Surya Shekhar Ganguly
| Surya Shekhar Ganguly | |
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Surya at World Team 2010
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| Country | India |
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24 February 1983 Kolkata, India |
| Title | Grandmaster |
| FIDE rating | 2640 (April 2017) |
| Peak rating | 2676 (July 2016) |
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Representing  India
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2010 Guangzhou | Men's Team |
Surya Shekhar Ganguly (Bengali: সূর্য শেখর গাঙ্গুলী; born 24 February 1983 in Kolkata) is an Indian chess grandmaster, 2009 Asian champion and six-time Indian champion.
Ganguly became an International Master at 16 and a Grandmaster at 19. He worked in the team of seconds that assisted Anand in winning the World Championship matches against Vladimir Kramnik, Veselin Topalov and Gelfand in 2008, 2010 and 2012 respectively.
He was awarded the Arjuna Award in 2005 for his outstanding achievement in sports. He also got the "Shera Bangali" award in 2009 as the best Sportsperson of Bengal and the "Khel Samman" award in 2013 from the Government of West Bengal. He was awarded ″Bangabhusan″, the second highest civilian award of West Bengal, in 2015.
He was born to Pankaj Ganguly and Aarti Ganguly on 24 February 1983. He has an elder sister who is a doctor by profession. He is working as Deputy Manager at the Indian Oil Corporation. He got married to his childhood sweetheart Sudeshna on 7 February 2011.
Ganguly's grand father, the late Anil Basumallick, taught him chess at the age of 5. Soon he became very popular in chess circles of Kolkata as he was the youngest player in most tournaments taking place during those days and also won prizes. In 1991, at the age of 8, he won both the Indian National U-10 and U-12 Championships. He won these Championships again in 1992 and 1995.
The following are his achievements in the World Youth Chess Championship in his age categories:
In 1995, at the age of 11, he beat a Grandmaster, the youngest player ever to do so until that time.
Ganguly has played in many individual and team tournaments, both national and international. He achieved his IM (International Master) title at Goodricke International, Kolkata 2000 and the GM (Grand Master) title at the 35th Chess Olympiad, Bled 2002. Some of his notable achievements are given here.
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