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Biography
Shreyas Royal is an English chess player.
Chess career
Shreyas was born in India, but moved to South London when his father was offered a job as an IT project manager in the United Kingdom. The visa of Royal's father was due to expire in September 2018, but he was granted a new work visa one month prior, allowing the family to stay and Royal to continue playing chess in England. He is England's youngest International Master.
He won the European Youth U8 Chess Championship in 2017.
In November 2022, he scored his first GM norm at the Bavarian Open in Tegernsee, Germany. In doing so, he broke the record for being the youngest English player to earn a GM norm.
Royal competed in the FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2023. At the event, he won the first round against the higher-rated Jaime Santos Latasa, who was rated 2650 (whereas Royal was rated 2407). Shreyas also defeated Vahap Sanal in Round 7, rated 2603 at the time of the game. Royal finished with 4.5/11 points in the tournament, for a performance rating of 2574.