Karthik Venkataraman

IND IND·Born 1999·FIDE #25006479·1,652 Games

Classical25661,407 Games

Rapid2499132 Games

Blitz2453178 Games

Statistics

1652

Total

765

Wins

550

Draws

330

Losses

46%33%20%

Play Style

What you need to know before facing them

Elite accuracy: 94.6% average

High resilience (57%): Dangerous even when losing

Solid conversion: 88%

Very consistent (94%)

Very precise: only 0.0 blunders/game

Dominates 1.c4 ♔ (72% in 63 games)

Deep Analysis

Stockfish 18 · Classical games · 180 analyzed

Accuracy by phase

Opening96.5%

Middlegame93.9%

Endgame95.6%

Clutch Factor

Performance under pressure

+4%

Winning (+2 or more)95%

82 Games

Equal position95%

73 Games

Losing (-2 or more)92%

25 Games

Problematic Pieces

Which pieces cause most errors?

♖

32%

34 errors

♕

21%

23 errors

♙

17%

18 errors

♔

10%

11 errors

♞

10%

11 errors

♗

10 errors

Critical Moment

When does the first serious error occur?

Move 48average

1-15

16-25

26-35

36-45

46+

67% of blunders occur between move 46+. Keep tension until that moment.

Error Heatmap

Where do most errors occur?

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Many

Few

Critical squares

d55 err

e55 err

e85 err

b24 err

b34 err

d5/e5 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Recent Games

Engel, Luis2560

Bundesliga 2025-26 · 26 Apr 2026

1-0

Krause, Benedict2421

Bundesliga 2025-26 · 25 Apr 2026

½-½

Subelj, Jan2545

Bundesliga 2025-26 · 24 Apr 2026

½-½

Ragger, Markus2563

TCh-AUT 2025-26 · 19 Apr 2026

0-1

Erdos, Viktor2541

TCh-AUT 2025-26 · 18 Apr 2026

½-½

Harshavardhan G B2477

TCh-AUT 2025-26 · 17 Apr 2026

1-0

Openings

Based on player games

Weaknesses

EXPLOIT!

White

No significant weaknesses detected as White

Black

No significant weaknesses detected as Black

Strengths

AVOID

White

King's Indian: Classical

60.0%

10 Games·Wins

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2

Black

Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein

81.3%

16 Games·Wins

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3

Sicilian: d6 Systems

48.3%

147 Games·Wins

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6

Critical Blunders

Tactical errors analyzed with Stockfish

10 errors

▶

#31Rxb6??

Tactics

vs Adhiban

Blitz·2025

▶

#37gxf4??

Tactics

vs Mitrabha

Blitz·2025

▶

#41c4??

Endgame

vs Yakubboev

Blitz·2025

▶

#20Re5??

Tactics

vs Gukesh D

Blitz·2025

▶

#45Ke8??

Endgame

vs Dardha

Blitz·2025

▶

#43Qf1??

Endgame

vs Bu

Blitz·2025

▶

#17g6??

Tactics

vs Garcia Pantoja

OTB·2025

▶

#63a5??

Endgame

vs Ilinca

OTB·2025

▶

#48Kf6??

Endgame

vs Panchanathan

Blitz·2025

▶

#35Na4+??

Tactics

vs Jordan

Blitz·2025

Endgame Statistics

22 endgame categories analyzed — discover where they collapse under pressure

Repertoire

☰ All

♟ Classical

⚡ Rapid

🔥 Blitz

PRO

2026

2025

2024

2023

2022

2021

PRO

Starting Position

827 Games

49%33%18%

Move	Games	%
1.e4	394	64%
1.d4	225	69%
1.Nf3	82	54%
1.c4 Strong	64	71%
1.b3	29	69%
1.Nc3	6	67%
1.d3 Strong	6	92%
1.f4 Strong	5	100%
1.g3	5	70%
1.e3 Weak	4	13%
1.a3	3	67%
1.c3 Strong	2	75%
1.b4	1	50%
1.a4 Strong	1	100%

1.e4

64%

394

1.d4

69%

225

1.Nf3

54%

1.c4

71%

1.b3

69%

1.Nc3

67%

1.d3

92%

1.f4

100%

1.g3

70%

1.e3

13%

1.a3

67%

1.c3

75%

1.b4

50%

1.a4

100%

Karthik Venkataraman

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Statistics

Play Style

Deep Analysis

Clutch Factor

Problematic Pieces

Critical Moment

Error Heatmap

Recent Games

Openings

Weaknesses

Strengths

King's Indian: Classical

Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein

Sicilian: d6 Systems

Critical Blunders