Sayantan Das Explained

Country:India
Grandmaster (2023)
Birth Date:8 April 1997
Fideid:5034426
Peakrating:2516 (April 2023)

Sayantan Das (born 8 April 1997) is an Indian chess grandmaster.

Biography

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

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

  1. Web site: 2009-12-01 . The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) | Sports | Sayantan gets top billing . dead . https://archive.today/20130203143501/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1091201/jsp/sports/story_11804706.jsp . 3 February 2013 . 2010-05-18 . Telegraphindia.com.
  2. News: 2010-12-17 . Sayantan Das poised to take title . en-IN . The Hindu . 2023-05-19 . 0971-751X.
  3. Web site: About - Commerce Department . https://web.archive.org/web/20230519155418/https://www.scottishchurch.ac.in/UG/Commerce_about.php . 2023-05-19 . 2023-05-19 . Scottish Church College.
  4. News: 2023-05-04 . GM Metro congratulates latest star of Indian Chess . The Times of India . 2023-05-19 . 0971-8257.
  5. Web site: Sayantan Das becomes India’s 81st Grandmaster . 2023-05-19 . www.telegraphindia.com . en.
  6. Web site: 2008-11-04 . Sport / Chess : Warm reception for Sayantan Das . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121107082616/http://www.hindu.com/2008/11/04/stories/2008110452462000.htm . 2012-11-07 . 2010-05-18 . The Hindu.
  7. Web site: Tags : kolakta, sports Posted: Fri 31 October 2008, 03:43 hrs . Young guns shine in youth Chess . Indianexpress.com . 2008-10-31 . 2010-05-18.
  8. News: Sayantan Das earns maiden Grandmaster norm. 8 July 2014. The Times of India.
  9. News: Bhaduri . Archiman . 2023-02-27 . Sayantan Das’s wait ends, becomes GM . The Times of India . 2023-05-19 . 0971-8257.

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