Deep Sengupta
{{short description|Indian chess grandmaster (born 1988)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2018}}
{{Infobox chess player
|name = Deep Sengupta
|image = Deep Sengupta 2014 Basel.jpg
|caption = Deep Sengupta (2014)
|country = India
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|06|30|df=y}}
|birth_place = Chakradharpur, Jharkhand, India
|death_date =
|death_place =
|title = Grandmaster (2010)
|worldchampion =
|rating =
|peakrating = 2596 (July 2017)
|FideID = 5008352
}}
Deep Sengupta (born 30 June 1988) is an Indian chess player. He is India's 22nd player to be awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE.{{cite news| url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/top-stories/Deep-likely-to-be-awarded-with-the-GM-title/articleshow/5662432.cms | work=The Times Of India | title=Deep likely to be awarded with the GM title | date=9 March 2010}} Sengupta competed in the FIDE World Cup in 2017.
Career
Born in Chakradharpur, Sengupta started chess with the Chakradharpur Chess Academy.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/jharkhand/finally-a-grandmaster-from-home-22-year-old-deep-sengupta-clinches-coveted-chess-title-at-cannes/cid/539434|title=Finally, a Grandmaster from home – 22-year-old Deep Sengupta clinches coveted chess title at Cannes|author=Jayesh Thaker|date=2010-03-09|newspaper=The Telegraph|location=Kolkata|accessdate=3 April 2011}} He won the World Youth Chess Championships in the Under 12 category in 2000.{{Cite web|title=TWIC 312: World Youth Championships Oropesa del Mar|last=Crowther|first=Mark|url=https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic312.html#7|date=2000-10-30|access-date=2020-08-07|website=The Week in Chess}}
Sengupta achieved his first norm for the title Grandmaster (GM) in the World Junior Chess Championship in Kochi, India in December 2004[http://ratings.fide.com/crt/main1348.pdf GM title application] (PDF). FIDE. and won the Indian juniors title in 2005.{{cite web|url=http://www.indianchessfed.org/News/12news46.asp |title=Deep, Soumya Become Junior Champions |publisher=All India Chess Federation |accessdate=3 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726174914/http://www.indianchessfed.org/News/12news46.asp |archivedate=26 July 2011 }}
In April 2009, he won the Doeberl Cup, earning his second GM norm. In 2010, he tied for the top position with Tigran Gharamian and Vadim Malakhatko at the 24th Open "Pierre and Vacances"{{cite web|url=http://www.chessdom.com/news-2010/pierre-vacances-open|title=Tigran Gharamian wins Pierre and Vacances open|date=7 March 2010 |publisher=Chessdom|accessdate=8 March 2010}} in Cannes,{{Cite web|url=http://ratings.fide.com/view_source.phtml?code=47145|title=FIDE Original Tournament Report. 24e Open International "Pierre et Vacances" – A|website=ratings.fide.com|access-date=2019-04-24}} thereby completing the requirements for the Grandmaster title. He tied for first with Arghyadip Das in the 2010/11 Hastings Masters tournament and won the event on tiebreak.{{cite web|url=http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=6926|title=Indians Sengupta and Das win Hastings|date=2011-01-06|publisher=ChessBase.com|accessdate=6 January 2011}} In 2011 he tied for 2nd–7th with Maxim Turov, Viacheslav Zakhartsov, Krisztian Szabo, Lev Gutman, Dávid Bérczes and Samuel Shankland in the ZMDI Open in Dresden.{{cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic875.html#12|title=The Week in Chess 875: 20th ZMDI Open|publisher=London Chess Centre|accessdate=24 April 2018}} He was placed 4th in the Indian Chess Championship 2012. Sengupta won the 2014 Commonwealth Chess Championship, held in Glasgow, edging out Aravindh Chithambaram on tiebreak score. Both players concluded the event with 7½/9 points each.{{cite web|url=http://www.chessdom.com/gm-sengupta-deep-claims-commonwealth-chess-championship-2014|title=GM Sengupta Deep claims Commonwealth Chess Championship 2014|date=10 July 2014 |publisher=Chessdom|accessdate=10 July 2014}} Sengupta won the 2016/2017 Hastings tournament, being a clear winner with 7/9 points. This led to his name being embedded in the Golombek Trophy once again.{{cite web|url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/gm-deep-sengupta-wins-hastings-masters|title=Deep Sengupta victorious in Hastings|date=2017-01-07|publisher=ChessBase}} Sengputa also tied for first at the 2017/2018 Hastings Congress.{{Cite web|url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/hastings-2017-deep-sengupta|title=Hastings: the incredible rally of Deep Sengupta|date=2018-01-09|website=Chess News|access-date=2019-04-15}} In 2019 he tied with Jan Gustafsson for first in the Bangkok Open.{{cite web|url=https://chess24.com/en/read/news/jan-wins-his-2nd-bangkok-chess-club-open|title=Jan wins his 2nd Bangkok Chess Club Open|last=McGourty|first=Colin|date=15 April 2019|work=Chess24.com|accessdate=2019-04-18}}{{Cite web|url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/gustafsson-bags-bangkok-open|title=Gustafsson bags Bangkok Open|date=2019-04-15|website=Chess News|publisher=ChessBase|access-date=2019-04-24}}
Personal life
Sengupta resides in Kasba. He works for the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation of India. He has an elder brother, Pratik Sengupta, who plays chess as well.
References
External links
- {{Fide}}
- {{chessgames player|id=56773}}
- [http://www.365chess.com/players/Deep_Sengupta Deep Sengupta] games at 365Chess.com
- [http://www.olimpbase.org/playerst/1jnbr7de.html Deep Sengupta] team chess record at Olimpbase.org
{{Indian grandmasters}}
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