Player profile

Karthikeyan, P.

Standard: 2287 Rapid: 2237 Blitz: 2246 (last updated 2026-11-02)
FIDE ID: 5018226 (view FIDE profile)
Federation: IND Sex: M Birth Year: 1990 Age: 36
Title: GM Women's title: — Other title: — FOA title: —
Games: 97 Wins: 36 (37%) Draws: 27 (28%) Losses: 31 (32%) Other: 3
Dossier

88 of 97 games analyzed.

Accuracy: 91.5%
Opened d4: 24/33Opened e4: 5/33Opened c4: 2/33Opened Nf3: 2/33
Castled kingside: 60Same-side castling: 52Did not castle: 13Opposite-side castling: 6Castled queenside: 5
Played on the queenside: 26Played in the center: 25Played on the kingside: 23Fianchettoed kingside: 22Fianchettoed queenside: 14
Active pieces: 57Initiated exchanges: 50Sacrificed material: 47Space advantage: 41Kept the bishop pair: 41Backward pawn: 39Isolated pawn: 34Missed tactics: 20Avoided exchanges: 14Played gambits: 3
Openings

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As White 37 games 19W 11D 7L
Queen's Pawn Game 6 games 6W 0D 0L
London System 5 games 5W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 3 games 3W 0D 0L
with e6 2 games 2W 0D 0L
Accelerated London System 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Steinitz Countergambit 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Indian Defense 5 games 2W 0D 3L
Normal Variation 2 games 1W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 2 games 1W 0D 1L
London System 2 games 1W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 2 games 1W 0D 1L
Anti-Nimzo-Indian 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Queen's Gambit Declined 4 games 3W 0D 1L
Chigorin Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Main Line 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Exchange Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Positional Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Vienna Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Quiet Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Ragozin Defense 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Alekhine Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Sicilian Defense 3 games 2W 1D 0L
Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Modern Variations 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Accelerated Dragon 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Maróczy Bind 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Ruy Lopez 3 games 0W 3D 0L
Morphy Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Steinitz Deferred 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Fianchetto Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Open Berlin Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
l'Hermet Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Semi-Slav Defense 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Marshall Gambit 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Main Line 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Catalan Opening 2 games 0W 1D 1L
Open Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Closed 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Nimzo-Indian Defense 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Romanishin Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Classical Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Noa Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Queen's Indian Defense 2 games 1W 0D 1L
Classical Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Traditional Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Miles Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
English Opening 2 games 0W 1D 1L
King's English Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Two Knights Variation, Smyslov System 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Neo-Catalan 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Bogo-Indian Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Retreat Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
French Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Tarrasch Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Chistyakov Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Réti Opening 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Anglo-Slav Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
with g3 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Neo-Grünfeld Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
with Nf3 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
King's Indian Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Orthodox Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Slav Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Modern Line 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
As Black 50 games 15W 14D 20L
English Opening 7 games 3W 1D 2L
King's English Variation 3 games 1W 1D 1L
Four Knights Variation, Quiet Line 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Two Knights Variation, Smyslov System 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Four Knights Variation, Bradley Beach Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Agincourt Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Symmetrical Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Botvinnik System Reversed, with Nf3 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Anglo-Indian Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Neo-Catalan 1 game 0W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 0L
Caro-Kann Defense 6 games 0W 4D 2L
Advance Variation 3 games 0W 2D 1L
Short Variation 2 games 0W 1D 1L
Tal Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Tartakower Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Apocalypse Attack 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Maróczy Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Nimzowitsch Defense 5 games 3W 2D 0L
Kennedy Variation 4 games 3W 1D 0L
Linksspringer Variation 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Keres Attack 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Franco-Nimzowitsch Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Sicilian Defense 4 games 1W 1D 2L
Four Knights Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Cobra Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Taimanov Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
French Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Westerinen Attack 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Delayed Alapin Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
with e6 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Bogo-Indian Defense 3 games 0W 1D 2L
Retreat Variation 2 games 0W 1D 1L
(unspecified) 2 games 0W 1D 1L
Wade-Smyslov Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Italian Game 3 games 2W 0D 1L
Two Knights Defense 2 games 1W 0D 1L
Modern Bishop's Opening 2 games 1W 0D 1L
Classical Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Giuoco Pianissimo 1 game 1W 0D 0L
King's Indian Defense 2 games 0W 1D 1L
Fianchetto Variation 2 games 0W 1D 1L
Classical Variation 2 games 0W 1D 1L
King's Indian Attack 2 games 0W 0D 2L
Yugoslav Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Double Fianchetto 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Nimzo-Indian Defense 2 games 0W 1D 1L
St. Petersburg Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Normal Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Classical Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Ruy Lopez 2 games 0W 1D 1L
Closed 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Chigorin Defense 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Morphy Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Arkhangelsk Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Catalan Opening 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Open Defense 2 games 1W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Queen's Pawn Game 2 games 1W 0D 1L
London System 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Chigorin Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Alburt Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Torre Attack 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Classical Defense 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Nimzowitsch Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Trompowsky Attack 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Grünfeld Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Three Knights Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Semi-Slav Defense 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Stoltz Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Queen's Gambit Accepted 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Janowski-Larsen Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Queen's Gambit Declined 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Queen's Knight Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Indian Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Anti-Grünfeld 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Basman-Williams Attack 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Three Knights Opening 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Zukertort Opening 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Sicilian Invitation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Scotch Game 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Malaniuk Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Blunders Top 4 of 317

This player's costliest moves in analyzed games. Can you find the winning move?

2025.05.06 · 31... Bxd3 (−62.9% win chance) 1-0
Karthikeyan, P.
Jaidambareesh N R
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2023.12.15 · 41. Qa8 (−47.5% win chance) 1-0
Krishna G Ravi
P. Karthikeyan
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2023.12.15 · 49. Qa2 (−45.3% win chance) 1-0
Krishna G Ravi
P. Karthikeyan
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2023.09.22 · 37... Nxg2 (−44.2% win chance) 1-0
Karthikeyan, P.
Pranesh, M
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