Player profile
Ajay Karthikeyan
Dossier
50 of 54 games analyzed.
Accuracy: 91.8%
Opened Nf3: 4/9Opened d4: 3/9Opened c4: 1/9Opened b4: 1/9
Castled kingside: 14Same-side castling: 13Did not castle: 4Opposite-side castling: 2Castled queenside: 1
Fianchettoed kingside: 13Fianchettoed queenside: 8Played on the queenside: 6Played in the center: 5Played on the kingside: 3
Sacrificed material: 16Active pieces: 14Space advantage: 12Backward pawn: 11Initiated exchanges: 11Isolated pawn: 10Kept the bishop pair: 8Avoided exchanges: 4Played gambits: 3Missed tactics: 2
Openings
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As White 12 games 7W 3D 2L
Zukertort Opening 3 games 2W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 2 games 1W 0D 1L
(unspecified)
2 games
1W
0D
1L
Nimzo-Larsen Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified)
1 game
1W
0D
0L
King's Indian Attack 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Spassky Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified)
1 game
0W
1D
0L
Nimzo-Larsen Attack 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Classical Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified)
1 game
0W
0D
1L
King's Indian Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Sämisch Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Sämisch Gambit
1 game
1W
0D
0L
English Opening 1 game 1W 0D 0L
King's English Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified)
1 game
1W
0D
0L
King's Indian Attack, with Bf5 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified)
1 game
0W
1D
0L
Bogo-Indian Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Nimzowitsch Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified)
1 game
1W
0D
0L
Catalan Opening 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Closed 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Main Line
1 game
1W
0D
0L
Slav Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Breyer Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified)
1 game
0W
1D
0L
Polish Opening 1 game 1W 0D 0L
King's Indian Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Schiffler Attack
1 game
1W
0D
0L
As Black 11 games 2W 5D 4L
Queen's Pawn Game 1 game 0W 0D 1L
London System 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified)
1 game
0W
0D
1L
Modern Defense 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Two Knights Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified)
1 game
0W
0D
1L
Réti Opening 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Anglo-Slav Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
with g3
1 game
0W
0D
1L
Semi-Slav Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Normal Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified)
1 game
0W
1D
0L
English Opening 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Symmetrical Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified)
1 game
0W
1D
0L
King's Indian Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Sämisch Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Normal Defense
1 game
0W
1D
0L
Zukertort Opening 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Sicilian Invitation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified)
1 game
0W
1D
0L
Polish Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified)
1 game
1W
0D
0L
Sicilian Defense 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Hyperaccelerated Pterodactyl 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified)
1 game
0W
0D
1L
Alekhine Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Modern Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Alburt Variation
1 game
0W
1D
0L
Scandinavian Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Classical Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified)
1 game
1W
0D
0L
Blunders Top 4 of 166
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Games Showing all 54 games
| Date | Event | Round | Color | Opponent | Result | Accuracy % | First moves |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026.01.26 | Festival Caissa – Sceptre Rapid FIDE Rating Chess Tournament | 8.10 | 2026.01.26 Visakh N R (25012223) (2536) | ½ | - | 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b5 3. Bg2 Bb7 | |
| 2026.01.24 | Festival Caissa – Crown Rapid FIDE Rating Chess Tournament | 9.10 | 2026.01.24 Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh (5053196) (2391) | 0 | - | 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. b3 Bg4 | |
| 2026.01.24 | Festival Caissa – Crown Rapid FIDE Rating Chess Tournament | 4.7 | 2026.01.24 Dhulipalla Bala Chandra Prasad (25005812) (2431) | 0 | - | 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 | |
| 2025.04.17 | Round 9: Ajay Karthikeyan - Ahaz E U | 9.28 | 2025.04.17 Ahaz E U (33452911) (2190) | 0 | - | 1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. e3 c6 | |
| 2025.04.11 | Round 2: Bhoir Paras Dilip - Ajay Karthikeyan | 2.24 | 2025.04.11 Bhoir Paras Dilip (25763695) (2085) | 0 | 92.80% | 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 | |
| 2025.04.10 | Round 1: Ajay Karthikeyan - Om Nagnath Lamkane | 1.28 | 2025.04.10 Om Nagnath Lamkane (25620592) (2009) | 1 | 96.30% | 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Bg7 | |
| 2024.08.27 | Round 11: Ajay Karthikeyan - Swapnil, S. Dhopade | 11.9 | 2024.08.27 Swapnil, S. Dhopade (5019184) (2433) | 1 | 96.40% | 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. b3 g6 | |
| 2024.08.26 | Round 10: Karthik Venkataraman - Ajay Karthikeyan | 10.4 | 2024.08.26 Karthik Venkataraman (25006479) (2568) | 0 | 94.00% | 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. g3 d5 | |
| 2024.08.25 | Round 9: Ghosh, Diptayan - Ajay Karthikeyan | 9.2 | 2024.08.25 Ghosh, Diptayan (5045207) (2568) | ½ | 82.90% | 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 | |
| 2024.08.24 | Round 8: Ajay Karthikeyan - Gupta, Abhijeet | 8.4 | 2024.08.24 Gupta, Abhijeet (5010608) (2583) | 1 | 89.60% | 1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. d4 e4 | |
| 2024.08.04 | Round 10: Ajay Karthikeyan - Hari Madhavan N B | 10.7 | 2024.08.04 Hari Madhavan N B (25054309) (2386) | ½ | 93.10% | 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 | |
| 2024.08.03 | Round 9: Ghosh, Diptayan - Ajay Karthikeyan | 9.2 | 2024.08.03 Ghosh, Diptayan (5045207) (2568) | ½ | 95.50% | 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 | |
| 2024.08.02 | Round 8: Ajay Karthikeyan - Kuderinov, Kirill | 8.5 | 2024.08.02 Kuderinov, Kirill (13701568) (2360) | 1 | 96.60% | 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ | |
| 2024.08.02 | Round 7: Hamidi, Amir Mohammad - Ajay Karthikeyan | 7.6 | 2024.08.02 Hamidi, Amir Mohammad (12563285) (2209) | ½ | 96.10% | 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 | |
| 2024.08.01 | Round 6: Ajay Karthikeyan - Ayushh Ravikumar | 6.10 | 2024.08.01 Ayushh Ravikumar (35039482) (1953) | 1 | 98.00% | 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nd7 3. c4 e6 | |
| 2024.07.31 | Round 4: Ajay Karthikeyan - Anup Shankar R | 4.12 | 2024.07.31 Anup Shankar R (25040359) (1939) | ½ | 98.40% | 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 | |
| 2024.07.29 | Round 1: Galappaththi, Chinthaka Anuruddh - Ajay Karthikeyan | 1.10 | 2024.07.29 Galappaththi, Chinthaka Anuruddha (9900438) (1924) | ½ | 84.20% | 1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 | |
| 2023.12.23 | VELAMMAL HOSPITAL PRESENTS ATHENS OF THE EAST 3rd GRAND MASTER CHESS TOURNAMENT (Category-A) | 1.6 | 2023.12.23 Shirodkar Aayush (46602330) (1656) | 1 | 92.00% | 1. d4 b5 2. e4 Bb7 3. Bd3 e6 | |
| 2023.08.24 | Abu Dhabi Festival | Masters | 9 | 2023.08.24 Xie, Kaifan (8619107) (2369) | ½ | 87.60% | 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 | |
| 2023.08.22 | Abu Dhabi Festival | Masters | 7 | 2023.08.22 Talibov, Shiroghlan (13429078) (2337) | 0 | 88.00% | 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 | |
| 2023.08.21 | Abu Dhabi Festival | Masters | 6 | 2023.08.21 Kobalia, Mikhail (4119150) (2547) | 0 | 87.90% | 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 | |
| 2023.08.20 | Abu Dhabi Festival | Masters | 5 | 2023.08.20 Yakubboev, Nodirbek (14203987) (2630) | ½ | 86.80% | 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 | |
| 2023.08.19 | Abu Dhabi Festival | Masters | 4 | 2023.08.19 Vakhidov, Jakhongir (14201801) (2618) | ½ | 88.20% | 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 | |
| 2023.08.18 | Abu Dhabi Festival | Masters | 3 | 2023.08.18 Aditya Varun Gampa (45066183) (2299) | 1 | 94.70% | 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 | |
| 2023.01.08 | Roquetas Open | 9 | 2023.01.08 Cuenca Jimenez, Jose Fernando (2255570) (2545) | ½ | 97.10% | 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 | |
| 2023.01.07 | Roquetas Open | 8 | 2023.01.07 Gamundi Salamanca, Antonio (2203987) (2443) | 1 | 96.60% | 1. c4 g6 2. e4 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 | |
| 2023.01.07 | Roquetas Open | 7 | 2023.01.07 Mikrut, Dariusz (1112791) (2317) | ½ | 97.50% | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 | |
| 2023.01.06 | Roquetas Open | 6 | 2023.01.06 Alvarez Pedraza, Aramis (3507408) (2451) | ½ | 90.60% | 1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. c4 Nge7 | |
| 2023.01.05 | Roquetas Open | 5 | 2023.01.05 Merario Alarcon, Andres (24522767) (2438) | 1 | 97.20% | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 | |
| 2023.01.05 | Roquetas Open | 4 | 2023.01.05 Munoz Avila, Jose Luis (32090692) (2247) | 1 | 87.90% | 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 e6 | |
| 2023.01.04 | Roquetas Open | 3 | 2023.01.04 Perez Perez, Gabriel (32089147) (2188) | 1 | 83.00% | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 | |
| 2023.01.04 | Roquetas Open | 2 | 2023.01.04 Bernado Lopez, Roger (24585009) (2180) | ½ | 98.60% | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 | |
| 2023.01.03 | Roquetas Open | 1 | 2023.01.03 Buijs Martin, Urtzi (2274086) (2035) | 1 | 95.20% | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 | |
| 2024.01.03 | Round 5: Raset Ziatdinov - Karthikeyan Ajay | 2024.01.03 Raset Ziatdinov | 0 | 85.60% | 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 c5 | ||
| 2024.01.02 | Round 4: Karthikeyan Ajay - S Haridev | 2024.01.02 S Haridev | 1 | 83.30% | 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 c5 3. Bb2 Nc6 | ||
| 2024.01.01 | Round 3: Venkata Ruthvik Mummana - Karthikeyan Ajay | 2024.01.01 Venkata Ruthvik Mummana | ½ | 93.20% | 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 | ||
| 2024.01.01 | Round 2: Karthikeyan Ajay - Rajesh Aarush | 2024.01.01 Rajesh Aarush | 1 | 90.50% | 1. b4 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. e4 Bg7 | ||
| 2023.12.31 | Round 1: Sundararam K Sanchith - Karthikeyan Ajay | 2023.12.31 Sundararam K Sanchith | 1 | 85.50% | 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Qxd5 | ||
| 2023.08.23 | Round 8: Karthikeyan Ajay - Nikhil Dixit | 2023.08.23 Nikhil Dixit | ½ | 94.70% | 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 | ||
| 2023.07.24 | Round 9: Mark Pavlov - Karthikeyan Ajay | 2023.07.24 Mark Pavlov | ½ | 92.40% | 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 | ||
| 2023.07.23 | Round 8: Karthikeyan Ajay - Yueheng Jin | 2023.07.23 Yueheng Jin | ½ | 95.50% | 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 | ||
| 2023.07.22 | Round 7: Maksim Chigaev - Karthikeyan Ajay | 2023.07.22 Maksim Chigaev | ½ | 93.30% | 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 | ||
| 2023.07.21 | Round 6: Karthikeyan Ajay - Erez Kupervaser | 2023.07.21 Erez Kupervaser | 1 | 90.30% | 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 | ||
| 2023.07.20 | Round 5: Cristobal Henriquez Villagra - Karthikeyan Ajay | 2023.07.20 Cristobal Henriquez Villagra | 0 | 89.00% | 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 | ||
| 2023.07.19 | Round 4: Karthikeyan Ajay - Dalvi Aakash Sharadchandra | 2023.07.19 Dalvi Aakash Sharadchandra | 1 | 95.70% | 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 | ||
| 2023.07.18 | Round 3: Mateusz Paszewski - Karthikeyan Ajay | 2023.07.18 Mateusz Paszewski | 1 | 96.10% | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 | ||
| 2023.07.16 | Round 1: Ramesh Avinash - Karthikeyan Ajay | 2023.07.16 Ramesh Avinash | ½ | 95.80% | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 | ||
| 2023.07.15 | Round 9: Shahin Valiyev - Karthikeyan Ajay | 2023.07.15 Shahin Valiyev | 1 | 96.30% | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 | ||
| 2023.07.14 | Round 8: Karthikeyan Ajay - Mihajilo Ilijic | 2023.07.14 Mihajilo Ilijic | 1 | 94.00% | 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 | ||
| 2023.07.13 | Round 7: Amina Kairbekova - Karthikeyan Ajay | 2023.07.13 Amina Kairbekova | ½ | 95.20% | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 | ||
| 2023.07.12 | Round 6: Karthikeyan Ajay - Dante M Beukes | 2023.07.12 Dante M Beukes | ½ | 93.50% | 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 | ||
| 2023.07.11 | Round 5: Yang Wu - Karthikeyan Ajay | 2023.07.11 Yang Wu | ½ | 81.60% | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 | ||
| 2023.07.08 | Round 2: Karthikeyan Ajay - Singhania Vatsal | 2023.07.08 Singhania Vatsal | 0 | 91.70% | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 | ||
| 2023.07.07 | Round 1: Aleksandar J Milosevic - Karthikeyan Ajay | 2023.07.07 Aleksandar J Milosevic | 1 | 95.80% | 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 |