GM Karthik Venkataraman Full name Karthik Venkataraman Born 1999 (age 26) Place of birth Federation India Profiles #275 World Ranking 2565 Classical 2457 Rapid 2480 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 (2925) Yan Domin (2729) 1-0 51 2025 Karthik Venkataraman (2918) Nicolas Brunner (2614) 1-0 70 2025 Karthik Venkataraman (2949) Emmanuel Carter (2658) 1-0 82 2025 Karthik Venkataraman (2461) Shashish Kumar Singh (1546) 1-0 36 2025 Karthik Venkataraman (2461) Vinay Kumar Matta (2042) 1-0 36 2025 Karthik Venkataraman (2461) Aaditya Dhingra (2217) 1-0 41 2025 Karthik Venkataraman (2467) Bhillva Nilaya K E K (1866) 1-0 26 2025 Karthik Venkataraman (2467) J Sai Agni Jeevitesh (2232) 1-0 33 2025 Karthik Venkataraman (2467) Pranesh M (2548) 1-0 53 2025 Karthik Venkataraman (2467) Kaivalya Sandip Nagare (2096) 1-0 57 2025 Show All Games