Whakakīhia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I toa a Karjakin i te European U10 Chess Championship i te tau 1999, a ko ia te Toa Toa o te Ao U12 Chess i te tau 2001. I whiwhi ia i te taitara rangatira o te ao i te 11 o ona tau, a i whakawhiwhia ki a ia tana taitara rangatira nui i te 2003. I tohu ia i a Ukraine i te Chess Olympiad i te tau 2004, i toa i te roopu me te koura takitahi. I whakataetae ia i roto i etahi atu Olympics Chess e rua mo Ukraine, ka wikitoria i te whakataetae chess Corus i te tau 2009, i mua i tana whakawhiti ki Russia. Mai i taua wa kua tu ia mo Russia e rima nga wa i roto i te Chess Olympiad, i toa i te koura takitahi i roto i
Ko te tau 2010. I wikitoria hoki ia i te koura kapa me Russia i te World Team Chess Championship i te 2013 me te 2019.