Jharkhand's Souryadipta Sarkar will display his prowess at the Online Rapid World Cup (Cadets & Youth) for under-12 age group to be held between August 6 to 10.
The 11-year-old from Jamshedpur's Sonari locality made it to the team by the virtue of his performance in the recently concluded online nationals to select Indian players for the different age group events. Souryadipta finished in the nationals.
All Jharkhand Chess Association (AJCA) Secretary Neeraj Kumar Mishra, an International Master, said it is proud moment for the chess fraternity of the state. "Souryadipta is a talented player who is expected to perform well at the World Cup. We congratulate Souradipta, his parents and East Singhbhum District Chess Association (ESDCA) for the feat achieved," he added.
Sourayadipta joins Radha Krishna Kamath, Dolan Champa Bose, Grandmaster Deep Sengupta, IM (Elect) Abhishek Das, Priyanka Kumari, Vatsal Singhania, Ananya Sarkar, Malvika Singh and Vishal Sareen from Jharkhand who have represented the country in any World age group meet.
ESDCA treasurer and chief coach at Tata Chess Centre Jayant Kumar Bhuyan said Souryadipta is a very good player who makes smart moves across the board. "He (Souryadipta) is smart and makes intelligent moves. I have seldom come across a child of Souryadipta's talent. I have also heard similar comments from other chess mentors and senior players," he added.
Souryadipta was a trainee at the Tata cradle and is now working under the guidance of Neeraj Kumar Mishra.
Souryadipta started chess a little over two years back and has shown good progress. He is a standard V student of DBMS English School. The upcoming player lives with his parents Shankar and Ruam Sarkar. Besides chess, he also likes to play cricket and has a keen interest in computer hardware and software.
Souryadipta has competed in the 8th National School Chess Championship held at Raipur in 2019 and attained 19th rank. He has also represented Jharkhand in National Under-12 Championship and has also won district events.
