Sayantan Das

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Sayantan Das
Country India
Born (1997-04-08) 8 April 1997 (age 26)
Title Grandmaster (2023)
FIDE   rating 2502 (March 2024)
Peak rating 2516 (April 2023)

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

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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]

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References

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  9. Bhaduri, Archiman (27 February 2023). "Sayantan Das's wait ends, becomes GM". The Times of India. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 19 May 2023.