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Karjakin, Sergey

contemporary era

Sergey Karjakin became the youngest grandmaster in history at age 12 in 2002, a record that stood for 19 years. He challenged Magnus Carlsen for the World Championship in 2016 and also claimed World Rapid (2012) and World Blitz (2016) titles, establishing himself as one of the most resilient defenders in modern chess.

Total Games

3572

Wins

1339

Draws

1539

Losses

694

37.5% wins43.1% draws19.4% losses

Most Played Openings

B90 - Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation180C67 - Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Berlin Wall148C65 - Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense131B12 - Caro-Kann Defense82E15 - Queen's Indian Defense: Buerger Variation82C50 - Italian Game81C53 - Italian Game: Bird's Attack74A01 - Nimzo-Larsen Attack70A45 - Canard Opening67C42 - Petrov's Defense58

Most Faced Opponents

Grischuk,A114 gamesMamedyarov,S102 gamesCarlsen,M95 gamesAronian,L94 gamesNakamura,Hi93 gamesNepomniachtchi,I87 gamesCaruana,F75 gamesSvidler,P69 gamesAnand,V66 gamesRadjabov,T61 games

Featured Games

FCGFCG
1-0

Karjakin,Sergey vs Kramnik,V

20th Amber Blindfold

2011

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FCGFCG
1-0

Carlsen,M vs Karjakin,Sergey

Saint Louis Blitz 2019

2019

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FCGFCG
1-0

Carlsen,M vs Karjakin,Sergey

WCh Rapid TB 2016

2016

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FCGFCG
0-1

Ponomariov,R vs Karjakin,Sergey

Tal Memorial Blitz

2008

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FCGFCG
1-0

Karjakin,Sergey vs Chandra,Akshat

PNWCC Online Blitz JP 12

2020

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FCGFCG
1-0

Mamedyarov,S vs Karjakin,Sergey

Tal Memorial Blitz 2014

2014

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FCGFCG
0-1

So,W vs Karjakin,Sergey

Saint Louis Blitz 2018

2018

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FCGFCG
1-0

Karjakin,Sergey vs Mamedyarov,S

Saint Louis Blitz 2019

2019

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FCGFCG
0-1

Karjakin,Sergey vs Mamedyarov,S

Tal Memorial Blitz 2014

2014

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FCGFCG
0-1

Giri,A vs Karjakin,Sergey

2nd Norway Chess 2014

2014

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Games (3572)

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Mamedyarov,S vs Karjakin,Sergey★
1/2-1/2
84th Tata Steel Masters 2022 C53
Praggnanandhaa,R vs Karjakin,Sergey★
0-1
84th Tata Steel Masters 2022 D02
Karjakin,Sergey vs Rapport,R★
1/2-1/2
84th Tata Steel Masters 2022 C02
Duda,J vs Karjakin,Sergey★
1/2-1/2
84th Tata Steel Masters 2022 D20
Caruana,F vs Karjakin,Sergey★
1/2-1/2
84th Tata Steel Masters 2022 E10
Carlsen,M vs Karjakin,Sergey★
1-0
9th Norway Chess 2021 2021 C65
Karjakin,Sergey vs Firouzja,Alireza★
0-1
9th Norway Chess 2021 2021 B90
Rapport,R vs Karjakin,Sergey★
1-0
9th Norway Chess 2021 2021 E21
Karjakin,Sergey vs Nepomniachtchi,I★
1/2-1/2
9th Norway Chess 2021 2021 E06
Karjakin,Sergey vs Carlsen,M★
1-0
9th Norway Chess 2021 2021 B33
Nepomniachtchi,I vs Karjakin,Sergey★
1-0
9th Norway Chess 2021 2021 C67
Firouzja,Alireza vs Karjakin,Sergey★
1/2-1/2
9th Norway Chess 2021 2021 C53
Karjakin,Sergey vs Rapport,R★
1/2-1/2
9th Norway Chess 2021 2021 B48
Sankalp,Gupta vs Karjakin,Sergey★
0-1
PNWCC Online Blitz JP 12 2020 C45
Karjakin,Sergey vs Postny,E★
1/2-1/2
PNWCC Online Blitz JP 12 2020 B12
Aleksandrov,A vs Karjakin,Sergey★
0-1
PNWCC Online Blitz JP 12 2020 E62
Salik,Serkan vs Karjakin,Sergey★
0-1
PNWCC Online Blitz JP 12 2020 B12
Karjakin,Sergey vs Chandra,Akshat★
1-0
PNWCC Online Blitz JP 12 2020 C65
Karjakin,Sergey vs Rasulov,Vu★
1-0
PNWCC Online Blitz JP 12 2020 B90
Karjakin,Sergey vs Aditya,Mittal★
1/2-1/2
PNWCC Online Blitz JP 12 2020 B90
Karjakin,Sergey vs Yoo,Christopher Woojin★
1/2-1/2
PNWCC Online Blitz JP 12 2020 B69
Chigaev,M vs Karjakin,Sergey★
1-0
PNWCC Online Blitz JP 12 2020 C45
Erigaisi,Arjun vs Karjakin,Sergey★
1-0
PNWCC Online Blitz JP 12 2020 B13
Tang,Andrew vs Karjakin,Sergey★
1-0
PNWCC Online Blitz JP 12 2020 E35
Karjakin,Sergey vs Xiong,Jeffery★
1-0
PNWCC Online Blitz JP 9 2020 B46
Nihal,Sarin vs Karjakin,Sergey★
1/2-1/2
PNWCC Online Blitz JP 9 2020 C65
Karjakin,Sergey vs Sevian,Samuel★
1/2-1/2
PNWCC Online Blitz JP 9 2020 B12
Divya,Deshmukh vs Karjakin,Sergey★
0-1
PNWCC Online Blitz JP 9 2020 B96
Quesada Perez,Yu vs Karjakin,Sergey★
1-0
PNWCC Online Blitz JP 9 2020 C65
Karjakin,Sergey vs He,Anthony★
1-0
PNWCC Online Blitz JP 9 2020 B69
Fedoseev,Vl3 vs Karjakin,Sergey★
1-0
PNWCC Online Blitz JP 9 2020 C65
Karjakin,Sergey vs Predojevic,B★
1-0
PNWCC Online Blitz JP 9 2020 C41
Karjakin,Sergey vs Pichot,A★
1-0
PNWCC Online Blitz JP 9 2020 C53
Lenderman,A vs Karjakin,Sergey★
1/2-1/2
PNWCC Online Blitz JP 9 2020 A13
Le Tuan Minh vs Karjakin,Sergey★
0-1
PNWCC Online Blitz JP 9 2020 D02
Karjakin,Sergey vs Livaic,Leon★
0-1
PNWCC Online Blitz JP 8 2020 C19
Karjakin,Sergey vs Drygalov,Andrey★
0-1
PNWCC Online Blitz JP 8 2020 B41
Karjakin,Sergey vs Harsha,B★
1/2-1/2
PNWCC Online Blitz JP 8 2020 B67
Jumabayev,R vs Karjakin,Sergey★
1-0
PNWCC Online Blitz JP 8 2020 A45
Bosiocic,Mari vs Karjakin,Sergey★
1/2-1/2
PNWCC Online Blitz JP 8 2020 C77
Dominguez Perez,L vs Karjakin,Sergey★
0-1
PNWCC Online Blitz JP 8 2020 C65
Karjakin,Sergey vs Sarkar,J★
1-0
PNWCC Online Blitz JP 8 2020 C55
Karjakin,Sergey vs Postny,E★
1-0
PNWCC Online Blitz JP 8 2020 C55
Karjakin,Sergey vs Bernadskiy,V★
1-0
PNWCC Online Blitz JP 8 2020 B90
Indjic,A vs Karjakin,Sergey★
0-1
PNWCC Online Blitz JP 8 2020 A22
Margvelashvili,G vs Karjakin,Sergey★
0-1
PNWCC Online Blitz JP 8 2020 E10
Caruana,F vs Karjakin,Sergey★
1/2-1/2
7th Sinquefield Cup 2019 2019 A29
Karjakin,Sergey vs Anand,V★
1/2-1/2
7th Sinquefield Cup 2019 2019 D37
Giri,A vs Karjakin,Sergey★
1/2-1/2
7th Sinquefield Cup 2019 2019 A29
So,W vs Karjakin,Sergey★
1/2-1/2
7th Sinquefield Cup 2019 2019 D37
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