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{{Short description|Indian chess grandmaster (born 1992)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2025}}
{{Infobox chess player
| name = Shyaam Nikhil P
| image = [[File:Nikil Shyam 2012.jpg|200px]]
| caption = Nikhil in 2012
| country = [[India]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1992|03|21}}
| birth_place = [[Nagercoil]], [[Tamilnadu]], India
| title = [[Grandmaster (chess)|Grandmaster]] (2024)<ref name="FIDEGM">{{cite web|url=https://ratings.fide.com/crt/main232149.pdf|title=FIDE Title Application (GM)}}</ref>
| peakrating = 2502 (May 2012)
| FideID = 5024218
}}
'''Shyaam Nikhil Ponnusamy''' ([[Tamil (language)|Tamil]]: ஷ்யாம் நிகில் பொன்னுசாமி)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tamil.indianexpress.com/sports/shyam-nikhil-becomes-indias-85th-gm-tamil-news-4575138|title=12 வருட காத்திருப்பு; 4 முறை மிஸ்... 85-வது கிராண்ட் மாஸ்டராக வாகை சூடிய தமிழக வீரர் ஷ்யாம்! (in Tamil)|work=[[The Indian Express]]|date=14 May 2024}}</ref> is an Indian [[chess]] grandmaster.

== Career ==

He started playing chess tournaments at the age of 11. In 2007, he won the [[World Youth Chess Championship|World Youth Chess Olympiad]] while representing India-U16, with [[Adhiban Baskaran]], R. Ashwath, S. Nitin, and [[Swayams Mishra]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/sports/historic-win-for-youth-chess-team/cid/1606457
|title=Historic win for youth chess team
|work=[[The Telegraph (India)|The Telegraph]]|date= 12 August 2007}}</ref> In 2009, he participated in Asian Youth Chess Championship in Under-18 category, where he narrowly missed the Gold.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/top-stories/shayam-nikil-keeps-indian-hopes-alive-at-asian-youth-chess/articleshow/4868467.cms
|title= Shyaam Nikil keeps Indian hopes alive at Asian Youth Chess
|work= [[The Times of India]]|date= 7 August 2009}}</ref>

In September 2011, he made his maiden [[Grandmaster (chess)|GM]] norm while competing in the 4th Mayor’s Cup International Chess Tournament, in [[Mumbai]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chessdom.com/gm-aleksej-aleksandrov-claims-the-4th-mayors-cup/
|title=GM Aleksej Aleksandrov claims the 4th Mayor's Cup
|work=Chessdom|date= 24 September 2011}}</ref> He got his second [[Grandmaster (chess)|GM]] norm in the following month while competing in National Premier Chess Championship, 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/wire-news/-2065089.html
|title=P Shyam Nikhil of TN gets his second GM norm
|work=[[Moneycontrol]]|date=18 October 2011}}</ref>

Nikhil won the 26th National Youth Under-25 Chess Championship in 2017, where he scored 8 points over 9 rounds. The event included 122 [[International Masters]] (IM).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.andamanchronicle.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11585:26th-national-youth-under-25-chess-championship-concludes&catid=37&Itemid=142
|title=26th National Youth Under-25 Chess Championship Concludes
|work=Andaman Chronicle|date=19 July 2017}}</ref>

In 2022, he won the [[Commonwealth Chess Championship]], in [[Sri Lanka]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hindi.thebridge.in/chess/shyamnikhil-win-commonwealth-chess-2022-championship-title-37549
|title=भारत के श्यामनिखिल ने जीता कॉमनवेल्थ शतरंज 2022 चैंपियनशिप का खिताब
|work=The Bridge|language= hi|date= 29 November 2022}}</ref>

In May 2024, Nikhil became a [[Grandmaster (chess)|Grandmaster]] after securing his final norm.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/sports/other-sports/shyaamnikhil-ends-12-year-wait-becomes-indias-85th-chess-gm-3020353
|title=Shyaamnikhil ends 12-year wait, becomes India's 85th chess GM
|work=[[Deccan Herald]]|date= 13 May 2024}}</ref> The title was awarded later by [[FIDE]] in August 2024.

== References ==

{{reflist}}
{{Indian grandmasters}}

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[[Category:Chess Grandmasters]]
[[Category:People from Nagercoil]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian chess players]]

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