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Srivatsan Karthikeyan
CM🇮🇳FIDE 25684248· Male· India· Born in 2007
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Srivatsan Karthikeyan, a 19-year-old Indian Candidate Master, is rated 1952 and sitting in the top 5% of Indian players. He is climbing fast, having gained +101 Elo over the past 12 months. 26 rated games in the past year (≈38/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Muscat Kala Samskarika Vedhi Classic Chess Championship, 8th Oman Club Chess Championship 2025, and 21st Delhi International Open Grandmasters Chess Tournament-2025 (Category 'A'). Also played 1 rapid (including 6th Sultan Qaboos University Chess Rapid Tournament 2026) and 1 blitz events (including KHAAS Blitz Chess Tournament) recently. He took a 12-month break between Jun 2024 and Jul 2025. His peak of 2001 was reached at age 16 (May 2023).
Awarded CM in 2023 (age 16). At junior level, he reached #84, #73 and #35 nationally in U20, U18 and U16.
Current rating
1952
Standard
Rpd1891·Blz1888
All-time high
2001
−49 pts below
May 2023 · age 16
May 2023 · age 16
Activity
24
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
26 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 5%
#908 · Indian players · of 19,243
Career timeline
13 entries2026
84th Indian U20 player
at age 19 · rated 1952
Jun 2026
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2026
2024
Inactive for 12 months
paused at 1851 → returned at 1905
Jun 2024
Re-crossed 1800
at age 17
Mar 2024
73rd Indian U18 player
at age 17 · rated 1813
Jan 2024
2023
35th Indian U16 player
at age 16 · rated 2001
May 2023
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+47
1905 → 1952
Tournaments
2
16 games
Score
13/ 1681.3%
11W4D1L
Top 3 wins
Top 1 loss
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 6/7 | #1 | 2077 | +24.2 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 7/9 | #4 | 1946 | +24.0 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsVelavaa RagaveshCM
🇮🇳IND·2084
+1 −2 =5
8 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsShaurya Dinesh Sawlani
🇮🇳IND·1843
+5 −1 =2
8 games·last met Apr 2024
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vsSinan Shafeek
🇮🇳IND·1925
+4 −1 =1
6 games·last met May 2026
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vsAtharv Bansal
🇮🇳IND·1967
+1 −3 =1
5 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsMohammed Khalfan Al Saidi
🇴🇲OMA·1943
+2 −1 =2
5 games·last met Sep 2024
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Rankings
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India
#908
out of 26,680 players
Asia-Pacific
#4,346
in continent
World
#36,252
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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