Stany G A is an Indian chess player who holds the title of Grandmaster. Born on 22nd September 1993, he is from Shimoga, Karnataka, India. Stany earned the International Master title in 2014 and qualified for the Grandmaster title in October 2018, thus becoming the first person from his home district to ever achieve either of these titles.
In 2009, Stany won a bronze medal in the Under-16 category of the Asian Youth Chess Championship. In 2013, he won the Karnataka State Chess Championship. In 2014, he won the bronze medal in the National Challengers Chess Championship and emerged as the champion of the Doncaster Congress in England.
In 2017, he became the first international master from Karnataka to win the National Challengers Chess Championship. The following year, he came in second at the National Challengers Championships and subsequently came in third at the National Premier Championships.
He also had success at the Basel Chess Festival in Switzerland in 2019, finishing second in the tournament. He continues to be an active chess player, participating in various chess tournaments across the globe.