Gauri Shankar (chess player)

{{short description|Indian chess player}}

{{About||the mountain in Nepal|Gauri Sankar|the village in Nepal|Gauri Sankar (village)}}

{{Notability|date=December 2023}}

{{Use Indian English|date=April 2018}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}

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| country = India

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1992|10|1|df=y}}

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| title = FIDE Master (2008)

| peakrating = 2385 (April 2021)

| FideID = 5041350

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Gauri Shankar (born 1 October 1992) is an Indian chess player who is currently a FIDE Master.[http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?event=5041350 World Chess Federation Profile]{{cite web|url=http://in.rediff.com/sports/2004/may/22chess.htm|title=Chess brothers win again|date=22 May 2004|work=Rediff|accessdate=6 May 2010}}{{cite web|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/2002/10/30/stories/2002103000792100.htm|title=Siblings on a mission, but...|date=30 October 2002|work=The Hindu|accessdate=6 May 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606132800/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2002/10/30/stories/2002103000792100.htm|archive-date=6 June 2011|url-status=usurped}}{{cite web|url=http://inhome.rediff.com/sports/2005/dec/28chess1.htm|title=Chess prodigies struggle to get funds|date=28 December 2005|work=Rediff|accessdate=6 May 2010}}

Gauri's older brother Arjun Vishnuvardhan is an International Chess Master and the 2006 National G/60 Chess Champion of the United States.