Gyana Sai Santhosh M

Gyana Sai Santhosh M, a 18-year-old Indian player, is rated 2129 and sitting in the top 4% of Indian players under 18, and in the top 6% worldwide. He has slipped back 67 Elo over the past 12 months. 61 rated games in the past year (≈36/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 19th Asian Schools Chess Championships 2025 - U17, 62nd National Chess Championship -2025, and SRR Open International FIDE Rating Chess Tournament. Also played 2 rapid (including International Rapid Open FIDE Rating Chess Tournament) and 2 blitz events (including SRR International Blitz Open FIDE Rating Chess Tournament) recently. He took a 31-month break between Oct 2019 and Jun 2022 (COVID-19 included). His peak of 2196 was reached at age 17 (Jun 2025).

At junior level, he reached #35, #49, #56, #64, #22 and #34 nationally in U18, U16, U14, U12, U10 and U8.