Premshankar B U

Premshankar B U, a 15-year-old Indian player, is rated 2225 — his current career high and sitting in the top 1% of Indian players under 16, and in the top 3% worldwide. He is rising rapidly, having gained +227 Elo over the past 12 months. 66 rated games in the past year (≈57/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Athens of the East 5th International Grandmaster Open Chess tournament (Category - A Above 2000), 62nd National Chess Championship -2025, and 31stAbuDhabiInternationalChess Festival-Open A. Also played 6 rapid (including National Rapid Chess Championship 2025-26) and 2 blitz events (including 31st AbuDhabi International Chess Festival-Blitz - Open) recently.

At junior level, he reached #22, #35, #44, #22 and #19 nationally in U16, U14, U12, U10 and U8.