IM Diptayan wants to be GM soon
Archiman Bhaduri, TNN
Nov 7, 2012, 04.29AM IST
KOLKATA: Grandmasters of the chequered board are getting younger day by day all over the world and city boy Diptayan Ghosh is right on the money. At 14, he is already the state’s youngest International Master. He achieved his third and final norm at the Vizag Grandmasters International Open Chess Championship last week. The teenager is now aiming higher.
“I was looking for my second norm at last month’s National Premier meet in Kolkata itself. But I played badly there. I am happy to have finally sealed the IM title,” an elated Diptayan, a Class IX student of South Point High School, told TOI. He finished sixth in the Vizag meet.
Diptayan, who won his second norm at the Nagpur GMs meet that followed the Kolkata event in October, finished eighth there. His first IM norm had come about at the Parsvnath International Open Chess Tournament in January this year.
The youngster expressed his gratitude to his new coach GM Ziaur Rahman of Bangladesh, whose tips have helped him to improve his game enormously. “I am taking on-line lessons from Ziaur sir now. It was a great help because he also played in the Nagpur and Vizag meets,” said Diptayan, who was relieved not have been drawn to play against his guru.
The former World Youth Chess champion, however, is not prepared to rest on his laurels. “I would like to be a Grandmaster as quickly a possible,” he said.
The youngster is currently trying to balance his studies with chess. “I have to write my Class X Board examinations in a year’s time, and it is unlikely that I would be able to take part in too many tournaments over the next year or two. But I will pushing myself in a bid to reach my goal ,” he added.
Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com
He will soon.