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 +29 Elo over the past 12 months. 24 rated games in the past year (≈21/year long-term). Recent appearances: All India Civil Services Men Chess Championship 2025-26 and All India Civil Services Men Team Chess Championship 2025-26. He had 4 career breaks: 14 months (2001–2003), 13 months (2016–2017), 13 months (2017–2018) and 78 months (2018–2025). 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.