# Diptayan Ghosh

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{{short description|Indian chess grandmaster (born 1998)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2014}}
{{Infobox chess player
|name = Diptayan Ghosh
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|country = India
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1998|8|10|df=y}}
|birth_place = [Kolkata](/source/Kolkata), India<ref>[http://ratings.fide.com/crt/main221333.pdf IM title application]. FIDE.</ref>
|death_date =
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|title = [Grandmaster](/source/Grandmaster_(chess)) (2016)
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|peakrating = 2581 (March 2017)
|FideID=5045207
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'''Diptayan Ghosh''' (born 10 August, 1998) is a [chess](/source/chess) player from [Kolkata](/source/Kolkata), India. He qualified as a [grandmaster](/source/Grandmaster_(chess)) at the age of 17 after achieving his third and final [norm](/source/Norm_(chess)) required for the title at the HDBank International Chess Open Tournament in [Ho Chi Minh City](/source/Ho_Chi_Minh_City), Vietnam in March 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://chessbase.in/news/hd-bank-2016/|title=HD Bank 2016: Diptayan pulls it through|author=Priyadarshan Banjan|date=14 March 2016 |publisher=ChessBase India|accessdate=14 March 2016}}</ref>

Ghosh won the gold medal at the [Asian Youth Chess Championship](/source/Asian_Youth_Chess_Championship)s in the Under 10 section in 2008<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/asian-youth-championship-a-story-told-in-pictures|title=Asian Youth Championship – a story told in pictures|last=Akbarinia|first=Arash|date=2008-07-26|website=Chess News|publisher=ChessBase|access-date=2018-01-08}}</ref> and the Under 12 in 2009.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/asian-youth-championships-a-clean-sweep-by-india|title=Asian Youth Championships – a clean sweep by India|date=2009-08-19|website=Chess News|publisher=ChessBase|access-date=2018-01-08}}</ref> He was a member of the gold medal-winning Indian team in the World Youth U-16 Chess Olympiad in 2013<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.chessdom.com/india-wins-world-youth-u-16-chess-olympiad-2013/|title=India Wins World Youth U-16 Chess Olympiad 2013|date=2013-07-30|website=Chessdom|access-date=2018-01-08}}</ref> and 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.firstpost.com/sports/india-clinch-gold-world-youth-16-chess-olympiad-2002283.html|title=India clinch gold in World Youth Under-16 Chess Olympiad|date=2014-12-22|website=[Firstpost](/source/Firstpost)|access-date=2018-01-08}}</ref>

Ghosh qualified for the [Chess World Cup 2025](/source/Chess_World_Cup_2025) where he caused a major upset, defeating reigning [World Blitz Chess Champion](/source/World_Blitz_Chess_Championship) and former World Championship contender [Ian Nepomniachtchi](/source/Ian_Nepomniachtchi) in the second round.<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 5, 2025 |title=FIDE Chess World Cup 2025: Diptayan Ghosh upsets two-time Candidates winner Ian Nepomniachtchi in Round 2 |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/chess/fide-world-cup-2025-diptayan-ghosh-upset-ian-nepomniachtchi-10348051/ |access-date=2025-11-05 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>

== Biography ==
He studied at the [South Point School](/source/South_Point_School) and [St. Xavier's College](/source/St._Xavier's_College%2C_Kolkata).<ref>{{Cite news |date=2010-12-17 |title=Sayantan Das poised to take title |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/Sayantan-Das-poised-to-take-title/article15596823.ece |access-date=2023-05-19 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Bhaduri |first=Archiman |date=2018-03-17 |title=Bengal GM Diptayan impresses teammate Viswanathan Anand |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/chess/bengal-gm-diptayan-impresses-teammate-viswanathan-anand/articleshow/63347436.cms |access-date=2023-05-19 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> Later, he obtained a master's degree from the [Delhi School of Economics](/source/Delhi_School_of_Economics). He worked at the [IDFC First Bank](/source/IDFC_First_Bank) in Mumbai between July 2021 and December 2022, but quit his job in order to pursue chess.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Roy |first=Angshuman |date=2023-02-21 |title=Banker returns to comfort of 64 squares |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/sports/banker-returns-to-comfort-of-64-squares/cid/1917860 |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=The Telegraph|location=India |language=en}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://www.olimpbase.org/playerswy/3p5jz9xf.html Diptayan Ghosh] team chess record at Olimpbase.org

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Category:1998 births
Category:Living people
Category:Chess Grandmasters
Category:St. Xavier's College, Kolkata alumni
Category:Delhi School of Economics alumni
Category:Sportspeople from Kolkata
Category:21st-century Indian chess players

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