Sayantan Das
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 8 April 1997 Kolkata, India |
| Chess career | |
| Country | India |
| Title | Grandmaster (2023) |
| FIDE rating | 2408 (August 2026) |
| Peak rating | 2516 (April 2023) |
Sayantan Das (born 8 April 1997) is an Indian chess grandmaster.
Biography
[edit]He studied at the Scottish Church Collegiate School in North Kolkata.[1][2] He later studied commerce at the Scottish Church College between 2014 and 2017.[3] He works at Metro Railway Kolkata.[4][5]
Chess career
[edit]He who won the World Youth Chess Championship (boys) in 2008 which was held at Vietnam.[6] He is a student at the Goodricke National Chess Academy at Kolkata, which has also produced the present under-10 Asian champion, Diptayan Ghosh.
International Master Saptarshi Roy has coached him.[7]
Sayantan Das on 4 July 2014 won maiden grand master norm.[8]
He crossed the 2500 Elo rating benchmark in 2023, becoming the 81st grandmaster from India.[9]
References
[edit]- ↑ "The Telegraph – Calcutta (Kolkata) | Sports | Sayantan gets top billing". The Telegraph. India. 1 December 2009. Retrieved 18 May 2010.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "Sayantan Das poised to take title". The Hindu. 17 December 2010. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
- ↑ "About – Commerce Department". Scottish Church College. Archived from the original on 19 May 2023. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
- ↑ "GM Metro congratulates latest star of Indian Chess". The Times of India. 4 May 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
- ↑ "Sayantan Das becomes India's 81st Grandmaster". The Telegraph. India. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
- ↑ "Sport / Chess : Warm reception for Sayantan Das". The Hindu. 4 November 2008. Archived from the original on 7 November 2012. Retrieved 18 May 2010.
- ↑ Tags : kolakta, sports Posted: Fri 31 October 2008, 03:43 hrs (31 October 2008). "Young guns shine in youth Chess". The Indian Express. Retrieved 18 May 2010.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ "Sayantan Das earns maiden Grandmaster norm". The Times of India. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
- ↑ Bhaduri, Archiman (27 February 2023). "Sayantan Das's wait ends, becomes GM". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
External links
[edit]- Sayantan Das rating card at FIDE
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