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GM Karthik Venkataraman

Karthik Venkataraman

Full name

Karthik Venkataraman

Born

1999 (age 25)‎

Place of birth

Federation

India

Rating

Bio

GM Karthik Venkataraman is an Indian grandmaster who qualified for the 2023 FIDE World Cup.

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Sicilian Defense (6 games)

Ruy López Opening: Morphy Defense, Keres, Breyer, Zaitsev Hybrid Variation (6 games)

English Opening: Caro-Kann Defensive System (5 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf Variation (5 games)

Caro-Kann Defense: Advance, Botvinnik-Carls Defense (5 games)

Black Pieces

Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf, Adams' Attack (12 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf Variation (10 games)

English Opening: Symmetrical Variation (10 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Scheveningen, Classical Variation (8 games)

Owen's Defense (8 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Karthik Venkataraman (2905) Patryk Cieslak (2771)	1-0	36	2024
Karthik Venkataraman (2906) Ranindu Dilshan Liyanage (2725)	1-0	25	2024
Karthik Venkataraman (2901) Kanan Hajiyev (2602)	1-0	31	2024
Karthik Venkataraman (2910) Danila Bilan (2615)	1-0	25	2024
Karthik Venkataraman (2427) Pimpalkhare Vedant (2101)	1-0	86	2024
Karthik Venkataraman (2468) Gaurav Rajesh Zagade (2030)	1-0	39	2024
Karthik Venkataraman (2468) Srihari L (2199)	1-0	58	2024
Karthik Venkataraman (2609) Alejandro Yuste Valenzuela (2106)	1-0	33	2024
Karthik Venkataraman (2609) Alvaro Buendia Pinar (2331)	1-0	43	2024
Karthik Venkataraman (2609) Jorge Roberto Elias Reyes (2473)	1-0	27	2024

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