Surya Shekhar Ganguly

Quick Facts

Full Name	Surya Shekhar Ganguly
Occupation	Chess Player
Date Of Birth	Feb 24, 1983(1983-02-24)
Age	41
Country	India
Birth City	Kolkata
Horoscope	Aquarius

Surya Shekhar Ganguly Biography

Surya Shekhar Ganguly is one of the most popular and richest Chess Player who was born on February 24, 1983 in Kolkata, India. An Indian Grandmaster of chess who set an all-time record as an incredibly young player who beat Grandmasters at the age of 11.

Both He and Krishnan Sasikiran are considered two of the modern era’s finest chess champions. are two of the most modern Chess champions.

He was born to Pankaj Ganguly and Aarti Ganguly on 24 February 1983. He has an elder sister who is a doctor by profession. He is working as Senior Manager at the Indian Oil Corporation. He married Sudeshna Dutta, a doctorate in biotechnology, on 7 February 2011.

Surya Shekhar Ganguly (born 24 February 1983 in Kolkata) is an Arjuna awardee Indian chess grandmaster. His peak ELO rating was 2676 (July, 2016). Ganguly became an International Master at the age of 16 and a grandmaster at the age of 19.

He got married to his childhood love, Sudeshna in 2011.

Surya Shekhar Ganguly Net Worth

Surya Shekhar Ganguly is one of the richest Chess Player from India. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Surya Shekhar Ganguly 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He won the World Junior Championships at age 8.

He took home his first Indian National Championship for a record-breaking five times between 2003 and the year 2008.

29.Ne4!! Following Gelfand’s teaching that it is not important how quickly you win but it’s more important how safely you win. (Boris Gelfand: Positional Decision Making in Chess, Quality Chess UK, 2016). The computer says 29.Qd4 is the fastest route but Ganguly trusts Gelfand. Bb7 30.h5 Qxe4 31.Qxe4 Bxe4 32.Rxe4 Rfd8 33.Rd4 Finally, all complications are over and White is two pawns up. While calculating 29.Ne4 Ganguly had to just make sure that he didn’t lose his vital ‘d6’ pawn that restricts Black’s activity. Bc1 34.d7 This is again the safest way as it totally restricts Black. Bxb2 35.Rd5 Rb7 36.0-0 g6 37.h6 Ba3 38.Rf7 a4 39.Re5 Rbb8 40.Bc4 Bf8 41.Kg2 a3 42.Ba2 Bd6 43.Re6 Bf8 44.b6 White will play b7 when Black will be able to move nothing but his bishop. Shirov decided not to continue any further. 1-0

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The government of India has awarded him the prestigious Arjuna Award in 2005 for his outstanding achievement in sports. He was awarded ″Bangabhusan″, the second-highest civilian award of West Bengal, in 2015. He was also awarded the “Khel Samman” award in 2013 from the Government of West Bengal and the “Shera Bangali” award in 2009 as the best Sportsperson of Bengal.

Facts & Trivia

Surya Ranked on the list of most popular Chess Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in India. Surya Shekhar Ganguly celebrates birthday on February 24 of every year.

The following game is from 11th Edmonton International Tournament 2016, a 10-player round robin event. Ganguly (White) was paired against Alexei Shirov (Black) in the last round. It was a must-win situation for both players, Ganguly to finish equal first with Shankland and Shirov to finish equal second with Ganguly.