Shadhursshaan R

Shadhursshaan R, a 19-year-old Indian Candidate Master, is rated 2035 and sitting in the top 3% of Indian players. He is on a breakout run, having gained +89 Elo over the past 12 months. 114 rated games in the past year (≈76/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Eight Square Chess Academy - 2nd International FIDE Rated Open Chess Tournament - 2026, Grand Chess Festival Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar International Open FIDE Rating Chess Tournament 2025, and 2nd Chesskraft Academy All India Open FIDE Rating Chess Tournament 2025. Also played 1 rapid (including Star Chess Foundation 5th International Open Rapid FIDE Rated Chess Tournament 2025) and 1 blitz events (including Eight Square Chess Academy - 1st International FIDE Rated BLITZ Open Chess Tournament 2026) recently. His peak of 2127 was reached at age 18 (Sep 2025).

Awarded CM in 2023 (age 16). At junior level, he reached #65, #42, #34, #77, #56, #30 and #88 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14, U12, U10 and U8.