Shreyas Royal

Shreyas Royal is an English chess player.

Shreyas Royal
CountryEngland
Born (2009-01-09) January 9, 2009[1]
Bengaluru, India[2]
TitleInternational Master (2022)
FIDE rating2407 (October 2023)
Peak rating2456 (December 2022)

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 will compete 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).[9]

References
  1. "About Shreyas Royal".
  2. "Shreyas Royal: India-born chess player is UK's youngest international master". July 9, 2023.
  3. "Shreyas Royal: Child chess prodigy's family can stay in UK". August 10, 2018.
  4. "Chess and Esports: 10 questions with Shreyas Royal". February 28, 2023.
  5. "Child chess prodigy Shreyas Royal eyeing records at Bavarian Open". November 12, 2022.
  6. Barden, Leonard (November 14, 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 2023-09-21.
  9. "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 2023 FIDE Grand Swiss". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
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