Diptayan Ghosh Explained

Diptayan Ghosh
Country:India
Birth Date:10 August 1998
Birth Place:Kolkata, India[1]
Grandmaster (2016)
Peakrating:2581 (March 2017)
Fideid:5045207

Diptayan Ghosh (born 10 August 1998) is a chess player from Kolkata, India. He qualified as a grandmaster at the age of 17 after achieving his third and final norm required for the title at the HDBank International Chess Open Tournament in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam in March 2016.[2]

Ghosh won the gold medal at the Asian Youth Chess Championships in the Under 10 section in 2008[3] and the Under 12 in 2009.[4] He was a member of the gold medal-winning Indian team in the World Youth U-16 Chess Olympiad in 2013[5] and 2014.[6]

Biography

He studied at the South Point School and St. Xavier's College.[7] [8] Later, he obtained a master's degree from the Delhi School of Economics. He worked at the IDFC First Bank in Mumbai between July 2021 and December 2022, but quit his job in order to pursue chess.[9]

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://ratings.fide.com/crt/main221333.pdf IM title application
  2. Web site: HD Bank 2016: Diptayan pulls it through. Priyadarshan Banjan. 14 March 2016 . ChessBase India. 14 March 2016.
  3. Web site: Asian Youth Championship – a story told in pictures. Akbarinia. Arash. 2008-07-26. Chess News. ChessBase. 2018-01-08.
  4. Web site: Asian Youth Championships – a clean sweep by India. 2009-08-19. Chess News. ChessBase. 2018-01-08.
  5. Web site: India Wins World Youth U-16 Chess Olympiad 2013. 2013-07-30. Chessdom. 2018-01-08.
  6. Web site: India clinch gold in World Youth Under-16 Chess Olympiad. 2014-12-22. Firstpost. 2018-01-08.
  7. News: 2010-12-17 . Sayantan Das poised to take title . en-IN . The Hindu . 2023-05-19 . 0971-751X.
  8. News: Bhaduri . Archiman . 2018-03-17 . Bengal GM Diptayan impresses teammate Viswanathan Anand . The Times of India . 2023-05-19 . 0971-8257.
  9. Web site: Roy . Angshuman . 2023-02-21 . Banker returns to comfort of 64 squares . 2023-05-19 . www.telegraphindia.com . en.

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