Dibyendu Barua

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{{short description|Indian chess grandmaster (born 1966)|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2018}}
{{Infobox chess player
|name = Dibyendu Barua
|image = Dibyendu Barua 2012 (cropped).JPG
|caption = Barua in 2012
|country = [[India]]
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1966|10|27|df=yes}}
|birth_place = [[Chittagong]], [[East Pakistan]] (present-day [[Bangladesh]])
|nationality = Indian
|title = [[Grandmaster (chess)|Grandmaster]] (1991)
|peakrating = 2561 (July 2003)
|FideID = 5000025
|spouse = {{marriage|Saheli Dhar-Barua|1997}}
}}
'''Dibyendu Barua''' (born 27 October 1966) is an Indian [[chess grandmaster]]. He is a three-time [[Indian Chess Champion]]. He was the second Indian chess player, after [[Viswanathan Anand]], second [[Bengalis| Bengali]] after [[Niaz Murshed]], and third South Asian after Niaz and Anand to achieve the title of [[chess]] [[International Grandmaster| grandmaster]]. He also serves as the vice-president of the [[All India Chess Federation]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aicf.in/office-bearers/|title=Office Bearers|access-date=19 January 2026|work=AICF}}</ref> and the president of the Sara Bangla Daba Sangstha ("All Bengal Chess Association").<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sbdschess.in/committee.php?menu=3|title=COMMITTEE|access-date=19 January 2026|work=sbdschess.in}}</ref>

==Chess career==
Barua was born in [[Chittagong]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://archive.thedailystar.net/magazine/2004/10/01/time.htm|title=Our grandmaster neighbour|date=2 October 2004|work=Daily Star}}</ref><ref>[https://archive.thedailystar.net/magazine/2004/10/01/time.htm Daily Star], (accessed 11 November 2023)</ref> from where his family migrated to [[Kolkata]] in the Indian state of [[West Bengal]] when he was a baby.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/chittagong-ahoy/cid/1470452|title=Chittagong ahoy|date=29 January 2016|work=The Telegraph}}</ref> His father Benoy Barua operated a printing business and supported his son's chess career at the youth level and state championships. In 1978, Barua, as a 12-year-old, became the youngest participant in the [[Indian Chess Championship]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1070815/asp/jharkhand/story_8195963.asp |title=The Telegraph - Calcutta : Jharkhand |access-date=21 August 2016 |archive-date=13 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180413191443/https://www.telegraphindia.com/1070815/asp/jharkhand/story_8195963.asp |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1982, Barua defeated the then-world number two ranked [[Viktor Korchnoi]] in the Lloyd's Bank Tournament in [[London]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.anandabazar.com/khela/chess-grandmaster-victor-korchnoi-dies-aged-85-1.404928# | title=প্রয়াত কিংবদন্তি দাবাড়ু ভিক্টর করশনয় |trans-title=The late legendary chess player Victor Korsnoy}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/chess/dibyendu-barua-the-indian-chess-pioneer-who-battled-viswanathan-anand-in-the-race-to-be-indias-first-grandmaster-and-once-toppled-soviet-legend-viktor-korchnoi-10464754/|title=Dibyendu Barua: The Chess pioneer who battled Viswanathan Anand in race to be India’s first Grandmaster|date=9 January 2026|work=The New Indian Express}}</ref>

In 1983, he became the youngest national champion, a record that was beaten by a few months by [[Viswanathan Anand]] in 1986.<ref name=ie>Hari Hara Nandanan, ''[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=soZlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=sJ4NAAAAIBAJ&pg=2083%2C1618751 The long awaited reward for Barua]'', Indian Express, 1 February 1991 (accessed on 11 November 2023)</ref> He has since won it twice more, in 1998 and 2001. He won the [[Arjuna Award]] in 1983 after winning the nationals.<ref name=ie/>

Barua won his first Grandmaster norm in the Natwest Trophy in London in September 1989.<ref name=ie/> In the [[29th Chess Olympiad]] in [[Novi Sad]] in 1990, Barua won the gold on the second board with a 2644 [[Elo rating system|elo]] point performance for his second norm.<ref name=ie/> He won his third and final Grandmaster norm in 1991 in the Duncan GM tournament in Kolkata.<ref name=ie/> Barua participated in the World U-14 championship in Mexico in 1979 finishing third and in 1980 finished fourth in the World sub-junior.

==Personal life==
Barua married the Women International Master Saheli Dhar in 1997.<ref>[https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/eyecatchers/story/19970331-indian-chess-grandmaster-dibyendu-baruah-to-marry-fellow-chess-player-saheli-dhar-830219-1997-03-30 Indian chess Grandmaster Dibyendu Baruah to marry fellow chess player Saheli Dhar], India Today, 31 March 1997 (accessed 28 November 2023)</ref> They have a son Dishan Barua, who is also a chess player.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/entertainment/chess-family-barua/cid/267676|title=Chess family Barua|date=12 August 2013|work=The Telegraph}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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{{Indian grandmasters}}

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