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{{Infobox chess player
|image =
| country = [[England]]
| birth_date = {{bda|2009|1|9}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shreyasroyal.co.uk/abou-c1x1t|title=About Shreyas Royal}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Bengaluru]], [[India]]<ref name="IM">{{cite web|url=https://www.globalindian.com/youth/story/chess-grandmaster/shreyas-royal-india-born-chess-player-is-uks-youngest-international-master/|title=Shreyas Royal: India-born chess player is UK’s youngest international master|date=July 9, 2023}}</ref>
| title = [[International Master]] (2022)
| worldchampion =
| rating =
| peakrating = 2456 (December 2022)
| ranking =
| peakranking =
| FideID = 448869
}}

'''Shreyas Royal''' is an Indian-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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-45145339|title=Shreyas Royal: Child chess prodigy's family can stay in UK|date=August 10, 2018}}</ref> He is England's youngest International Master.<ref name="IM"/>

He won the [[European Youth Chess Championship|European Youth U8 Chess Championship]] in 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/en/news/chess-10-questions-with-shreyas-royal|title=Chess and Esports: 10 questions with Shreyas Royal|date=February 28, 2023}}</ref>

In November 2022, he scored his first GM norm at the Bavarian Open in [[Tegernsee]], [[Germany]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/chess/child-chess-prodigy-shreyas-royal-eyeing-records-at-bavarian-open-8264313/|title=Child chess prodigy Shreyas Royal eyeing records at Bavarian Open|date=November 12, 2022}}</ref> In doing so, he broke the record for being the youngest English player to earn a GM norm.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ft.com/content/1d5f8a59-a082-43ae-b2c0-6fc7c38f244d|title=Chess: Shreyas Royal, 13, breaks UK record for youngest ever grandmaster result|date=November 14, 2022|first=Leonard|last=Barden}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.englishchess.org.uk/shreyas-royal-first-gm-norm-at-13/|title=Shreyas Royal – first GM norm at 13!}}</ref>

Royal will compete in the [[FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2023]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=2023 FIDE Grand Swiss|url=https://chess-results.com/tnr793016.aspx |access-date=2023-09-21|website=www.chess-results.com |language=en}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:2009 births]]
[[Category:English chess players]]
[[Category:Indian chess players]]
[[Category:Chess International Masters]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Bangalore]]

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