September 22, 2026 02:15 am (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
IIT Bombay protests erupt after student’s death; authorities meet students over 18 demands | Mithu Mukherjee, the vivacious 70s heroine with a flirtatious charm, passes away | Zelenskyy speaks to Trump, announces New York meeting amid Russia-Ukraine conflict | Italy PM Meloni announces big school plan: Burqa, hijab ban and cap on foreign students | Arvind Kejriwal, family ‘missing’ from Delhi voter list, claims Aam Aadmi Party | ‘No UPI above ₹2,000?’ Ghaziabad traders put up ‘cash only’ hoardings | Trump signs Russia sanctions bill: India faces fresh 100% tariff threat over Moscow oil | Caught using ChatGPT for exam answers, IIT Bombay student dies by suicide; students protest | Congress' Nandigram candidate arrested after Mamata's support amid TMC symbol row; Bengal bypoll gets chaotic | Gurugram murder shocker: Groom-to-be leaves sisters at Delhi restaurant to meet ex-colleague, found dead days later

Diptayan Ghosh reach third and final Grandmaster Norm

| | Mar 14, 2016, at 03:35 am
Ho Chi Minh City, Mar 13 (IBNS) Diptayan Ghosh made his third and final Grandmaster Norm when he played a Short Draw against his compatriot Swapnil Dhopade in the last round of the 6th HD Bank Cup International Open in Ho Chi Minh City,Vietnam on Sunday.

Diptayan remained undefeated in the 9 Round event by scoring six points. The strongest tournament in South East Asia  was won by the top seeded  Grandmaster Wang Hao from China.

Diptayan had achieved his first Grandmaster norm in Dubai in the year 2013,following up with his superlative performance in Pardubice,(Czech Republic) in 2015.

The prodigy from South Point School becomes the youngest among the seven Grandmasters of West Bengal,the others being Dibyendu Barua,Surya Shekhar Ganguly,Neelotpal Das,Saptarshi Roy Chowdhury and Deep Sengupta.

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.