Lishanth B

Lishanth B, a 11-year-old Indian player, is rated 1866 — his current career high and sitting in the top 2% of Indian players under 12. He is on a breakout run, having gained +215 Elo over the past 12 months. 85 rated games in the past year (≈56/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Eight Square Chess Academy - 2nd International FIDE Rated Open Chess Tournament - 2026, 16 th Chennai Open International Grandmaster Chess Tournament 2025 for Sakthi Group Dr.N.Mahalingam Trophy, and Athens of the East 5th International Grandmaster Open Chess tournament (Category - B Below 2000). Also played 4 rapid (including Eight Square Chess Academy - 1st International RAPID FIDE Rated Open Chess Tournament - 2026) and 2 blitz events (including Athens of the East 5th International Grandmaster Open FIDE Rated Chess Tournament - 2025 Category D (Blitz)) recently.

At junior level, he reached World #95 in U10 and #51 and #66 nationally in U12 and U8.