Dibyendu Barua

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Dibyendu Barua

Full name	Dibyendu Barua
Country	India
Born	(1966-10-27) 27 October 1966 Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Title	Grandmaster (1991)
FIDE rating	2452 (February 2014)
Peak rating	2561 (July 2003)

Dibyendu Barua (দিব্যেন্দু বড়ুয়া) (born October 27, 1966) is a chess Grandmaster from the city of Kolkata (Calcutta) in the Indian state of West Bengal. He is the second Indian to become a Grandmaster, after Viswanathan Anand. In 1978, Barua, as a 12-year-old, became the youngest participant in the Indian National Championship of chess. In 1982, Barua defeated the then world number two Grandmaster Viktor Korchnoi in London. In 1983, he won the national championship for the first time. Barua was awarded the Grandmaster title in 1991 by FIDE.

References

Dibyendu Barua Profile. Sports in India. iloveindia.com .
Dibyendu Barua (2555) Chennai Interactive Business Services (P) Ltd.

External links

Dibyendu Barua player profile and games at Chessgames.com
Statistics at ChessWorld.net
Rating data

Persondata
Name	Barua, Dibyendu
Alternative names
Short description	Indian chess player
Date of birth	October 27, 1966
Place of birth	Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Date of death
Place of death

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