IM Gauri Shankar Full name Shankar Gauri Born 1992 (age 34) Place of birth Federation India Profiles # World Ranking 2394 Classical 2188 Blitz Bio Most Played Openings White Pieces King's Indian Attack: Yugoslav Variation (8 games) Réti Opening: King's Indian Attack, Symmetrical Defense (7 games) Modern Defense with 1.e4 (5 games) King's Indian Attack: Keres Variation (5 games) English Opening: Caro-Kann Defensive System (5 games) Black Pieces Ruy López Opening: Berlin Defense (7 games) Catalan Opening (7 games) Nimzo-Indian Defense: Kmoch Variation (5 games) English Opening: Anglo-Indian, Queen's Indian Formation (5 games) Réti Opening: King's Indian Attack (4 games) Games Players Result Moves Year Gauri Shankar (2394) Sohum Lohia (2410) 0-1 89 2026 Gauri Shankar (2394) Joshua Sheng (2492) ½-½ 79 2026 Gauri Shankar (2394) Rose Atwell (2290) ½-½ 33 2026 Lucas Jiang (2301) Gauri Shankar (2394) 1-0 50 2026 Gabor Nagy (2439) Gauri Shankar (2394) ½-½ 7 2026 Julian Colville (2358) Gauri Shankar (2394) ½-½ 52 2026 Rachael Li (2322) Gauri Shankar (2394) ½-½ 91 2026 Azer Mirzoev (2471) Gauri Shankar (2394) ½-½ 9 2026 Gauri Shankar (2360) Alexander Kaliksteyn (2337) 1-0 49 2025 Gauri Shankar (2348) Alice Lee (2389) 1-0 38 2025 Show All Games