Karjakin, Sergey Age 34

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Title
Grandmaster
Live Rating
2750.0
FIDE Rating
2750
World Rank
#14 (all players)
FIDE Peak Rating
2788 - Jul 2011 (Age 21)
FIDE Peak Rank
#4 (2788) - Jul 2011 (Age 21)
Rapid
2716 World #16, Peak 2830 (Aug 2012)
Blitz
2647 World #59, Peak 2906 (Jan 2013)
Born
12 Jan 1990
Simferopol, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
FIDE ID 14109603
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Active Years:
2000 - 2024
Total Games:
3189
Wins:
1167 (37%)
Losses:
595 (18%)
Draws:
1427 (45%)
Total score:
60%
Performance :
Performance for the last active 12 months:
2743
White:
B90 Sicilian Defense (83 games)
B12 Caro-Kann Defense (61 games)
C67 Ruy Lopez (59 games)
Black:
C67 Ruy Lopez (77 games)
E15 Queen's Indian Defense (71 games)
B90 Sicilian Defense (61 games)

In 2002, Sergei Alexandrovich Karjakin gained the grandmaster title at the age of 12 years and 7 months, which stood for 19 years as the youngest age at which a person had become a GM until Mishra in 2021 beat that record by slightly over two months. Karjakin remains the second youngest player to have won the GM title despite several other players achieving that feat while aged 12.

Winner of the World U12 Championship 2001, the World Cup 2015 and the Candidates Tournament of 2016. Karjakin challenged Magnus Carlsen for the World Championship in November 2016. He led by +1 after winning game 8 of the 12-game classical portion of the match before Carlsen equalised in game 10 and then won by 3-1 in the rapid tiebreaker.

Most significant tournament wins include Corus B in 2005, the category XVIII Petr Izmailov Memorial Tournament in 2006, Corus 2009, the Karpov Poikovsky tournament in 2010 and Norway Chess in Stavanger in 2013 & 2014.

Represented Ukraine at the three Olympiads between 2004 and 2008 winning team and individual gold in 2004. Also played for Ukraine at the U16 Olympiad in 2002, winning team and individual silver.

Represented Russia at three Olympiads from 2010 to 2014, winning team silver in 2010 and 2012, individual gold in 2010 and individual bronze in 2012.

Won individual gold with Ukraine at the 2005 World Team Championship, team gold with Russia at the 2013 World Team Championship and individual silver and bronze at the 2013 and 2015 World Team Championships.

At the European Team Championships, won individual bronze playing for Ukraine in 2007 and individual silver playing for Russia in 2011.

First played in the European Club Cup as a twelve year old in 2002 and as of the end of the 2015 season, has won two individual gold medals (2005 & 2015), one team silver (2013) and four team bronzes (2005, 2007, 2008 & 2014).

Also played in the Russian Premier League since 2006 except in 2009, 2011 and 2015, winning four team golds (2007, 2010, 2012 & 2014), one team silver (2013), two individual golds (2010 & 2012) and one individual silver (2007).

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Games

#White PlayerRatingBlack PlayerRatingResultMovesSiteDate 
1Karjakin, Sergey2750Inarkiev, Ernesto26501-033Moscow20 Jul 2024
2Inarkiev, Ernesto2650Karjakin, Sergey27501-034Moscow20 Jul 2024
3Karjakin, Sergey2750Inarkiev, Ernesto26501-039Moscow20 Jul 2024
4Inarkiev, Ernesto2650Karjakin, Sergey27500-1107Moscow20 Jul 2024
5Karjakin, Sergey2750Inarkiev, Ernesto26501-030Moscow20 Jul 2024
6Inarkiev, Ernesto2650Karjakin, Sergey27501/2-1/255Moscow20 Jul 2024
7Inarkiev, Ernesto2650Karjakin, Sergey27500-128Moscow20 Jul 2024
8Karjakin, Sergey2750Inarkiev, Ernesto26501/2-1/256Moscow19 Jul 2024
9Inarkiev, Ernesto2650Karjakin, Sergey27501-037Moscow19 Jul 2024
10Karjakin, Sergey2750Inarkiev, Ernesto26501/2-1/258Moscow19 Jul 2024
11Inarkiev, Ernesto2650Karjakin, Sergey27501/2-1/253Moscow19 Jul 2024
12Artemiev, Vladislav2694Karjakin, Sergey27501/2-1/271Moscow2 Jul 2024
13Karjakin, Sergey2750Hou, Yifan26321-071Moscow2 Jul 2024
14Lagno, Kateryna2532Karjakin, Sergey27500-118Moscow2 Jul 2024
15Karjakin, Sergey2750Radjabov, Teimour27001/2-1/213Moscow2 Jul 2024
16Sadhwani, Raunak2644Karjakin, Sergey27501/2-1/224Moscow2 Jul 2024
17Karjakin, Sergey2750Tomashevsky, Evgeny26811-035Moscow2 Jul 2024
18Tabatabaei, Mohammad Amin2718Karjakin, Sergey27500-140Moscow2 Jul 2024
19Karjakin, Sergey2750Gunina, Valentina24351-038Moscow2 Jul 2024
20Goryachkina, Aleksandra2545Karjakin, Sergey27501/2-1/267Moscow2 Jul 2024
21Karjakin, Sergey2750Artemiev, Vladislav26940-162Moscow1 Jul 2024
22Hou, Yifan2632Karjakin, Sergey27501/2-1/254Moscow1 Jul 2024
23Karjakin, Sergey2750Lagno, Kateryna25321-038Moscow1 Jul 2024
24Radjabov, Teimour2700Karjakin, Sergey27501/2-1/220Moscow1 Jul 2024
25Karjakin, Sergey2750Sadhwani, Raunak26441-040Moscow1 Jul 2024
26Tomashevsky, Evgeny2681Karjakin, Sergey27501/2-1/268Moscow1 Jul 2024
27Karjakin, Sergey2750Tabatabaei, Mohammad Amin27180-142Moscow1 Jul 2024
28Gunina, Valentina2435Karjakin, Sergey27501-036Moscow1 Jul 2024
29Karjakin, Sergey2750Goryachkina, Aleksandra25450-134Moscow1 Jul 2024
30Karjakin, Sergey2750Artemiev, Vladislav26941/2-1/254Moscow29 Jun 2024
31Hou, Yifan2632Karjakin, Sergey27501/2-1/223Moscow29 Jun 2024
32Karjakin, Sergey2750Lagno, Kateryna25321-042Moscow29 Jun 2024
33Radjabov, Teimour2704Karjakin, Sergey27501/2-1/212Moscow28 Jun 2024
34Karjakin, Sergey2750Sadhwani, Raunak26410-136Moscow28 Jun 2024
35Tomashevsky, Evgeny2681Karjakin, Sergey27501/2-1/211Moscow28 Jun 2024
36Karjakin, Sergey2750Tabatabaei, Mohammad Amin27131/2-1/213Moscow27 Jun 2024
37Gunina, Valentina2435Karjakin, Sergey27500-142Moscow27 Jun 2024
38Karjakin, Sergey2750Goryachkina, Aleksandra25451-032Moscow27 Jun 2024
39Radjabov, Teimour2723Karjakin, Sergey27501/2-1/215Moscow19 Dec 2023
40Karjakin, Sergey2750Goryachkina, Aleksandra25531-043Moscow19 Dec 2023
41Grischuk, Alexander2732Karjakin, Sergey27501/2-1/230Moscow19 Dec 2023
42Karjakin, Sergey2750Tomashevsky, Evgeny26811/2-1/223Moscow19 Dec 2023
43Artemiev, Vladislav2711Karjakin, Sergey27501/2-1/255Moscow19 Dec 2023
44Karjakin, Sergey2750Inarkiev, Ernesto26581-044Moscow19 Dec 2023
45Lagno, Kateryna2542Karjakin, Sergey27500-148Moscow19 Dec 2023
46Karjakin, Sergey2750Sadhwani, Raunak26541-036Moscow19 Dec 2023
47Vallejo Pons, Francisco2667Karjakin, Sergey27501-029Moscow19 Dec 2023
48Karjakin, Sergey2750Radjabov, Teimour27230-152Moscow18 Dec 2023
49Goryachkina, Aleksandra2553Karjakin, Sergey27500-169Moscow18 Dec 2023
50Karjakin, Sergey2750Grischuk, Alexander27321/2-1/245Moscow18 Dec 2023
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