Sandipan Chanda
| Sandipan Chanda | |
|---|---|
 Sandipan Chanda, Leiden 2008 | |
| Full name | Sandipan Chanda |
| Country | India |
| Born | 13 August 1983 Kolkata, India |
| Title | Grandmaster |
| FIDE rating | 2480 (September 2024) (No. 145 in the April 2013 FIDE World Rankings) |
| Peak rating | 2656 (May 2011) |
Sandipan Chanda (born 13 August 1983) is a chess Grandmaster hailing from the city of Kolkata (Calcutta) in the Indian state of West Bengal. Sandipan became grandmaster in 2003. In 2004 he won the Curaçao Chess Festival with 7.5/9, a half point ahead of Alexander Shabalov.[1][2]
He played for India in the Chess Olympiads of 2004, 2006 and 2008.[3] He scored a notable win over Sergei Tiviakov in 2007 at a tournament in Ottawa playing as White, which was selected for inclusion in John Nunn's The Mammoth Book of the World's Greatest Chess Games.[4] He was Viswanathan Anand's second for the World Chess Championship 2013 match.
In 2016 and 2017 he won the Open Dutch Chess Championship.[5]
References
- ^ Chess is Better in the Caribbean—GM Chanda Sandipan Prevails in the Curaçao International, by Jennifer Shahade
- ^ Crowther, Mark (23 August 2004). "22) Curacao Chess Festival". No. 511. The Week in Chess. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
- ^ "Men's Chess Olympiads: Sandipan Chanda". OlimpBase. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
- ^ Burgess, Graham; Emms, John; Nunn, John (2010). The Mammoth Book of the World's Greatest Chess Games. London: Running Press. pp. 663–669. ISBN 978-1-84901-368-0.
- ^ "Chanda Sandipan weer winnaar Open NK schaken". www.gelderlander.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 22 July 2018.
External links
- Sandipan Chanda player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Rating data
- His online chess games and profile on Chess Live
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