Shreyas Royal
| Shreyas Royal | |
|---|---|
 Royal in 2023 | |
| Country | England |
| Born | 9 January 2009[1] Bengaluru, India[2] |
| Title | International Master (2022) |
| FIDE rating | 2455 (April 2024) |
| Peak rating | 2483 (February 2024) |
Shreyas Royal is an English chess player.
Chess career[edit]
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[edit]
- ^ "About Shreyas Royal".
- ^ a b "Shreyas Royal: India-born chess player is UK's youngest international master". 9 July 2023.
- ^ "Shreyas Royal: Child chess prodigy's family can stay in UK". 10 August 2018.
- ^ "Chess and Esports: 10 questions with Shreyas Royal". 28 February 2023.
- ^ "Child chess prodigy Shreyas Royal eyeing records at Bavarian Open". 12 November 2022.
- ^ Barden, Leonard (14 November 2022). "Chess: Shreyas Royal, 13, breaks UK record for youngest ever grandmaster result".
- ^ "Shreyas Royal – first GM norm at 13!".
- ^ "2023 FIDE Grand Swiss". www.chess-results.com. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
- ^ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 2023 FIDE Grand Swiss". chess-results.com. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
- ^ "Results & Standings - FIDE Grand Swiss 2023". Chess.com. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
- ^ "FIDE Rating Calculators". ratings.fide.com. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
- ^ 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.