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Karthik Venkataraman is an Indian chess grandmaster.
Karthik Venkataraman | |
|---|---|
| Country | India |
| Born | December 22, 1999 Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Title | Grandmaster (2018)[1] |
| FIDE rating | 2603 (December 2024) |
| Peak rating | 2609 (December 2023) |
Karthik began playing chess at the age of 7.[2] He won the Indian National Championship 2022 after drawing against N. R. Visakh in the final round.[3]
In May 2023, Karthik won the Indian Chess Championship.[4]
Karthik competed in the Chess World Cup 2023, where he defeated Gregory Kaidanov in the first round, but was defeated by Hikaru Nakamura in the second round.[5]
In the 2024 Indian Chess Championship, he tied for first place along with S. S. Ganguly and Neelash Saha. He was declared the winner after tiebreaks.[6]
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He is studying for an MBA at SRM Institute of Science and Technology in Chennai.[2]
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