Majumdar, Shankar

Shankar Majumdar, a 37-year-old Indian player, is rated 2018 and sitting in the top 4% of Indian players. He is progressing steadily with +35 Elo over the past 12 months. 24 rated games in the past year (≈21/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include All India Civil Services Men Chess Championship 2025-26, All India Civil Services Men Team Chess Championship 2025-26, and All India Civil Services (Men) Chess Tournament 2024-25. He had 5 career breaks: 14 months (2001–2003), 13 months (2016–2017), 13 months (2017–2018), 63 months (2018–2024, COVID-19 included) and 14 months (2024–2025). His peak of 2104 was reached at age 19 (Jan 2008).

At junior level, he reached #33, #48, #60, #29 and #17 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.