 2026 | 3/6 | #35 | 2574 | -1.7 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 6/9 | #44 | 2392 | -17.2 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 7/9 | #10 | 2565 | -0.7 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/1 | #104 | 3341 | +4.3 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 0.5/1 | #159 | 2529 | -0.9 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 6/8 | #14 | 2504 | -4.4 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 1.5/2 | #7 | 2801 | +5.5 |
Knockout | Nov 2025 | 4.5/8 | R32 | 2694 | +12.8 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 6/9 | #4 | 2539 | -3.3 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsGuha MitrabhaGM
🇮🇳IND·2516
+5 −0 =6
11 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsChithambaram VR. AravindhGM
🇮🇳IND·2692
+2 −7 =2
11 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsVisakh N RGM
🇮🇳IND·2532
+3 −5 =3
11 games·last met May 2025
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vsShyaam Nikhil PGM
🇮🇳IND·2446
+4 −3 =4
11 games·last met Mar 2025
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vsKrishna C R GIM
🇮🇳IND·2383
+2 −5 =4
11 games·last met May 2024
View head-to-head →
Rankings
/
India
#24
out of 26,549 players
Asia-Pacific
#70
in continent
World
#248
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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World
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