Rohan Vijay Shandilya

Rohan Vijay Shandilya, a 40-year-old Indian player, is rated 1866. He has held steady between 1850 and 1900 for 2 years. 59 rated games in the past year (≈12/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Athens of the East 5th International Grandmaster Open Chess tournament (Category - B Below 2000), 1st Arunachal Pradesh International Chess Festival 2025 (Cat-B), and "SINGH'S GAMBIT" 2nd International FIDE Rated Open Chess Tournament. Also played 2 rapid (including 1st Arunachal Pradesh International Chess Festival 2025 (Rapid)) and 2 blitz events (including Athens of the East 5th International Grandmaster Open FIDE Rated Chess Tournament - 2025 Category D (Blitz)) recently. He had 5 career breaks: 17 months (2005–2006), 19 months (2008–2009), 105 months (2010–2019), 35 months (2019–2022, COVID-19 included) and 18 months (2024–2025). His peak of 2183 was reached at age 17 (Apr 2003).

At junior level, he reached #28, #13 and #10 nationally in U20, U18 and U16.