Karthik Rajaa

Karthik Rajaa, a 25-year-old Indian International Master, is rated 2295 and sitting in the top 1% of Indian players, and in the top 2% worldwide. He has held steady between 2250 and 2300 for 8 months. 36 rated games in the past year (≈33/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 10th Johor Chess Open 2025, 17h Penang Heritage City Intenational Chess Open 2025 (Open), and 20th Dato Arthur Tan Malaysian Open Chess Championship. Also played 2 blitz events (including Johor Festival Blitz 2025) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 17 months (2011–2012) and 15 months (2017–2018). His peak of 2388 was reached at age 23 (Aug 2024).

Awarded IM in 2024 (age 23) and FM in 2022 (age 21). At junior level, he reached #26, #31, #95 and #77 nationally in U20, U18, U14 and U10.