Karjakin, Sergey Age 35


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Title
Grandmaster
Live Rating
2750.0
FIDE Rating
2750
World Rank
#13 (all players)
FIDE Peak Rating
2788 - Jul 2011 (Age 21)
FIDE Peak Rank
#4 (2788) - Jul 2011 (Age 21)
Rapid
2703 World #19, Peak 2830 (Aug 2012)
Blitz
2643 World #58, 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 
51Gunina, Valentina2435Karjakin, Sergey27500-142Moscow27 Jun 2024
52Karjakin, Sergey2750Goryachkina, Aleksandra25451-032Moscow27 Jun 2024
53Radjabov, Teimour2723Karjakin, Sergey27501/2-1/215Moscow19 Dec 2023
54Karjakin, Sergey2750Goryachkina, Aleksandra25531-043Moscow19 Dec 2023
55Grischuk, Alexander2732Karjakin, Sergey27501/2-1/230Moscow19 Dec 2023
56Karjakin, Sergey2750Tomashevsky, Evgeny26811/2-1/223Moscow19 Dec 2023
57Artemiev, Vladislav2711Karjakin, Sergey27501/2-1/255Moscow19 Dec 2023
58Karjakin, Sergey2750Inarkiev, Ernesto26581-044Moscow19 Dec 2023
59Lagno, Kateryna2542Karjakin, Sergey27500-148Moscow19 Dec 2023
60Karjakin, Sergey2750Sadhwani, Raunak26541-036Moscow19 Dec 2023
61Vallejo Pons, Francisco2667Karjakin, Sergey27501-029Moscow19 Dec 2023
62Karjakin, Sergey2750Radjabov, Teimour27230-152Moscow18 Dec 2023
63Goryachkina, Aleksandra2553Karjakin, Sergey27500-169Moscow18 Dec 2023
64Karjakin, Sergey2750Grischuk, Alexander27321/2-1/245Moscow18 Dec 2023
65Tomashevsky, Evgeny2681Karjakin, Sergey27501-047Moscow18 Dec 2023
66Karjakin, Sergey2750Artemiev, Vladislav27110-136Moscow18 Dec 2023
67Inarkiev, Ernesto2658Karjakin, Sergey27501/2-1/288Moscow18 Dec 2023
68Karjakin, Sergey2750Lagno, Kateryna25421-044Moscow18 Dec 2023
69Sadhwani, Raunak2654Karjakin, Sergey27501-044Moscow18 Dec 2023
70Karjakin, Sergey2750Vallejo Pons, Francisco26671/2-1/229Moscow18 Dec 2023
71Karjakin, Sergey2750Radjabov, Teimour27231/2-1/230Moscow16 Dec 2023
72Goryachkina, Aleksandra2553Karjakin, Sergey27501/2-1/245Moscow16 Dec 2023
73Karjakin, Sergey2750Grischuk, Alexander27321/2-1/28Moscow16 Dec 2023
74Tomashevsky, Evgeny2681Karjakin, Sergey27501/2-1/224Moscow15 Dec 2023
75Karjakin, Sergey2750Artemiev, Vladislav27111/2-1/232Moscow15 Dec 2023
76Inarkiev, Ernesto2658Karjakin, Sergey27500-143Moscow15 Dec 2023
77Karjakin, Sergey2750Lagno, Kateryna25421-066Moscow14 Dec 2023
78Sadhwani, Raunak2654Karjakin, Sergey27501/2-1/252Moscow14 Dec 2023
79Karjakin, Sergey2750Vallejo Pons, Francisco26670-152Moscow14 Dec 2023
80Artemiev, Vladislav2714Karjakin, Sergey27501/2-1/226Moscow3 Dec 2023
81Karjakin, Sergey2750Lagno, Kateryna25421-045Moscow3 Dec 2023
82Inarkiev, Ernesto2658Karjakin, Sergey27501/2-1/29Moscow3 Dec 2023
83Karjakin, Sergey2750Dreev, Alexey26061/2-1/228Moscow3 Dec 2023
84Goryachkina, Aleksandra2567Karjakin, Sergey27501-040Moscow2 Dec 2023
85Karjakin, Sergey2750Grischuk, Alexander27321-036Moscow2 Dec 2023
86Karjakin, Sergey2750Tomashevsky, Evgeny26811/2-1/224Moscow2 Dec 2023
87Karjakin, Sergey2750Artemiev, Vladislav27141/2-1/232Moscow2 Dec 2023
88Lagno, Kateryna2542Karjakin, Sergey27500-132Moscow2 Dec 2023
89Karjakin, Sergey2750Inarkiev, Ernesto26581-055Moscow1 Dec 2023
90Dreev, Alexey2606Karjakin, Sergey27501/2-1/218Moscow1 Dec 2023
91Karjakin, Sergey2750Goryachkina, Aleksandra25671-060Moscow1 Dec 2023
92Grischuk, Alexander2732Karjakin, Sergey27500-137Moscow1 Dec 2023
93Tomashevsky, Evgeny2681Karjakin, Sergey27501/2-1/217Moscow1 Dec 2023
94Grischuk, Alexander2736Karjakin, Sergey27500-148Moscow23 Jul 2023
95Karjakin, Sergey2750Grischuk, Alexander27361/2-1/231Moscow23 Jul 2023
96Grischuk, Alexander2736Karjakin, Sergey27501/2-1/221Moscow23 Jul 2023
97Karjakin, Sergey2750Tomashevsky, Evgeny26940-151Moscow22 Jul 2023
98Grischuk, Alexander2736Karjakin, Sergey27501/2-1/249Moscow22 Jul 2023
99Artemiev, Vladislav2698Karjakin, Sergey27501/2-1/230Moscow22 Jul 2023
100Tomashevsky, Evgeny2694Karjakin, Sergey27501-034Moscow21 Jul 2023