Karthik Venkataraman | |
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Country | India |
Born | Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India | December 22, 1999
Title | Grandmaster (2018) [1] |
FIDE rating | 2590 (June 2024) |
Peak rating | 2609 (December 2023) |
Karthik Venkataraman is an Indian chess grandmaster.
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]
He is studying for an MBA at SRM Institute of Science and Technology in Chennai. [2]