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

Biography

He studied at the Scottish Church Collegiate School in North Kolkata. He later studied commerce at the Scottish Church College between 2014 and 2017. He works at Metro Railway Kolkata.

Chess career

He who won the World Youth Chess Championship (boys) in 2008 which was held at Vietnam. 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.

Sayantan Das on 4 July 2014 won maiden grand master norm.

He crossed the 2500 Elo rating benchmark in 2023, becoming the 81st grandmaster from India.

References

1. "The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) | Sports | Sayantan gets top billing". Telegraphindia.com. 1 December 2009. Archived from the original on 3 February 2013. Retrieved 18 May 2010.
2. "Sayantan Das poised to take title". The Hindu. 17 December 2010. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
3. "About - Commerce Department". Scottish Church College. Archived from the original on 19 May 2023. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
4. "GM Metro congratulates latest star of Indian Chess". The Times of India. 4 May 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
5. "Sayantan Das becomes India's 81st Grandmaster". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
6. "Sport / Chess : Warm reception for Sayantan Das". The Hindu. 4 November 2008. Archived from the original on 7 November 2012. Retrieved 18 May 2010.
7. Tags : kolakta, sports Posted: Fri 31 October 2008, 03:43 hrs (31 October 2008). "Young guns shine in youth Chess". Indianexpress.com. Retrieved 18 May 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
8. "Sayantan Das earns maiden Grandmaster norm". The Times of India. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
9. 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

• Sayantan Das rating card at FIDE

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