Mayank Chakraborty of Assam has become the Grandmaster. 17-year-old Mayank on Friday (March 13) crossed the last hurdle of his budding career to achieve his third and final Grandmaster norm and become India’s 94th Grandmaster. Mayank is the first player from North East to achieve this title. Mayank, resident of Guwahati, became International Master in 2024. He defeated Philip Lindgren in the eighth round of the Hotel Stockholm North by First Hotels Chess Talents Tournament in Sweden, achieving his final Grandmaster norm with one round remaining.
Mayank showed tremendous performance during the victory over Lindgren. He collected the required 6.5 points, which was enough to ensure his final Grandmaster status. In the last round, he played a thrilling draw with English International Master Jonah B. Willows and thus sealed his most memorable performance till date. Besides this, Manyak also crossed the figure of 2500 Elo rating. His current rating is a few points above this limit, thereby confirming his Grandmaster title as per International Chess Federation (FIDE) rules.
Mayank won 6 games
Mayank lost one game, drew two and won the remaining six games in this tournament. In this way he achieved seven points out of total nine. He won the tournament along with the Grandmaster title. Manyak has been the former number one player of India and Asia in the Under-11 category. The 2021 season was excellent for him. That year he played several tournaments in Europe due to which his Elo rating increased from 1800 to around 2200. With this, he became the sixth player in the world in the Elo ranking of players born in 2009 or later.
Mayank has learned chess from YouTube
Due to his extraordinary talent, Mayank has won the National Silver Medal in Under-9 category and National Gold Medal in Under-11 category. Before taking professional chess training, he learned the ins and outs of the game from YouTube and ChessBase DVDs. After this he took coaching from Grandmaster Saptarishi Roy Choudhary. Manyak has won the silver medal in the under-10 category of the Asian Youth Chess Championship held in Sri Lanka. His family has played an important role in his success. Mayank’s mother is a doctor by profession. His father used to work in a corporate job. He even left his job to travel with Mayank during the tournament.
