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Karthikeyan, Murali
GM🇮🇳FIDE 5074452· Male· India· Born in 1999
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Murali Karthikeyan, a 27-year-old Indian Grandmaster, is rated 2661 — just 8 short of his peak of 2669 (Sep 2025, age 26) and ranked 9th among Indian players, and 53rd worldwide. He has held steady between 2625 and 2650 for 6 months. 71 rated games in the past year (≈99/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include KazChess Masters 2025, FIDE World Cup 2025, and Prva liga Srbije za 2025. godinu. Also played 3 rapid (including FIDE World Cup 2025 Rapid TB) and 2 blitz events (including FIDE World Cup 2025 Blitz TB) recently. He reached World #51 in Nov 2025 and has been in the world top 100 for 18 months and counting.
Awarded GM in 2015 (age 16) and IM in 2013 (age 14). At junior level, he reached World #6 in U20, World #6 in U18, World #5 in U16, World #2 in U14, World #8 in U12 and World #13 in U10.
Current rating
2661
Standard
Rpd2530·Blz2511
All-time high
2669
−8 pts below
Sep 2025 · age 26
Sep 2025 · age 26
Activity
70
games / yr avg. · ≈6/mo
69 past 12 mo · ≈6/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#9
#9 · Indian players · of 19,243
World top 100 since Jan 2025
World top 100 since Jan 2025
Career timeline
24 entries2026
18 months in world top 100 (ongoing)
longest streak 18 months · since Jan 2025
Jun 2026
2025
Peak World rank: #51
at age 26 · rated 2662
Nov 2025
All-time peak 2669
at age 26 · −21 from today
Sep 2025
Crossed 2650
at age 26
Jan 2025
2020
Inactive for 17 months
paused at 2606 → returned at 2624
Mar 2020
2019
Re-crossed 2600
at age 20
Jul 2019
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+11
2650 → 2661
Tournaments
9
80 games
Score
51/ 8063.7%
32W38D10L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
9 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Jun 2026 | 7/11 | #20 | 2701 | +6.6 |
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 6.5/9 | #5 | 2732 | +10.2 |
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 6.5/9 | #6 | 2655 | +2.8 |
Round-Robin | Nov 2025 | 4.5/9 | #7 | 2562 | -11.7 |
Knockout | Nov 2025 | 1/2 | R128 | 2601 | -1.6 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 8/10 | #4 | 2792 | +14.7 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 4.5/11 | #97 | 2525 | -21.9 |
Round-Robin | Aug 2025 | 5/9 | #4 | 2744 | +10.8 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 8/10 | #1 | 2694 | +7.6 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsVisakh N RGM
🇮🇳IND·2532
+10 −0 =6
16 games·last met Oct 2023
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vsChithambaram VR. AravindhGM
🇮🇳IND·2692
+7 −6 =3
16 games·last met Feb 2019
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vsS.P. SethuramanGM
🇮🇳IND·2551
+3 −3 =7
13 games·last met Aug 2021
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vsVignesh N RGM
🇮🇳IND·2515
+5 −2 =5
12 games·last met Nov 2022
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vsAbhimanyu PuranikGM
🇮🇳IND·2603
+3 −3 =5
11 games·last met Jun 2026
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Rankings
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India
#9
out of 26,680 players
Asia-Pacific
#22
in continent
World
#53
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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