Player profile

Karthikeyan, Murali

Standard: 2658 Rapid: 2524 Blitz: 2528 (last updated 2026-11-02)
FIDE ID: 5074452 (view FIDE profile)
Federation: IND Sex: M Birth Year: 1999 Age: 27
Title: GM Women's title: — Other title: — FOA title: —
Games: 406 Wins: 189 (47%) Draws: 140 (34%) Losses: 77 (19%)
Dossier

375 of 406 games analyzed.

Accuracy: 93.6%
Opened e4: 101/145Opened d4: 22/145Opened Nf3: 13/145Opened c4: 3/145Opened b4: 2/145Opened g4: 2/145Opened c3: 1/145Opened Ng3: 1/145
Castled kingside: 236Same-side castling: 215Did not castle: 29Castled queenside: 28Opposite-side castling: 25
Played in the center: 99Played on the queenside: 72Fianchettoed kingside: 70Played on the kingside: 64Fianchettoed queenside: 41
Active pieces: 214Initiated exchanges: 192Sacrificed material: 185Space advantage: 182Kept the bishop pair: 163Backward pawn: 162Isolated pawn: 133Avoided exchanges: 54Missed tactics: 34Played gambits: 33
Openings

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As White 162 games 85W 52D 25L
Sicilian Defense 39 games 25W 13D 1L
Najdorf Variation 12 games 8W 4D 0L
English Attack 5 games 3W 2D 0L
Lipnitsky Attack 3 games 2W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 3 games 3W 0D 0L
Opocensky Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack 5 games 4W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 3 games 2W 1D 0L
Fianchetto Variation 2 games 2W 0D 0L
Taimanov Variation 4 games 3W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Bastrikov Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Bastrikov Variation, English Attack 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Moscow Variation 3 games 1W 2D 0L
Main Line 2 games 1W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Delayed Alapin Variation 3 games 1W 2D 0L
with e6 1 game 0W 1D 0L
with d6 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Old Sicilian 2 games 2W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 2W 0D 0L
Dragon Variation 2 games 1W 0D 1L
Classical Variation, Amsterdam Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Yugoslav Attack, Czerniak Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Closed 2 games 1W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Boleslavsky Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Modern Variations 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
French Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Alapin Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Smith-Morra Declined 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Richter-Rauzer Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Lasker-Pelikan Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Sveshnikov Variation, Chelyabinsk Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Ruy Lopez 25 games 9W 13D 3L
Morphy Defense 9 games 3W 5D 1L
Anderssen Variation 3 games 2W 1D 0L
Møller Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Schliemann Defense Deferred 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Arkhangelsk Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Steinitz Deferred 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Neo-Arkhangelsk Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Classical Defense Deferred 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Berlin Defense 5 games 1W 3D 1L
Rio Gambit Accepted 2 games 0W 2D 0L
Berlin Wall 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Anti-Berlin Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Closed 4 games 3W 0D 1L
Martinez Variation 2 games 1W 0D 1L
Anti-Marshall 2 games 2W 0D 0L
Marshall Attack 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Modern Variation 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Exchange Variation 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Keres Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Alapin Gambit 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Schliemann Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Classical Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Benelux Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Open 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Howell Attack 1 game 0W 1D 0L
? 13 games 6W 4D 3L
(unspecified) 13 games 6W 4D 3L
(unspecified) 13 games 6W 4D 3L
French Defense 11 games 4W 1D 6L
Advance Variation 5 games 3W 1D 1L
Paulsen Attack 3 games 2W 0D 1L
Euwe Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Lputian Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
King's Indian Attack 3 games 1W 0D 2L
(unspecified) 3 games 1W 0D 2L
Chigorin Variation 2 games 0W 0D 2L
(unspecified) 2 games 0W 0D 2L
Tarrasch Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Open System, Euwe-Keres Line 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Petrov's Defense 9 games 2W 6D 1L
Classical Attack 3 games 1W 2D 0L
(unspecified) 3 games 1W 2D 0L
Millennium Attack 3 games 1W 1D 1L
(unspecified) 3 games 1W 1D 1L
Modern Attack 2 games 0W 2D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 0W 2D 0L
Nimzowitsch Attack 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Caro-Kann Defense 8 games 4W 2D 2L
Panov Attack 5 games 2W 1D 2L
Modern Defense 3 games 1W 0D 2L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Main Line 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Advance Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Tal Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Exchange Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Karpov Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Zukertort Opening 7 games 5W 1D 1L
(unspecified) 2 games 0W 1D 1L
(unspecified) 2 games 0W 1D 1L
Nimzo-Larsen Variation 2 games 2W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 2W 0D 0L
Sicilian Invitation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Quiet System 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Reversed Grünfeld 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Four Knights Game 7 games 5W 1D 1L
Spanish Variation 7 games 5W 1D 1L
Rubinstein Variation, Henneberger Variation 4 games 2W 1D 1L
(unspecified) 2 games 2W 0D 0L
Rubinstein Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Queen's Pawn Game 7 games 3W 2D 2L
London System 5 games 2W 1D 2L
(unspecified) 4 games 2W 1D 1L
with e6 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Colle System 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Anti-Colle 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Symmetrical Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Slav Defense 4 games 2W 0D 2L
Quiet Variation 4 games 2W 0D 2L
Schallopp Defense 3 games 1W 0D 2L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Italian Game 3 games 3W 0D 0L
Two Knights Defense 2 games 2W 0D 0L
Modern Bishop's Opening 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Evans Gambit 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Anderssen Variation, Cordel Line 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Catalan Opening 3 games 2W 1D 0L
Closed 2 games 2W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 2W 0D 0L
Open Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
English Opening 2 games 0W 2D 0L
Neo-Catalan 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Anglo-Indian Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
King's Indian Formation, Double Fianchetto 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Scotch Game 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Mieses Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Réti Opening 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Anglo-Slav Variation 2 games 1W 1D 0L
New York System 1 game 0W 1D 0L
with g3 1 game 1W 0D 0L
King's Indian Defense 2 games 1W 0D 1L
Orthodox Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Fianchetto Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Classical Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Indian Defense 2 games 2W 0D 0L
Anti-Grünfeld 2 games 2W 0D 0L
Basman-Williams Attack 2 games 2W 0D 0L
Nimzo-Indian Defense 2 games 0W 2D 0L
Rubinstein System 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Rubinstein Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Normal Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Botvinnik System 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Scandinavian Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Gubinsky-Melts Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Modern Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Tarrasch Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Symmetrical Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Pirc Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Classical Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Schlechter Variation 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
King's Indian Attack 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Sicilian Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Philidor Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Exchange Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Neo-Grünfeld Defense 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Classical Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Original Defense 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Polish Opening 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Bugayev Attack 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Queen's Indian Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Fianchetto Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Rat Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
English Rat 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Queen's Gambit Accepted 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Classical Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Main Line 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Bogo-Indian Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Grünfeld Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Grünfeld Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Exchange Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Spassky Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
As Black 162 games 74W 50D 38L
Sicilian Defense 41 games 19W 14D 8L
Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack 10 games 4W 5D 1L
Fianchetto Variation 7 games 3W 3D 1L
(unspecified) 2 games 0W 2D 0L
Gurgenidze Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Kan Variation 8 games 7W 0D 1L
Modern Variation 4 games 3W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 2 games 2W 0D 0L
Knight Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Polugaevsky Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Kalashnikov Variation 4 games 2W 1D 1L
(unspecified) 4 games 2W 1D 1L
French Variation 3 games 0W 2D 1L
(unspecified) 3 games 0W 2D 1L
Old Sicilian 3 games 0W 2D 1L
(unspecified) 3 games 0W 2D 1L
Lasker-Pelikan Variation 3 games 2W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 3 games 2W 1D 0L
Closed 2 games 1W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Traditional 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Alapin Variation 2 games 0W 0D 2L
Stoltz Attack 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Anti-Alapin Gambit 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Delayed Alapin Variation 2 games 0W 1D 1L
with e6 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Smith-Morra Gambit 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Classical Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Taimanov Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Four Knights Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Cobra Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
English Opening 15 games 6W 4D 5L
Anglo-Indian Defense 7 games 3W 2D 2L
King's Knight Variation 3 games 1W 1D 1L
Queen's Knight Variation 2 games 1W 0D 1L
King's Indian Formation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Flohr-Mikenas-Carls Variation, Nei Gambit 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Agincourt Defense 2 games 1W 0D 1L
Wimpy System 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
King's English Variation 2 games 0W 1D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Kramnik-Shirov Counterattack 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Neo-Catalan 2 games 1W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Four Knights System 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Nimzowitsch Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Symmetrical Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Full Symmetry Line 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Italian Game 13 games 4W 4D 5L
Two Knights Defense 8 games 2W 4D 2L
Modern Bishop's Opening 6 games 2W 3D 1L
Polerio Defense, Bishop Check Line 2 games 0W 1D 1L
Giuoco Pianissimo 2 games 1W 0D 1L
Normal 2 games 1W 0D 1L
Scotch Gambit 2 games 0W 0D 2L
Max Lange Attack 2 games 0W 0D 2L
Classical Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Giuoco Pianissimo 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Queen's Gambit Declined 13 games 6W 3D 4L
Queen's Knight Variation 4 games 3W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 4 games 3W 0D 1L
Three Knights Variation 4 games 1W 1D 2L
(unspecified) 4 games 1W 1D 2L
Exchange Variation 3 games 2W 1D 0L
Positional Variation 3 games 2W 1D 0L
Orthodox Defense 2 games 0W 1D 1L
Botvinnik Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Rubinstein Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
? 12 games 10W 1D 1L
(unspecified) 12 games 10W 1D 1L
(unspecified) 12 games 10W 1D 1L
Ruy Lopez 10 games 3W 4D 3L
Berlin Defense 6 games 1W 2D 3L
Anti-Berlin Variation 3 games 1W 1D 1L
Rio Gambit Accepted 3 games 0W 1D 2L
Morphy Defense 2 games 0W 2D 0L
Møller Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Steinitz Deferred 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Closed 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Pilnik Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Fianchetto Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Nimzo-Indian Defense 9 games 4W 5D 0L
Classical Variation 3 games 2W 1D 0L
Berlin Variation, Pirc Variation 2 games 1W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Kmoch Variation 2 games 1W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Normal Variation 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Botvinnik System 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Three Knights Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Sämisch Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
King's Indian Defense 8 games 4W 2D 2L
Fianchetto Variation 4 games 3W 0D 1L
Classical Variation 3 games 2W 0D 1L
Larsen Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Orthodox Variation 2 games 1W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Normal Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Rare Defenses 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Semi-Averbakh System 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Semi-Slav Defense 4 games 0W 3D 1L
(unspecified) 2 games 0W 2D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 0W 2D 0L
Anti-Moscow Gambit 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Chigorin Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Catalan Opening 4 games 0W 2D 2L
Open Defense 4 games 0W 2D 2L
(unspecified) 3 games 0W 2D 1L
Modern Sharp Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Indian Defense 3 games 3W 0D 0L
Przepiorka Variation 2 games 2W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 2W 0D 0L
Anti-Nimzo-Indian 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Modern Defense 3 games 3W 0D 0L
Standard Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Lizard Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Mittenberger Gambit 1 game 1W 0D 0L
King's Indian Attack 3 games 1W 2D 0L
Double Fianchetto 2 games 1W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 2 games 1W 1D 0L
Spassky Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Queen's Indian Defense 3 games 0W 1D 2L
Fianchetto Variation 3 games 0W 1D 2L
Nimzowitsch Variation 2 games 0W 1D 1L
Nimzowitsch Variation, Timman's Line 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Nimzo-Larsen Attack 2 games 1W 0D 1L
Classical Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Modern Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
East Indian Defense 2 games 1W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 2 games 1W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 2 games 1W 0D 1L
Scotch Game 2 games 0W 2D 0L
Scotch Gambit 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Kingside Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Tartakower Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Four Knights Game 2 games 0W 0D 2L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Scotch Variation 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Schmid Defense 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Bogo-Indian Defense 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Retreat Variation 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
Queen's Pawn Game 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Symmetrical Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Pseudo-Catalan 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Caro-Kann Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Advance Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Bronstein Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Anderssen's Opening 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 0D 1L
Queen's Gambit Accepted 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
French Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
St. George Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Zukertort Opening 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
London System 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Polish Opening 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Bugayev Attack 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Hungarian Opening 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Tarrasch Defense 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Symmetrical Variation 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Trompowsky Attack 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 1W 0D 0L
Rapport-Jobava System 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
(unspecified) 1 game 0W 1D 0L
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2026.03.23 · 106... Kxe3 (−47.5% win chance) 1-0
Karthikeyan, Murali
Dubov, Daniil
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2026.03.18 · 73. Rxg7 (−47.5% win chance) 1/2-1/2
Pakleza, Zbigniew
Karthikeyan, Murali
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2026.03.16 · 52. Bc7 (−47.5% win chance) 1/2-1/2
Gorovets, Andrey
Karthikeyan, Murali
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2025.11.06 · 37... Ke6 (−47.5% win chance) 1-0
Karthikeyan, Murali
Idani, Pouya
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