Debashis Das
{{Short description|Indian chess grandmaster (born 1993)}}
{{Infobox chess player
|image = Das Debashis 2012.jpg
|caption = Debashis in 2012
| country = India
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1993|6|27}}
| birth_place = Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
| title = Grandmaster (2013){{cite web|url=https://ratings.fide.com/crt/main221804.pdf|title=FIDE Title Application (GM)}}
| peakrating = 2548 (September 2018)
| FideID = 5024854
}}
Debashis Das is an Indian chess grandmaster.
Career
In October 2013, Debashis crossed the 2500 rating mark after winning against Anirudha Deshpande in the National Challenger held in Bhopal, becoming the first Grandmaster from Odisha.{{cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/debashis-das-becomes-first-grand-master-from-odisha-645769.html|title=Debashis Das becomes first grand master from Odisha|date=October 19, 2013}}
In July 2015, he was declared as the brand ambassador of Odisha-based milk federation Omfed.{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/odisha/chess-wizard-is-face-of-omfed/cid/1468480|title=Chess wizard is face of Omfed|date=July 2, 2015|first=Namita|last=Panda}}
In November 2017, he defeated Aravindh Chithambaram in the final round of the National Premier Chess Championship, finishing in fourth place.{{cite web|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/sports/lalith-babu-crowned-national-chess-champion/articleshow/61597524.cms?from=mdr|title=Lalith Babu crowned national chess champion|date=November 10, 2017}}
In July 2018, he won the bronze medal in the Commonwealth Chess Championships.{{cite web|url=https://odishabytes.com/debashis-das-manish-kumar-win-bronze-medals-commonwealth-chess-championships/|title=Debashis Das, Manish Kumar Win Bronze Medals In Commonwealth Chess Championships|date=July 4, 2018}}
In January 2019, he led the Delhi International Open after the sixth round alongside Masoud Mosadeghpour.{{cite web|url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/chess/delhi-international-chess-2019-debashis-das-dhanush-raghav/article25982851.ece|title=Delhi International Open: Debashis, Mosadeghpour stay ahead; Dhanush Raghav wins Category ‘B’|first=Rakesh|last=Rao|date=January 13, 2019}}
He is the founder of chess academy Kingdom of Chess, which organized a Grandmaster Training Festival in May 2023.{{cite web|url=https://www.chessbase.in/news/Grandmaster-Chess-Training-Festival-at-Udaipur-by-Kingdom-of-Chess|title=Grandmaster Chess Training Festival at Udaipur by Kingdom of Chess|first=Chandrajeet|last=Rajawat|date=June 12, 2023}}
References
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