Sayantan Das becomes India's 81st Grandmaster

Sayantan Das becomes India's 81st Grandmaster

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Category : Sports Published on: March 06 2023

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  • Sayantan Das became India's 81st GM after beating the opposition at the International Festival des Jeux in Cannes, France. 
  • Das entered the A Group of the tournament as an IM, chasing the 24 FIDE Elo points that would bring him to the 2500 mark and grant him the title of India's newest grandmaster.
  • Vignesh N R is India's 80th and first Grandmaster brothers with Visakh.
  • In March last year, Gukesh became only the sixth Indian to break the 2700 Elo-rating mark, and the youngest Grandmaster from the country to be rated above 2700.
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