Shreyas Royal | |
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Country | England |
Born | [1] Bengaluru, India[2] | 9 January 2009
Title | International Master (2022) |
FIDE rating | 2457 (March 2024) |
Peak rating | 2483 (February 2024) |
Shreyas Royal is an English chess player.
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, for 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]