Name of the Sportsperson: Sandipan Chanda
Discipline: Chess
Date of Birth: 13 August 1983
State: Kolkata , West Bengal
Achievements and Awards
• He became grandmaster in 2003.
• He played for India in the Chess Olympiads of 2004, 2006 and 2008.
• He was No. 11 in Asia, and ranked 92nd in the world as per FIDE rating as on July 2011.
• He is No. 4 in India after Viswanathan Anand, Krishnan Sasikiran and Pendyala Harikrishna.
Profile
Sandipan Chanda was born on 13 August 1983 in Kolkata. He became a Grand Master in 2003. He shared first place in the Indian Championship in 2003, 2004 and 2006, but each time lost the title to Surya Sekhar Ganguly in the play -offs. He represented India on board 4 at Olympiad 2008.
Sandipan Chanda is a renowned chess player of India who became a Grandmaster in 2003. Born on August 13 in the year 1983, Sandipan Chanda originally hails from Kolkata, West Bengal and currently resides in his hometown.
The notable games of Grandmaster Sandipan Chanda include those games against Koneru and A Das in 2006, and, Tiviakov and Sadvakasov in 2007.
He has also been the practice partner of Viswanathan Anand, the two-time World Champion, on many occasions. As of the end of September 2007, Sandipan Chanda has 2563 FIDE Ratings in the FIDE Rating of the World Chess Federation.
