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GM

Karthik Venkataraman

IND IND·Born 1999·FIDE #25006479·1,667 Games

Classical25661,422 Games
Rapid2499132 Games
Blitz2453178 Games

Play against Karthik Venkataraman's Twin

PRO

Uses their openings, level & style

Statistics

Total

1667

Wins

772

Draws

556

Losses

332
46%33%20%

Play Style

What you need to know before facing them
Elite accuracy: 94.7% average
Solid conversion: 86%
Very consistent (94%)
Very precise: only 0.0 blunders/game
Dominates 1.c4 ♔ (73% in 66 games)

Deep Analysis

Stockfish 18 · Classical games · 208 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
96.6%
Middlegame
93.9%
Endgame
95.7%
Clutch Factor — Move accuracy when winning vs. equal vs. losing — does their level drop when the game turns against them?
+3%
Winning (+2 or more)
95%89g
Equal position
95%83g
Losing (-2 or more)
92%36g
Performance under pressure
Problematic Pieces — Which pieces cause most errors?
27%
37 errors
25%
34 errors
19%
25 errors
11%
15 errors
10%
13 errors
8%
11 errors
Critical Moment — When does the first serious error occur?
Move 46 average
0%
0%
0%
50%
50%
1-15
16-25
26-35
36-45
46+
50% of blunders occur between move 36-45. Keep tension until that moment.
Error Heatmap — Where do most errors occur?
5
6
6
5
6
5
6
6
Few
Many
Critical squares
b2
6 err
b3
6 err
d2
6 err
d5
6 err
e5
6 err
b2/b3 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Openings

Based on player games

Weaknesses

— exploit these lines

No significant weaknesses detected as White

No significant weaknesses detected as Black

Strengths

— avoid these lines
White60.0%Wins
King's Indian: Classical — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be210 Games · last played 3 years ago
Black81.3%Wins
Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e316 Games · last played 4 months ago
Black48.3%Wins
Sicilian: d6 Systems — 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6147 Games · last played 3 months ago

Critical Blunders

10 errors · Stockfish
gxf4??vs MitrabhaBlitz · 2025
c4??vs YakubboevBlitz · 2025
Rxb6??vs AdhibanBlitz · 2025
Re5??vs Gukesh DBlitz · 2025
Qf1??vs BuBlitz · 2025
Ke8??vs DardhaBlitz · 2025
g6??vs Garcia PantojaOTB · 2025
a5??vs IlincaOTB · 2025
Kf6??vs PanchanathanBlitz · 2025
Na4+??vs JordanBlitz · 2025

Recent Games

D
Uz, Kagan(2266)

54th Annual World Open · 5 Jul 2026

½-½
W
Padhya Saumil(2301)

54th Annual World Open · 4 Jul 2026

0-1
D
Melillo, Lucius(2292)

54th Annual World Open · 4 Jul 2026

½-½
D
Muthukumar, Haari(2245)

54th Annual World Open · 3 Jul 2026

½-½
L
Radhakrishnan, Sharath(2224)

54th Annual World Open · 2 Jul 2026

1-0
W
Yin, Evan(2098)

54th Annual World Open · 1 Jul 2026

1-0

Endgame Statistics

PRO22 endgame categories analyzed
Endgame Statistics
Reveal weaknesses →
Repertoire
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
Move arrowsmost-played moves
Stockfish
833 Games
49%33%18%
MoveGamesPerformance%
1.e4
395
64%
1.d4
226
69%
1.Nf3
83
54%
1.c4Strong
67
72%
1.b3
29
69%
1.Nc3
6
67%
1.d3Strong
6
92%
1.f4Strong
5
100%
1.g3
5
70%
1.e3Weak
4
13%
1.a3
3
67%
1.c3Strong
2
75%
1.b4
1
50%
1.a4Strong
1
100%

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