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Sayantan Das becomes India’s 81st Grandmaster

Sayantan Das became India’s 81st Chess Grandmaster as well as the 11th player from West Bengal to bag the honour after he crossed the 2500-mark in live ratings and won the Cannes Open on Sunday with a score of 7.5 out of 9. The 26-year-old had achieved his final GM norm in 2017 but had to wait 6 years to cross the 2500-mark in order to become a grandmaster. “Finally I have fulfilled my target. I am happy. I was waiting for too long. The monkey is finally off my back,” Das said as quoted by the Telegraph. This week I recorded Chess This Week on a Sunday evening, announcing India's 80th Grandmaster as India's latest grandmaster. Before it got edited and I uploaded the video on a Monday morning, we already had India's 81st Grandmaster😂 — Srinath Narayanan (@srinathchess) February 28, 2023...