Shreyas Royal has won the U8 category of the 103rd British Chess Championships, held between Saturday 23rd July - Saturday 6th August 2016 at the Bournemouth Pavilion, Westover Road, Bournemouth BH1 2BU. It’s just one of a host of titles that Shreyas has won since he first learned chess (from his dad, Jitendra Singh) at the age of five. And he firmly believes this is just the start – he is aiming high and is confident that he can, and will, achieve great things in the chess w

Shreyas Royal achieved a well deserved Silver Medal in the U7 category of the 2016 European Schools Chess Championships (ESCC), held in Halkidiki, Greece. This was Shreyas’ first international tournament and despite starting with a ranked position of 16th, with no FIDE rating, he was unbeaten during the 9 rounds, and finished with a score of 7/9. About the Championship The Championship is organised in 12 different age categories: U7, U9, U11, U13, U15 and U17, Boys and Girls