Shyaam Nikhil P.
Indian chess grandmaster (born 1992)
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Shyaam Nikhil Ponnusamy (Tamil: ஷ்யாம் நிகில் பொன்னுசாமி)[2] is an Indian chess grandmaster.
Nikhil in 2012 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 21 March 1992 |
| Chess career | |
| Country | India |
| Title | Grandmaster (2024)[1] |
| FIDE rating | 2435 (June 2026) |
| Peak rating | 2502 (May 2012) |
Career
He started playing chess tournaments at the age of 11. In 2007, he won the World Youth Chess Olympiad while representing India-U16, with Adhiban Baskaran, R. Ashwath, S. Nitin, and Swayams Mishra.[3] In 2009, he participated in Asian Youth Chess Championship in Under-18 category, where he narrowly missed the Gold.[4]
In September 2011, he made his maiden GM norm while competing in the 4th Mayor’s Cup International Chess Tournament, in Mumbai.[5] He got his second GM norm in the following month while competing in National Premier Chess Championship, 2011.[6]
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).[7]
In 2022, he won the Commonwealth Chess Championship, in Sri Lanka.[8]
In May 2024, Nikhil became a Grandmaster after securing his final norm.[9] The title was awarded later by FIDE in August 2024.