| Shyaam Nikhil P | |
| Country: | India |
| Birth Date: | 21 March 1992 |
| Birth Place: | Nagercoil, Tamilnadu, India |
| Grandmaster (2024)[1] | |
| Peakrating: | 2502 (May 2012) |
| Fideid: | 5024218 |
Shyaam Nikhil Ponnusamy (Tamil: ஷ்யாம் நிகில் பொன்னுசாமி)[2] is an Indian chess grandmaster.
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.