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Royal, Shreyas
GM🇬🇧FIDE 448869· Male· England· Born in 2009
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Shreyas Royal, a 17-year-old English Grandmaster, is rated 2505 — just 18 short of his peak of 2523 (Mar 2026, age 17) and ranked 11th among English players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He has held steady between 2500 and 2525 for 7 months. 110 rated games in the past year (≈86/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include European Individual Chess Championship 2026, 2025-26 4NCL Division 1 Rounds 7-8, and CN 2. divisao 2025-26 r. 5-6. Also played 4 rapid (including 2025 FIDE World Rapid Team Championship) and 7 blitz events (including 2025 FIDE World Blitz Team Championship Pool C) recently. He reached World #448 in Mar 2026.
Awarded GM in 2024 (age 15), IM in 2022 (age 13), FM in 2021 (age 12), and CM in 2016 (age 7). At junior level, he reached World #10 in U18, World #4 in U16, World #2 in U14, World #6 in U12, World #3 in U10 and World #6 in U8.
Current rating
2505
Standard
Rpd2400·Blz2480
All-time high
2523
−18 pts below
Mar 2026 · age 17
Mar 2026 · age 17
Activity
118
games / yr avg. · ≈10/mo
110 past 12 mo · ≈9/mo
classical only
Very active
classical only
Very active
Signature stat
#11
#11 · English players · of 2,545
Career timeline
26 entries2026
Peak World rank: #448
at age 17 · rated 2523
Mar 2026
All-time peak 2523
at age 17 · −18 from today
Mar 2026
10th U18 player worldwide
at age 17 · rated 2519
Feb 2026
2025
Peak English rank: #8
at age 16 · rated 2519
Dec 2025
Re-crossed 2500
at age 16
Dec 2025
Re-crossed 2500
at age 16
Sep 2025
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+21
2484 → 2505
Tournaments
13
82 games
Score
48.5/ 8259.1%
38W25D19L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
11 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 6.5/11 | #120 | 2441 | -9.7 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1.5/2 | #29 | 2523 | +0.2 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0/1 | #162 | 1430 | -8.5 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 6/9 | #14 | 2476 | -1.7 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 2/2 | #5 | 3151 | +5.9 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1.5/2 | #30 | 2676 | +4.1 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 2.5/5 | #35 | 2514 | -0.3 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 5.5/9 | #31 | 2458 | -3.6 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 3/8 | #44 | 2471 | -3.0 |
Round-Robin | Nov 2025 | 7/9 | #1 | 2728 | +26.9 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsJonah B WillowIM
🇬🇧ENG·2442
+2 −5 =6
13 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsMaciej CzoporIM
🇵🇱POL·2458
+5 −3 =3
11 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsEldar GasanovGM
🇺🇦UKR·2443
+3 −3 =3
9 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsMatthew J WadsworthGM
🇬🇧ENG·2529
+2 −3 =3
8 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsZlatko IlincicGM
🇷🇸SRB·2203
+3 −4 =1
8 games·last met Mar 2023
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Rankings
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England
#11
out of 3,843 players
Europe
#313
in continent
World
#550
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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England
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