Karthikeyan Murali

Karthikeyan Murali ( tamil: கார்த்திகேயன் முரளி) (born 5 January 1999) is an Indian chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 2015. Karthikeyan is a two-time national champion.

In this Indian name, the name Murali is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Karthikeyan.
Karthikeyan Murali
CountryIndia
Born (1999-01-05) 5 January 1999
Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India
TitleGrandmaster (2015)
FIDE rating2606 (February 2021)
Peak rating2617 (April 2018)

Chess career

Born in Thanjavur,[1] Karthikeyan learnt chess at the age of five years. In December 2011, he won the Under 12 section of the World Youth Chess Championships held in Caldas Novas, Brazil.[2][3][4] Two years later he also won the world U16 title in Al Ain.[5]

In 2014 he tied for third place at the Abu Dhabi Masters tournament[6] and helped the Indian team to win the Under 16 Chess Olympiad in Győr, Hungary.[7] In this latter competition he also completed all requirements for the title Grandmaster.[8]

In 2015, Karthikeyan won the 53rd National Premier Chess Championship of India in Tiruvarur edging out Vidit Santosh Gujrathi, whom he defeated in the direct encounter, on tiebreak, after both scored 8½ points from 13 games.[9][10] Karthikeyan also won the 54th edition of the championship held in Lucknow in 2016. Though he had a slow start, and lost the match against eventual runner-up Aravindh Chithambaram, a crucial win against top seed Vidit Santosh Gujrathi on time control, followed by double withdrawals helped in gaining the lead and ultimately winning the championships.[11]

In January 2019, Karthikeyan placed second in the Gibraltar Masters open tournament[12] among a field of over 250 players.[13] In June 2019, he placed second in the Asian championships,[14] aided by a win with black against Alireza Firouja in which Karthikeyan sacrificed his queen on move 9.[15]

Personal life

He is employed in ONGC.

References
  1. GM title application. FIDE.
  2. "Chess News - Karthikayan Murali – World U12 champion – In his own words". ChessBase. 12 December 2011. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
  3. "Chennai boy wins world under-12 chess championship". The Sunday Indian.
  4. "A hero's welcome for Karthikeyan". The Hindu.
  5. Silver, Albert (31 December 2013). "World Youth Championship: The champions". Chess News. ChessBase. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  6. "Yuriy Kuzubov wins Abu Dhabi Masters on tie-break". Chessdom. 28 August 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  7. Mihail Marin (23 December 2014). "India wins U16 Olympiad in Gyor". ChessBase. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  8. Arvind Aaron (19 December 2014). "Karthikeyan Murali Becomes Grand Master". All India Chess Federation. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  9. "Karthikeyan Murali winner of the 2015 India Premier Championship". Chessdom. 29 November 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  10. Priyadarshan Banjan (29 November 2015). "Men's Premier 13: Murali Karthikeyan!". ChessBase India. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  11. Priyadarshan Banjan (30 November 2016). "National Premier 2016: Karthikeyan is National Champion again!". ChessBase India. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
  12. Peterson, Macauley (1 February 2019). "Artemiev atop Gibraltar Masters". Chess News. ChessBase. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  13. "Gibraltar International Chess Festival 2019 - Masters". chess-results.com.
  14. https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/asian-continental-chess-championship-2019
  15. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1tPZk6r_1U


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