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Surya Shekhar Ganguly
Ganguly 
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Number of games in database: 2,106
Years covered: 1991 to 2025
Last FIDE rating: 2559 (2585 rapid, 2486 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2672
Overall record: +738 -300 =681 (62.7%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 387 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (361) 
    B90 B92 B32 B33 B84
 Ruy Lopez (99) 
    C67 C91 C78 C80 C95
 Sicilian Najdorf (99) 
    B90 B92 B91 B94 B96
 French Defense (82) 
    C11 C10 C18 C07 C12
 Caro-Kann (67) 
    B18 B12 B13 B17 B10
 Sicilian Taimanov (45) 
    B47 B46 B45 B48 B49
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (112) 
    B47 B48 B40 B90 B33
 Ruy Lopez (110) 
    C78 C77 C65 C70 C69
 French Defense (96) 
    C18 C07 C05 C01 C11
 Queen's Gambit Accepted (72) 
    D27 D20 D26 D24 D29
 Queen's Pawn Game (71) 
    D02 A45 A46 D05 E10
 Grunfeld (67) 
    D85 D78 D94 D80 D87
Repertoire Explorer

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Ganguly vs A Ismagambetov, 2006 1-0
   Ganguly vs Nakamura, 2006 1-0
   Ganguly vs A Smith, 2019 1-0
   Ganguly vs W Spoelman, 2011 1-0
   H Fidaeyee vs Ganguly, 2005 0-1
   H Mas vs Ganguly, 1991 0-1
   A Volokitin vs Ganguly, 2007 0-1
   Carlsen vs Ganguly, 2016 1/2-1/2
   Ganguly vs A Aleksandrov, 2014 1-0
   Kramnik vs Ganguly, 2015 1/2-1/2

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: [what is this?]
   FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament (2004)

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Commonwealth Championship (2008)
   Gibraltar Masters (2004)
   Bangkok Chess Club Open (2015)
   11th Edmonton International (2016)
   Indian Championship (2024)
   Indian Championship (2002)
   Asian Championship (2001)
   43rd Indian Championship (2006)
   Indian Championship (2003)
   MPL Indian Chess Tour #1 (2022)
   Canadian Open (2005)
   World Junior Championship (2003)
   Asian Individual Championship (2007)
   Canadian Open (2009)
   Gibraltar Masters (2016)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   KID Fianchetto by ISeth

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 TCh-FRA Top 16 Basse
   Ganguly vs M Materia (May-30-25) 1/2-1/2
   N Grandelius vs Ganguly (May-29-25) 1-0
   R Zhalmakhanov vs Ganguly (May-15-25) 1/2-1/2
   Ganguly vs S B Wang (May-14-25) 1/2-1/2
   N Saha vs Ganguly (May-13-25) 1/2-1/2

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SURYA SHEKHAR GANGULY
(born Feb-24-1983, 42 years old) India

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Surya Shekhar Ganguly was born on the 24th of February 1983. A native of Kolkata, India, Ganguly earned the GM title in 2003 and went on to capture the Indian National Championship five consecutive times, from 2004 to 2008. He took part in the World Cup (2005), eliminating Hikaru Nakamura in the first round before losing to Levan Pantsulaia in rapid tie-breaks. Ganguly also served as a second to World Champion Viswanathan Anand in the Anand - Kramnik World Championship Match (2008). Was =2nd at the 10th Edmonton International (2015). His finish on the leader board of the Asian Continental Championship 2015 qualified him to play in the World Cup (2015) where he lost in the first round to young Russian GM Vladislav Artemiev and was therefore eliminated from the Cup.

Wikipedia article: Surya Shekhar Ganguly

Last updated: 2024-04-08 22:35:32

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 page 1 of 85; games 1-25 of 2,106  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. F Vallejo Pons vs Ganguly  1-0271991Wch U10C46 Three Knights
2. H Mas vs Ganguly 0-1391991Wch U10C59 Two Knights
3. J Riff vs Ganguly  0-1381991Wch U10A48 King's Indian
4. Ganguly vs A Leroy  ½-½351991Wch U10B33 Sicilian
5. Ganguly vs Pawel Soltysik  1-0441991Wch U10D78 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6
6. Ganguly vs A Whatley  1-0341991Wch U10C45 Scotch Game
7. M Al Sayed vs Ganguly  0-1161991Wch U10A16 English
8. N F Nur vs Ganguly  0-1381991Wch U10C70 Ruy Lopez
9. Ganguly vs M Szelag  1-0441991Wch U10A04 Reti Opening
10. T Zumtobel vs Ganguly  1-0411991Wch U10C68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange
11. Ganguly vs L Vajda  ½-½471991Wch U10C45 Scotch Game
12. Ganguly vs A Reyes Sierra  1-0191992Wch U10D06 Queen's Gambit Declined
13. J Ortega Ruiz vs Ganguly  0-1331992Wch U10D87 Grunfeld, Exchange
14. Ganguly vs P Vavrak  1-0291992Wch U10C07 French, Tarrasch
15. Ganguly vs McShane  ½-½221992Wch U10E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto
16. L Hua vs Ganguly  1-0521992Wch U10D02 Queen's Pawn Game
17. F Vallejo Pons vs Ganguly  0-1321992Wch U10C45 Scotch Game
18. L Aronov vs Ganguly  ½-½411992Wch U10C55 Two Knights Defense
19. Ganguly vs Bacrot  ½-½601992Wch U10B01 Scandinavian
20. Ganguly vs Grischuk  ½-½701992Wch U10E68 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Variation, 8.e4
21. Ganguly vs S Kuliev  0-1371992Wch U10A06 Reti Opening
22. N Das vs Ganguly  0-1211992Wch U10C55 Two Knights Defense
23. Ganguly vs D Mastrovasilis  1-0731993Wch U10C45 Scotch Game
24. Jakovenko vs Ganguly  0-1211993Wch U10C70 Ruy Lopez
25. S Kuliev vs Ganguly  1-0391993Wch U10D93 Grunfeld, with Bf4 & e3
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Kibitzer's Corner
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Feb-15-08  VishyFan: Ganguly has gained 10.1 ELO from Commonwealth Championship, 7.5 ELO from Asian Team Championship, 8.9 ELO from the Parsvnath International Tournament and 4.1 ELO from the just concluded National 'A' championship with a joint top score of 9/13....

He is set to cross the 2600 mark for the first time in his career...

He is effectively 2609.6 now.....

Apr-15-08  VishyFan: Ganguly has gained 4.2 ELO from Deoberl Tournament and 12.4 ELO from Sydney International Open and is set to gain 16.6 for the next list...

Ganugly is going strong now after achiving the long awaited 2600 mark....

Apr-27-08  biglo: Below please find the GM titles awarded at the 1st quarter Presidential Board Meeting in Bucharest, Romania, 22-23 February, 2003. BIH Bistric, Faruk BLR Azarov, Sergey GER Handke, Florian IND Ganguly, Surya Sekhar RUS Novik, Maxim.
May-22-08  VishyFan: Ganguly is on 2614 and is set to gain 16.8 ELO for the July list....
Jul-28-08  Albertan: GM Ganguly just arrived at the Edmonton Chess Club. He is playing in a sectional chess event from July 31st-August 4. A full list of players in the top section can be viewed at http://www.ecf2008.com/players The official tournament website is http://www.ecf2008.com/
Aug-09-08  Albertan: GM Ganguly finished in second place in the 2008 Edmonton Chess Festival, with 3 wins, 4 draws and one loss. The final standings can be viewed at: http://www.ecf2008.com/internationa...
Oct-22-08
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  offramp: She is on the team of Anand's seconds in the Bonn/Bilbao match.
Oct-22-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  Open Defence: < offramp: She is on the team of Anand's seconds in the Bonn/Bilbao match.> he
Oct-22-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  offramp: < Open Defence: < offramp: She is on the team of Anand's seconds in the Bonn/Bilbao match.> he>

Your language has a different concept of gender orientation than my own.

Nov-20-08  himadri: <offramp: < Open Defence: < offramp: She is on the team of Anand's seconds in the Bonn/Bilbao match.> he>

Your language has a different concept of gender orientation than my own.>

he he he

Nov-20-08  himadri: on a serious note, almost all indo-europian names ending with -a or -e are feminine except the sanskrit names. they behave erratically.
Nov-20-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  Open Defence: but Surya is also a girl's name :) kinda like Leslie
Nov-20-08  Udit Narayan: you know the italian footballer andrea pirlo...that is a man =)
Nov-20-08  himadri: <Udit Narayan> thats why I said almost all.

<Open Defence> but that is grammatically incorrect, surya when it means sun is masculine gender. but I know it happens frequently. I have a conjecture that these unisex names are the diminutive forms of the earlier generation names like , lakshmi (when a male ) < lakshmikanta, bhanu ( when female ) <bhanumati, shachi (male name ) < shachindranath. etc ,

Nov-28-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  offramp: I wanted to call my cat after my favourite chess player. But I bought a female cat. So I called her Tolya, which is short for Anatoly but sounds much more feminine.
Nov-28-08  timhortons: http://www.flickr.com/photos/chessp...

picture of grandmaster ganguly i took when he played in montreal.

i think his grandmaster ganguly.i hope somebody could confirm these:

Nov-28-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  Open Defence: yes, that is Ganguly
Nov-28-08  timhortons: <Open Defence>the guy sitting in the back is an indian master also, i had a hard time identifying them.

thanks.

Dec-19-08  praddy06: Vishwanathan Anand today predicted that Bengal boy Surya Shekhar Ganguli had “all the potential to emerge as a world champion”.

Anand described Surya Shekhar as “young and full of new ideas”. Asked how he rated the player, Anand said: “He has all the ingredients to make it big.”

http://www.telegraphindia.com/10812...

Dec-19-08  praddy06: 22 GMs for Parsvnath International Open

India will see eight Indian GMs including National champion Surya Shekhar Ganguly, Parimarjan Negi, Magesh Chandran, Deepan Chakraborty, Abhijeet Kunte, Neelotpal Das and the veteran duo of Dibyendu Barua and Pravin Thipsay.

Jan-02-09  Albertan: Praddy06 thank you for the quote about Ganguly. He won the recently concluded Indian National 'A' Chess Championship. Congratulations GM Ganguly and thanks for playing me in the simul at the 2008 Edmonton Chess Festival!

http://sports.timesofindia.indiatim...

Jan-02-09  Albertan: Ganguly wins sixth successive National 'A' chess title

MANGALORE: Surya Sekhar Ganguly clinched a record sixth successive title after agreeing to a draw against M Shyam Sundar of Tamil Nadu in the final r ound of the 46th National 'A' chess championship on Tuesday.

Read the remainder of the article by going to: http://sports.timesofindia.indiatim...

Jan-08-09  praddy06: India's strongest Chess Tournament "Parsvnath Open" will start from this coming sunday

India's Ganguly and Negi will be there.....Anand has not played in a tournament in India for more than a decade. http://www.indopia.in/India-usa-uk-...

Jan-08-09  bharatiy: I think Ganguly now should stop playing National A, can do much better otherwise.
Jan-20-09  Karpova: GM Surya Sekhar Ganguly won the 7th Parsvnath Open in New Delhi (Jan-11 to Jan-19, ten-round Swiss) with 8.5/10 ahead of GM Ulibin (also 8.5 points but worse tie-breaks).

Source: http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail...

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