Gauri Shankar was born on 1st October in the year1992. This young Indian chess prodigy at the age of 13 has won 23 International junior chess medals. So far in his chess career, he has also drawn and defeated many International Masters. 16-year old Arjun Vishnuvardhan, the elder brother of Gauri, is a National Chess Master and Championed at the 2006 National G/60 Chess of the United States. The current FIDE rating of Gauri is 2219. The achievements which gauri has achieved are: he has made the National Chess Champion of India for Under-7 boys during 1999-2000, Aurangabad, India; British Junior Under-10 Chess Champion held in the year 2001, Scarbrough, UK; British Junior Under-9,10 and 11 Chess Champion took place in the year 2002, Torquay, UK; British Junior Under-10 Chess Champion held in the year 2003, Scotland, UK; The only hat-trick winner in the British Junior Chess Championship history; US National K-12 Quick Chess Champion in the year 2003, Houston, USA; Space Coast Open K-12 Chess Champion held at 2004, Florida, USA; Winner of bronze in Dubai Junior Open of the year 2004, UAE; Winner of bronze medal in US Junior Open of 2003 and 2005, New York and Ohio, USA; Mid American open Class "A" (Adults and Open) Chess Champion 2005, Des Moines, USA; Winner of best Under-16 in the ATO Biel Chess Festival 2005, Switzerland; 4th International Festival Ajedrez Under-14 Chess Champion 2005, Benidorm, Spain; Winner of various other International junior chess medals from all over the world; 2006 Chicago International Open Chess Champion in the Class A Section; 2006 US Junior Open Chess Champion, Texas USA; The youngest Indian to win more number of International Chess Medals - 23 medals in 13 years of age.

He has played against M Pasalic, Igor Sorkin, G Hernandez, P Karagianis, I M Tsyganov, A Vishnuvardhan, R Hess, A Chow, Miron Sher, N Adams.