IM Ajay Karthikeyan

Full name

Ajay Karthikeyan

Born

2004 (age 22)‎

Place of birth

Federation

India

Retired

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Indian Game (23 games)

Sicilian Defense: French Variation (7 games)

Queen's Pawn Opening: Accelerated London System (5 games)

Ruy López Opening: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz Defense (2 games)

Ruy López Opening: Berlin, Rio Gambit Accepted (2 games)

Black Pieces

Sicilian Defense: Hyperaccelerated Dragon Variation (5 games)

Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attack: Modern Variation (4 games)

Ruy López Opening: Morphy Defense, Neo-Arkhangelsk Variation (4 games)

King's Indian Defense: Semi-Averbakh System (4 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Accelerated Dragon, Maróczy Bind Formation (4 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Ajay Karthikeyan (2166) Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh (2299)	0-1	30	2026
Ajay Karthikeyan (2166) Visakh N R (2453)	½-½	54	2026
Dhulipalla Bala Chandra Prasad (2384) Ajay Karthikeyan (2166)	1-0	50	2026
Ajay Karthikeyan (2655) Valentina Argote Heredia (2331)	1-0	20	2025
Ajay Karthikeyan (2674) Megan Althea Paragua (2569)	1-0	51	2025
Ajay Karthikeyan (2660) Laurent Huynh (2397)	1-0	37	2025
Ajay Karthikeyan (2679) Miguel Medina Paz (2463)	1-0	65	2025
Ajay Karthikeyan (2673) Aravindh Chithambaram (2988)	1-0	57	2025
Ajay Karthikeyan (2671) Arina Kiseleva (2323)	1-0	59	2025
Ajay Karthikeyan (2718) Eduardo Barbosa Mesquita (2396)	1-0	43	2025