Sayantan Das

Indian chess player

Sayantan Das

Born|  (1997-04-08) April 8, 1997 (age 26)
Title| Grandmaster (2023)
FIDE rating| 2489 (August 2023)
Peak rating| 2516 (April 2023)

Sayantan Das (born 8 April 1997) is an Indian chess player, holding the title of grandmaster.

## Biography[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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)
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[edit]

* Sayantan Das rating card at FIDE

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