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Karthik Venkataraman

Karthik Venkataraman

GM🇮🇳

FIDEFIDE 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

Activity

129

games / yr avg. · ≈11/mo

136 past 12 mo · ≈11/mo
classical only
Very active

Signature stat

#24

#24 · Indian players · of 19,102

Career timeline

27 entries
2024
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

Best result
Brasov Grand Prix 2025 - A
perf 2763 (+192) · 8/9 · #1
Top opponent
vs Quang Liem LeGM 2,729
FIDE World Cup 2025 · Nov 2025 · +1.9 Elo
Evolution
+16
25502566
Tournaments
17
118 games
Score
82.5/ 11869.9%
56W53D9L

Last 12 months — tournaments

14 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Team
Apr 20261/3#1152399-8.0
Team
Apr 20263/6#352574-1.7
Open Swiss
Apr 20266/9#442392-17.2
Open Swiss
Apr 20267/9#102565-0.7
Team
Mar 20261/1#1043341+4.3
Team
Feb 20260.5/1#1592529-0.9
Open Swiss
Jan 20266/8#142504-4.4
Team
Dec 20251.5/2#72801+5.5
Knockout
Nov 20254.5/8R322694+12.8
Open Swiss
Oct 20256/9#42539-3.3
Worst Elo result: V Open Chess Menorca 2026 (-17.2 Elo, finished #44).

Most-Played Opponents

Rankings

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India
#24
out of 26,549 players
Asia-Pacific
#70
in continent
World
#248
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
India
1
🇮🇳Erigaisi ArjunFollow Erigaisi ArjunTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,751
2
🇮🇳Anand, ViswanathanFollow Viswanathan AnandTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,739
3
🇮🇳Praggnanandhaa RFollow Praggnanandhaa RTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,733
4
🇮🇳Gukesh DFollow Gukesh DTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,732
5
🇮🇳Nihal SarinFollow Nihal SarinTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,723
6
🇮🇳Vidit, Santosh GujrathiFollow Santosh Gujrathi ViditTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,708
7
🇮🇳Aravindh, Chithambaram VR.Follow Chithambaram VR. AravindhTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,692
8
🇮🇳Harikrishna, PentalaFollow Pentala HarikrishnaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,676
9
🇮🇳Pranav, VFollow V PranavTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,657
10
🇮🇳Karthikeyan, MuraliFollow Murali KarthikeyanTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,648
...
24🇮🇳Karthik Venkataraman2,566
Asia-Pacific
1
🇺🇿Abdusattorov, NodirbekFollow Nodirbek AbdusattorovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,780
2
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,776
3
🇨🇳Wei, YiFollow Yi WeiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
4
🇮🇳Erigaisi ArjunFollow Erigaisi ArjunTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,751
5
🇮🇳Anand, ViswanathanFollow Viswanathan AnandTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,739
6
🇨🇳Ding, LirenFollow Liren DingTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,738
7
🇮🇳Praggnanandhaa RFollow Praggnanandhaa RTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,733
8
🇮🇳Gukesh DFollow Gukesh DTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,732
9
🇻🇳Le, Quang LiemFollow Quang Liem LeTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,731
10
🇷🇺Nepomniachtchi, IanFollow Ian NepomniachtchiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,729
...
70🇮🇳Karthik Venkataraman2,566
World
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,840
2
🇺🇸Nakamura, HikaruFollow Hikaru NakamuraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,792
3
🇺🇸Caruana, FabianoFollow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,788
4
🇺🇿Abdusattorov, NodirbekFollow Nodirbek AbdusattorovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,780
5
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,776
6
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
7
🇫🇷Firouzja, AlirezaFollow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,754
10
🇨🇳Wei, YiFollow Yi WeiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
...
248🇮🇳Karthik Venkataraman2,566