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Surya Sekhar Ganguly
Ganguly at Tata Steel Chess, Kolkata, 2018
Full name
Surya Sekhar Ganguly
Country
India
Born
(1983-02-24) 24 February 1983 (age 41) Kolkata earlier called Calcutta, India
Title
Grandmaster (2003)
FIDE rating
2575 (June 2024)
Peak rating
2676 (July 2016)
Peak ranking
No. 55 (March 2010)
Medal record
Representing India
Recent International Tournaments
World Team Championship, 2019
Individual
Hunan International Open, 2019
Individual
Binhai International Open, 2018
Individual
Biel International Open, 2017
Individual
Canberra International, 2017
Individual
Edmonton Invitational, 2017
Individual
Bangkok Open, 2016
Individual
Doeberl Cup Australia, 2016
Individual
Recent Asian Tournaments
Asian Team Championship Classical, 2018
Team
Asian Team Championship Rapid, 2018
Team
Asian Indoor Games, 2017
Team
Asian Individual Championship, 2015
Individual
Recent National Tournaments
National Team championship, 2018
Team
National Team championship, 2017
Team
National Team championship, 2015
Team
National Team championship, 2014
Team
Surya Sekhar Ganguly (born 24 February 1983) is an Indian chess grandmaster. His peak ELO rating was 2676 (July, 2016).[1] Ganguly became an International Master at the age of 16 and a grandmaster at the age of 19.
He has won 40 individual gold, 21 individual silver and 6 individual bronze medals in National as well as International tournaments. He was also the captain of the Indian team in the Asian Nations Online Cup 2020 which won the 2nd place. In addition, in team competitions he has won 12 gold, four silver and three bronze medals. Some of his recent achievements are winning individual gold in Hunan International Open (2019),[2] individual gold in World Team Championship in Astana, Kazakhstan (2019),[3][4] gold in National Team Championship Kolkata (2019),[5] bronze in Binhai International Open, China (2018)[6] and bronze in Asian Team Championship in both Classical and Rapid in Iran (2018).[7]
The government of India has awarded him the prestigious Arjuna Award in 2005 for his outstanding achievement in sports. He was awarded ″Bangabhusan″, the second-highest civilian award of West Bengal, in 2015. He was also awarded the "Khel Samman" award in 2013 from the Government of West Bengal and the "Shera Bangali" award in 2009 as the best Sportsperson of Bengal.
He was six-time National champion (2003–2008) and Asian champion in 2009. He worked in the team of seconds that assisted Viswanathan Anand in winning the World Championship matches against Vladimir Kramnik, Veselin Topalov and Boris Gelfand in 2008, 2010 and 2012, respectively.
In 2024, a film inspired from his life named Dabaru has released. The director of the film is Pathikrit Basu.[8]
^"FIDE Chess ratings". ratings.fide.com.
^"Ganguly wins Belt and Road 2019 and US$50,000! - ChessBase India". www.chessbase.in. 7 August 2019.
^"World Teams 2019: India misses out on a medal, Adhiban and Ganguly win individual gold - ChessBase India". www.chessbase.in. 15 March 2019.
^Chatterjee (jishnuplayschess), Jishnu (17 March 2019). "Surya Sekhar Ganguly Wins Individual Gold At World Team Chess Championship (2019)". Chess.com.
^"National Team Chess Championship: PSPB retains titles". Sportstar. 11 February 2019.
^"Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - The 1st Binhai Cup China International Chess Open Tournament". chess-results.com.
^"Asian Nations Cup Rapid 2018: Silver for the girls, Men take home bronze - ChessBase India". www.chessbase.in. 29 July 2018.
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