Shreyas Royal

Shreyas Royal is an English chess player.

Shreyas Royal
Royal in 2023
CountryEngland
Born (2009-01-09) 9 January 2009[1]
Bengaluru, India[2]
TitleInternational Master (2022)
FIDE rating2483 (June 2024)
Peak rating2483 (February 2024)

Chess career

Shreyas was born in India, but moved to South London when his father was offered a job as an IT project manager in the United Kingdom. The visa of Royal's father was due to expire in September 2018, but he was granted a new work visa one month prior, allowing the family to stay and Royal to continue playing chess in England.[3] He is England's youngest International Master.[2]

He won the European Youth U8 Chess Championship in 2017.[4]

In November 2022, he scored his first GM norm at the Bavarian Open in Tegernsee, Germany.[5] In doing so, he broke the record for being the youngest English player to earn a GM norm.[6][7]

Royal competed in the FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2023.[8] At the event, he won the first round against the higher-rated Jaime Santos Latasa, who was rated 2650 (whereas Royal was rated 2407). Shreyas also defeated Vahap Şanal in Round 7, rated 2603 at the time of the game.[9] Royal finished with 4.5/11 points in the tournament, with a performance rating of 2574.[10][11]

In December 2023, Royal played in the London Chess Classic, scoring 4/9 points and obtaining his second GM norm.[12]

References
  1. "About Shreyas Royal".
  2. "Shreyas Royal: India-born chess player is UK's youngest international master". 9 July 2023.
  3. "Shreyas Royal: Child chess prodigy's family can stay in UK". 10 August 2018.
  4. "Chess and Esports: 10 questions with Shreyas Royal". 28 February 2023.
  5. "Child chess prodigy Shreyas Royal eyeing records at Bavarian Open". 12 November 2022.
  6. Barden, Leonard (14 November 2022). "Chess: Shreyas Royal, 13, breaks UK record for youngest ever grandmaster result".
  7. "Shreyas Royal – first GM norm at 13!".
  8. "2023 FIDE Grand Swiss". www.chess-results.com. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  9. "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 2023 FIDE Grand Swiss". chess-results.com. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  10. "Results & Standings - FIDE Grand Swiss 2023". Chess.com. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  11. "FIDE Rating Calculators". ratings.fide.com. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  12. Barden, Leonard (15 December 2023). "Chess: Adams wins in London at 52 while Royal, 14, aims for GM in Hastings". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
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