GM Karthik Venkataraman Full name Karthik Venkataraman Born 1/1/1999 (age 25) Place of birth Federation India Profiles #159 World Ranking 2605 Classical 2411 Rapid 2458 Blitz 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 Show All Games