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Sergey Karjakin
Number of games in database: 798
Years covered: 2000 to 2010
Current FIDE rating: 2720
Highest rating achieved in database: 2732
Overall record: +249 -141 =343 (57.4%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      65 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (167) 
    B90 B33 B42 B32 B30
 Ruy Lopez (98) 
    C67 C78 C92 C88 C84
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (52) 
    C92 C88 C84 C95 C99
 Sicilian Najdorf (44) 
    B90 B92 B98
 French Defense (33) 
    C18 C11 C10 C12 C16
 Caro-Kann (26) 
    B12 B19 B17 B18
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (126) 
    B90 B22 B87 B96 B52
 Sicilian Najdorf (77) 
    B90 B96 B92 B97 B91
 Ruy Lopez (45) 
    C67 C78 C92 C60 C65
 Semi-Slav (42) 
    D43 D45 D44 D47 D49
 Slav (35) 
    D11 D15 D10 D13
 Queen's Gambit Accepted (25) 
    D27 D20 D26 D28 D24
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Karjakin vs V B Malinin, 2002 1-0
   Karjakin vs Kramnik, 2004 1-0
   Karjakin vs Grischuk, 2009 1-0
   Karjakin vs Radjabov, 2005 1-0
   Karjakin vs Kosteniuk, 2003 1-0
   Karjakin vs Aronian, 2009 1-0
   Karjakin vs Morozevich, 2009 1-0
   Karjakin vs Kramnik, 2004 1/2-1/2
   Shirov vs Karjakin, 2008 1/2-1/2
   Carlsen vs Karjakin, 2009 1/2-1/2

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: [what is this?]
   FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament (2004)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   Match Karjakin! by amadeus
   Karjakin! by larrewl
   Karjakin in the World Chess Cup 2007 by Augalv
   Sergey Wins First Super Tournament! by Augalv
   Sergey Karjakin's Best Games by KingG
   Match Short-Karjakin by Augalv
   the kids whip the cream by ughaibu
   Sicilian Sveshnikov 9.Nd5 by KingG
   Match Kosteniuk-Karjakin by Augalv

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SERGEY KARJAKIN
(born Jan-12-1990) Ukraine (citizen of Russia)

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Sergey Karjakin was born in Kramatorsk on January 12, 1990. On August 20, 2002, at the international tournament in Sudak, he shocked the chess world by fulfilling his third and final GM norm, making him the youngest grandmaster in chess history, at the age of 12 years and 7 months (a record that still stands). Sergey is a World Champion (under 12), he won boys' championships of Ukraine many times, and participated in two FIDE Grand Prix 2002 tournaments in Dubai and Moscow.

Sergey Karjakin was one of the seconds for Ruslan Ponomariov during his world championship match against Vassily Ivanchuk in 2002. In January 2005, he won the B group of the Corus Chess Tournament in Wijk aan Zee, and in April he became the first player born in the 1990s to enter the FIDE World Top 100 in rankings. That year he also won the Young Stars of the World tournament, scoring 8.5 points out of 11.

His continued improvement has placed him 18th in the world on the November 2009 edition of the FIDE rating list. He has scored well in several elite tournaments, finishing with a plus score in the A-group of Corus Wijk aan Zee (2006) and first place with 8/13 in Corus (2009). He has also reached the semi-finals of the last two World Championship cycles, losing to Alexey Shirov in the World Chess Cup (2007) and to Boris Gelfand in the World Cup (2009).


 page 1 of 32; games 1-25 of 798  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. P Sinzhuk vs Karjakin 0-121 2000 Ukrainian Team chD85 Grunfeld
2. Karjakin vs M Vachier-Lagrave 0-127 2000 Wch U10B39 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Breyer Variation
3. G Kuzmin vs Karjakin 1-039 2000 Ukrainian Team chB20 Sicilian
4. A Mukomilov vs Karjakin 0-142 2000 Ukrainian Team chD70 Neo-Grunfeld Defense
5. N Zdebskaja vs Karjakin 1-038 2000 Ukrainian Team chB03 Alekhine's Defense
6. Karjakin vs A Grekh  0-133 2000 UKR-ch U12B40 Sicilian
7. N Khomenko vs Karjakin  0-145 2000 Ukrainian Team chB90 Sicilian, Najdorf
8. Karjakin vs A Tamilin 1-040 2000 Ukrainian Team chB01 Scandinavian
9. Karjakin vs A Kulikovsky 1-035 2000 Ukrainian Team chB45 Sicilian, Taimanov
10. Karjakin vs S Baraniuk 1-033 2000 UKR-ch U12B40 Sicilian
11. Karjakin vs K Gaynutdinov  0-161 2000 Ukrainian Team chB32 Sicilian
12. Karjakin vs Zubov  0-164 2001 Nikolaev UKRB09 Pirc, Austrian Attack
13. Karjakin vs Efimenko 0-143 2001 2nd Governor's CupC18 French, Winawer
14. Karjakin vs A Braun  1-040 2001 EYCC B14B30 Sicilian
15. Y Zinchenko vs Karjakin  ½-½41 2001 UKR-ch U14B22 Sicilian, Alapin
16. G Rohit vs Karjakin  0-149 2001 WYB12B50 Sicilian
17. S Kalugin vs Karjakin  ½-½34 2001 Nikolaev UKRB22 Sicilian, Alapin
18. A Korobov vs Karjakin 1-040 2001 2nd Governor's CupA04 Reti Opening
19. A Alexikov vs Karjakin  ½-½21 2001 Nikolaev UKRA45 Queen's Pawn Game
20. Miroshnichenko vs Karjakin  1-029 2001 2nd Governor's CupA09 Reti Opening
21. V Laznicka vs Karjakin  0-125 2001 EYCC B14B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4
22. Karjakin vs D Reizniece  ½-½53 2001 Keres mem openB09 Pirc, Austrian Attack
23. Karjakin vs K Szabo  ½-½50 2001 WYB12B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack
24. V Slovineanu vs Karjakin  ½-½26 2001 Nikolaev UKRC47 Four Knights
25. V Komliakov vs Karjakin  ½-½42 2001 2nd Governor's CupB50 Sicilian
 page 1 of 32; games 1-25 of 798  PGN Download
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Jan-27-10   visayanbraindoctor: <Augalv: Today Carlsen surprised Karjakin with an opening he never plays and took him out of his preparation. Kudos to the Norweigan for his victory over the Russian SGM.>

Karjakin should seriously take up with his seconds how to expand his opening repertoire.

After Karjakin got caught in Carlsen's positional web right out of the opening, Carlsen built up a dominating position without allowing any serious counter-play from Karjakin in classic Karpovian prophylactic style.

<Rolfo: Fair enough Augalv. New chances for Karjakin tomorrow. Just for curiousity, are you Ukrainian by chance, or?>

LOL I have asked that too! <Augalv> es Argentino. (",)

Jan-27-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  veigaman: <augalv> el ucraniano más argentino de chessgames, verdad mi buen amigo? :)
Jan-28-10   Atking: Not sure the country matters <Augalv> is a very open mind and sportsmanship. He congratulates the victorious player on his favorite player Karjakin if the game is good. If we all react like him the site will be very clean.
Jan-28-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  Rolfo: Augalv, thanks!
Atking, well put :)
Jan-28-10   Augalv: Thanks, <Atking>.
Jan-28-10   Augalv: <<Rolfo: Fair enough Augalv. New chances for Karjakin tomorrow. Just for curiousity, are you Ukrainian by chance, or?>

LOL I have asked that too! <Augalv> es Argentino. (",)>

Hasta la medula, <visayanbraindoctor>. (",)

Jan-28-10   Augalv: <veigaman: <augalv> el ucraniano más argentino de chessgames, verdad mi buen amigo? :)>

Verdad, <veiga> :)

Jan-28-10   Augalv: <Karjakin should seriously take up with his seconds how to expand his opening repertoire.>

<Agree that carlsen surprised sergey with the opening but i have the sensation that sergey play insecure and "shy" as well. No doubt that it was a bad day by far.>

I have the same feeling. Maybe it was just a bad day for Sergey who only happened to be outplayed by an opponenet that played an openning which Sergey hadn't prepared well, but it seemed to me that Karjakin's self-confidence was a bit low. He probably didn't feel comfortable playing against Carlsen yesterday.

Unlike Sergey, Carlsen has become stronger in the past two years. Two years ago they both had entered the 2700 club with flying colors after having reached the semifinals in the Fide World Cup. Carlsen had achieved 2733 points in the Fide rating list in January 2007, while Karjakin had achieved 2732. He was only one point behind the Norweigan. But two years after Karjakin is having almost the same rating points while Carlsen has not only crossed the 2800 mark, but he happens to be the highest rated player in the world. It's not the same to play against a player who is more or less as well rated as you are as it is to play against the highest rated player in the world, and who, in addition, happens to be in the 2800 club. Psychologically this might have a negative effect on Karjakin and make him feel insecure when playing the Norweigan. If this is what's happening, and I hope it's not, Karjakin should remind himself that he can beat anyone in the world and regain his self-confidence.

And he should also widen his oppening repertoire and start playing 1.d4 as pointed out by KingG. Maybe he is already preparing 1.d4 opennings and waiting for more important events to put them into practice such as a world championship match. But if he doesn't, it's going to be easy for his opponents to prepare against his opennings whose systems are almost always the same for black's defences. That's why his game against Carlsen should be taken as a warning signal, imo.

Jan-28-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  veigaman: < <augalv> agree and i would add that it seems to me that also carlsen is more pragmatic to improvise on the chessboard, it means he has more "potrero" than sergey
Jan-29-10   shintaro go: <Karjakin is among the world's best, but like most of his modern wunderkind peers he's no Fischer, who stood out head and shoulders above his peers—and soon enough above the rest of the chess world as well.>

Kasparov comparing Karjakin to Fischer:

http://chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp...

Jan-29-10   Augalv: After his 8th draw in the 11th round at Corus today, Karjakin plays against Shirov tomorrow. Game whose result might deeply affect the outcome of the tournament.
Jan-29-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  Rolfo: He draws Shirov and Kramnik, finishing quite decently (my guess)
Jan-29-10   Augalv: Drawing against Shirov and Kramnik would be decent finish.
Jan-30-10   cbpatzer: Motylev is the coach of Karjakin http://interviews.chessdom.com/alex...
Jan-30-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  Rolfo: If Karjakin were to play white tomorrow, I would have given him a decent chance. Anyway, I hope he will put up a great fight. May be very important for his confidence. Go Karjakin !
Jan-30-10   Augalv: Very tough game for Kajaking playing with black against a Kramnik who after his loss to Anand today is in need of a victory if he wants to have a chance to win Corus. Not that Kramnik doesn't if he draws, but if he does, Shirov should at least draw his game too and Carlsen should lose which I don't think is the most likely outcome. Again, very tough and difficult game for Sergey against a former world champion who is probably in his best form since 2007 and will be very eager to win. Putting up a great fight and managing to at least draw would indeed be very important for his self-confidence.
Jan-31-10   Augalv: Well not such a tough game after a draw was agreed before black even made his 22nd move. Such a quick draw is not what I had really expected. With today's result Karjakin finished +1 and tied 6-7 with his former countryman Vassily Ivanchuk. Decent result but too bad he wasn't able to retain the title. Btw, congratulations to Carlsen on winning Corus.
Jan-31-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  veigaman: <Such a quick draw is not what I had really expected> agree with you. It was dissappointed to see this game specially for a player fighting for the 1 place as vlade.
Jan-31-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  Rolfo: Karjakin and Carlsen switched positions from last year. It is very close, losing half a point here and there, that's the difference. Karjakin did fairly well, he will continue to stay with the big boys. Nakamura also did fairly well, the issue is will he be up there next time?
Jan-31-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  veigaman: <augalv> do you know anything about Gaston Needleman ? It has passed too "many moons" since last time we heard his name. he was a very promising player.
Jan-31-10   Augalv: <Nakamura also did fairly well, the issue is will he be up there next time?>

That's the question. And it will be interesting to see how Nakamura will fare this year.

Jan-31-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  KingG: < do you know anything about Gaston Needleman ?> Yeah, what happened to that guy? It looked like he was quite a promising player, but he hasn't played any games since 2007 it looks like.
Jan-31-10   Augalv: Seems like Gaston Needleman is not playing anymore. I haven't heard from him in years, unfortunately. This guy seemed to be very promising.
Jan-31-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  veigaman: <augalv> what a pitty because gaston seemed to be an special player, very talented and creative.
Jan-31-10   Augalv: It was a real pity <vega>. Seeming so promising after his incredible performance in 2005, I wanted to see how far he could go. But he disappeared..
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