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{{short description|Indian chess grandmaster}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2018}}
{{Indian name|Karthikeyan|Murali}}
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|name = Karthikeyan Murali
|image = London Chess Classic 2016 Day2-3 (31563272325).jpg
|caption = Karthikeyan Murali at London Chess Classic 2016
|country = [[India]]
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1999|1|5|df=y}}
|birth_place = [[Thanjavur]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India
|death_date =
|death_place =
|title = [[Grandmaster (chess)|Grandmaster]] (2015)
|worldchampion =
|rating =
|peakrating = 2617 (April 2018)
|FideID = 5074452
}}
'''Karthikeyan Murali''' ([[Tamil language|tamil]]: கார்த்திகேயன் முரளி) (born 5 January 1999) is an Indian [[chess]] player. He was awarded the title of [[Grandmaster (chess)|Grandmaster]] by [[FIDE]] in 2015. Karthikeyan is a two-time [[Indian Chess Championship|national champion]].

== Chess career ==
Born in [[Thanjavur]],<ref>[http://ratings.fide.com/title_applications.phtml?details=1&id=5074452&title=GM&pb=42 GM title application]. FIDE.</ref> Karthikeyan learnt chess at the age of five. In December 2011, he won the Under 12 section of the [[World Youth Chess Championship]]s held in [[Caldas Novas]], Brazil.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=7752 |title=Chess News - Karthikayan Murali – World U12 champion – In his own words |publisher=ChessBase|date=2011-12-12|accessdate=2013-01-11}}</ref><ref>[http://www.thesundayindian.com/en/story/chennai-boy-wins-world-under-12-chess-championship/254/26564/ "Chennai boy wins world under-12 chess championship"]. ''The Sunday Indian''.</ref><ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/article2671717.ece "A hero's welcome for Karthikeyan"]. ''The Hindu''.</ref> Two years later he also won the world U16 title in [[Al Ain]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/world-youth-championship-the-champions/3|title=World Youth Championship: The champions|last=Silver|first=Albert|date=2013-12-31|website=Chess News|publisher=ChessBase|access-date=2019-06-11}}</ref>

In 2014 he tied for third place at the [[Abu Dhabi]] Masters tournament<ref>{{cite web|title=Yuriy Kuzubov wins Abu Dhabi Masters on tie-break|url=http://www.chessdom.com/yuriy-kuzubov-wins-abu-dhabi-masters-on-tie-break-video/|publisher=Chessdom|accessdate=10 October 2015|date=2014-08-28}}</ref> and helped the Indian team win the Under 16 Chess Olympiad in [[Győr]], Hungary.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.chessbase.com/post/india-wins-u16-olympiad-in-gyor|title=India wins U16 Olympiad in Gyor|publisher=ChessBase|author=[[Mihail Marin]]|date=23 December 2014|accessdate=15 August 2015}}</ref> In this latter competition he also completed all requirements for the title Grandmaster.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://aicf.in/karthikeyan-murali-becomes-grand-master/|title=Karthikeyan Murali Becomes Grand Master|author=Arvind Aaron|date=2014-12-19|website=All India Chess Federation|access-date=2019-06-11}}</ref>

In 2015, Karthikeyan won the 53rd [[Indian Chess Championship|National Premier Chess Championship]] of India in [[Tiruvarur]] edging out [[Vidit Santosh Gujrathi]], whom he defeated in the direct encounter, on tiebreak, after both scored 8½ points from 13 games.<ref>{{cite web|title=Karthikeyan Murali winner of the 2015 India Premier Championship|url=http://www.chessdom.com/karthikeyan-murali-winner-of-the-2015-india-premier-championship/|publisher=Chessdom|accessdate=7 January 2016|date=2015-11-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Priyadarshan Banjan|title=Men's Premier 13: Murali Karthikeyan!|url=http://chessbase.in/news/mens-premier-13/|publisher=ChessBase India|accessdate=7 January 2016|date=2015-11-29}}</ref> Karthikeyan also won the 54th edition of the championship held in [[Lucknow]] in 2016. Though he had a slow start, and lost the match against eventual runner-up [[Aravindh Chithambaram]], a crucial win against top seed Vidit Santosh Gujrathi on time control, followed by double withdrawals helped in gaining the lead and ultimately winning the championships.<ref>{{cite web|author=Priyadarshan Banjan|title=National Premier 2016: Karthikeyan is National Champion again!|url=http://chessbase.in/news/karthikeyan-is-national-champion-again/|publisher=ChessBase India|accessdate=17 February 2016|date=2016-11-30}}</ref>

In January 2019, Karthikeyan placed second in the [[Gibraltar Chess Festival|Gibraltar Masters]] open tournament<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/gibraltar-2019-round-10|title=Artemiev atop Gibraltar Masters|last=Peterson|first=Macauley|date=2019-02-01|website=Chess News|publisher=ChessBase|access-date=2019-06-11}}</ref> among a field of over 250 players.<ref>{{cite web|title=Gibraltar International Chess Festival 2019 - Masters|url=http://chess-results.com/tnr377792.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=10|website=chess-results.com}}</ref> In June 2019, he placed second in the Asian championships,<ref>https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/asian-continental-chess-championship-2019</ref> aided by a win with black against Alireza Firouja in which Karthikeyan sacrificed his queen on move 9.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1tPZk6r_1U</ref>

== Personal life ==
He was inducted in Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) for scholarship from 2014 to 2016. Later, he got employed in Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) since October 2017.

== References ==
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== External links ==
*{{Official website|karthikeyanmurali.com}}
* {{Fide}}
* {{Chessgames player|131321}}
* [http://www.365chess.com/players/Murali_Karthikeyan Murali Karthikeyan] chess games at 365Chess.com

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