Karthikeyan, Murali (05.01.1991)

karthikeyan-muraliIndian chess Grandmaster (2015) is born in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India. He won his Grandmaster title at the age of 15 years 7 months and 17 days.

World Champion – U12 (2011). World Champion – U16 (2013). Indian Champion (2015, 2016).

Best results: Asian Youth Chess Championships 2012 – Under 14, 1st; Indian National Sub-Junior Championship 2013 in West Bengal, 1st; Abu Dhabi Masters 2014, 3rd; FIDE World Cup 2017, 1st round; 8th HDBank international cup 2018 – Masters category, 2nd-4th; Gibraltar International Chess Festival 2019 Masters, 2nd; Asian Continental Open and Women’s Championships 2019 (open group), 2nd-4th; FIDE World Cup 2019, 1st round.

Peak rating: 2617 in April 2018