Sayantan Das
Indian chess grandmaster (born 1997)
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Sayantan Das (born 8 April 1997) is an Indian chess grandmaster.
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 8 April 1997 Kolkata, India |
| Chess career | |
| Country | India |
| Title | Grandmaster (2023) |
| FIDE rating | 2428 (May 2026) |
| Peak rating | 2516 (April 2023) |
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]
