The chess games of Murali Karthikeyan

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Murali Karthikeyan
Number of games in database: 61
Years covered: 2010 to 2014
Last FIDE rating: 2497 (2301 rapid, 2331 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2499
Overall record: +16 -20 =25 (46.7%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS

With the White pieces:

Sicilian (14)
    B90 B30 B45 B43 B76
Ruy Lopez (4)
    C67 C60 C69
Sicilian Najdorf (4)
    B90

With the Black pieces:

Sicilian (13)
    B43 B28 B45 B40 B22
Sicilian Kan (6)
    B43 B42 B41

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   World Junior Championship (2014)
   Hastings Congress 2011/12 (2011)
   World Junior Championships (2011)
   Qatar Masters (2014)

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MURALI KARTHIKEYAN
(born May-01-1999, 15 years old) India

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World U12 Champion (2011); World U16 Champion (2013); IM (2013); GM (2014)

Murali Karthikeyan won his Grandmaster title at the age of 15 years 7 months and 17 days.

The then-untitled 12-year old Karthikeyan scored 5.5/9 at Hastings Congress (2011/12), achieving a plus score of +1 =3 against the 4 IMs he faced (the win being against the Frenchman Maxence Godard). At the 10th Parsvnath International Open held in Delhi in January 2012, he scored 7.5/11 recording a plus score against 3 GMs and against 3 IMs, scoring +1 =2 against each group. His GM scalp was Richard Bitoon while his sole loss in the event was to Bhave Kaushik (rated 1868). Good results in the National Team Championships (4/8) in February and in the 14th Dubai Open (2012) (5/9) boosted his rating further. He scored his 1st IM norm at the Orissa GM Open in May 2012. In June 2012, he came =1st in the Asian Youth Chess Championships 2012 Under 14 Open. He scored his 2nd IM norm at the Al Ain Classic and World Cities in December 2012 and his 3rd IM norm and 1st GM norm at the 11th Delhi International Open in January 2013, achieving his 2400 rating at the same time. He placed =1st alongside Ghosh Diptayan in the Indian National Sub-Junior Championship held in West Bengal in August 2013, scoring 9/11. He finished 2013 with a flourish, picking up his 2nd GM norm at the Kokata Open and winning the World U16 Championship.

Karthikeyan started 2014 placing =7th with 7/10 at the Delhi Open in January 2014. In August 2014, he placed a superb 3rd at the Abu Dhabi Masters, scoring 6.5/9, including 5.5/8 against his grandmaster opponents, and easily scoring his 3rd GM norm. He met the final criterion for achieving his GM title when his rating passed the 2500 mark during the U16 Olympiad on 18 December 2014 after defeating Canada's Jason Cao in round 7. During that event, he played board 2 for India, scoring 8/10.

He is the second player born in 1999 to have won a GM title, the first being Wei Yi (now a GM).

Further reading: (1) http://wyco2014.chess.hu/?lang=en , (2) http://www.chess-results.com/tnr153... , (3) Wikipedia article: Murali Karthikeyan

Latest update 5 Jan 2015

page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 61

Game	Result	Moves	Year	Event/Locale	Opening
1. M Karthikeyan vs Volodymyr Vetoshko	½-½	47	2010	WYCC Open U12	B76 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack
2. Wei Yi vs M Karthikeyan	1-0	69	2010	WYCC Open U12	B45 Sicilian, Taimanov
3. M Karthikeyan vs J D Williams	½-½	70	2010	WYCC Open U12	B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3
4. N Steinberg vs M Karthikeyan	½-½	46	2010	WYCC Open U12	B45 Sicilian, Taimanov
5. M Karthikeyan vs Ghosh Diptayan	½-½	48	2010	WYCC Open U12	C55 Two Knights Defense
6. R Ashwath vs M Karthikeyan	1-0	31	2011	World Junior Championships	D37 Queen's Gambit Declined
7. M Karthikeyan vs G Jaswant	1-0	33	2011	World Junior Championships	E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System
8. A Longson vs M Karthikeyan	½-½	35	2011	Hastings Congress 2011/12	B40 Sicilian
9. D Debashis vs M Karthikeyan	½-½	71	2011	World Junior Championships	D35 Queen's Gambit Declined
10. A Vasli vs M Karthikeyan	1-0	27	2011	World Junior Championships	D02 Queen's Pawn Game
11. M Karthikeyan vs I Wallis	½-½	38	2011	Hastings Congress 2011/12	C55 Two Knights Defense
12. M Karthikeyan vs S Das	0-1	59	2011	World Junior Championships	B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3
13. M Karthikeyan vs E Rodriguez Aleman	1-0	40	2011	World Junior Championships	B45 Sicilian, Taimanov
14. S Prasannaa vs M Karthikeyan	½-½	37	2011	World Junior Championships	B41 Sicilian, Kan
15. B Sekar vs M Karthikeyan	1-0	40	2011	World Junior Championships	B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3
16. P Rout vs M Karthikeyan	1-0	32	2011	Hastings Congress 2011/12	B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3
17. S Barbier vs M Karthikeyan	1-0	77	2011	World Junior Championships	A14 English
18. M Karthikeyan vs K Shreyans	½-½	66	2011	World Junior Championships	C01 French, Exchange
19. S Kathmale vs M Karthikeyan	1-0	37	2011	World Junior Championships	B22 Sicilian, Alapin
20. M Karthikeyan vs O Willson	1-0	40	2011	Hastings Congress 2011/12	B03 Alekhine's Defense
21. M Karthikeyan vs N P Shyam	0-1	84	2011	World Junior Championships	B90 Sicilian, Najdorf
22. S Iuldachev vs M Karthikeyan	½-½	62	2012	World Cities Team Championship	B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3
23. A Grigoryan vs M Karthikeyan	½-½	43	2012	14th Dubai Open	E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3
24. M Karthikeyan vs S Shoker	1-0	58	2012	Al Ain Classic	B06 Robatsch
25. M Karthikeyan vs U Anwesh	½-½	39	2012	Hastings Congress 2011/12	C50 Giuoco Piano


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Nov-27-11		twinlark: Congratulation to the new U12 World Champion.

Dec-13-11		wordfunph: congrats Murali Karthikeyan! <The young player, rated 2154 FIDE, also just played at the London FIDE Open, held parallel to the Chess Classic, where he had an excellent 2336 FIDE performance, including a win over IM Richard Bates.> http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail...

Jan-19-12		offramp: Can someone please clarify what is his whole real full name in the correct order.

Feb-11-12		twinlark: <offramp> Murali is his first name according to the FIDE player card linked in his bio.

Aug-16-13		OhioChessFan: http://www.deccanchronicle.com/1308...

Dec-28-13		BIDMONFA: Murali Karthikeyan KARTHIKEYAN, Murali http://www.bidmonfa.com/karthikeyan... _

Dec-28-13		alexmagnus: He just won the World U16 championship - and that at 14.

Dec-29-13		alexmagnus: BTW the recent WYCC saw three Indian champions - Karthikeyan (U16), Salonika (Girls' U10) and Praggnanandhaa (U8, with a perfect 11/11 score). The latter's sister came 6th in Girls' U12. Looks like India has already a fundament for new generations after Anand.

Aug-25-14		Rascal Nikov: After great performance by Aravindh at RIGA, another Indian prodigy Murali Karthikeyan shines at Abu Dhabi. He is 5 after 6 rounds defeating many strong GMs. A 2783 rating performance upto now.

Aug-26-14		Rascal Nikov: Another win !! his performance rating is whooping 2830 after 7 rounds.

Aug-26-14		Rascal Nikov: http://chess-results.com/tnr141472....

Aug-28-14		waustad: He ended with a loss so he came in 3rd in the event. A 2709 performance is an outstanding result however, giving him a GM norm. He doesn't have any listed on the FIDE page, so this could be the first for him. The 33.2 elo he picked up will get his rating near the 2500 needed for the title too.

Aug-31-14		ketchuplover: greatest prodigy ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sep-25-14		twinlark: Murali should pick up his GM title playing at the World U16 in Durban. He's only a point or two away from gaining a live rating of 2500 which is all he needs, now that he has 3 GM norms.

Sep-25-14		ConLaMismaMano: IM Alan Pichot, the biggest talent Argentina has had for the last 30 years, just beat Murali a few minutes ago. He's now in clear second place. Could he be the next Panno? Time will tell.

Sep-25-14		twinlark: So near yet so far...

Jan-04-15		twinlark: Congratulations to the new GM, Murali Karthikeyan, who finally crossed the 2500 mark during the U16 Olympiad before Christmas.

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