Ganguly Surya Shekhar (24.02.1983)

Indian Grandmaster (2003). Asian Champion 2009. Indian Champion in 2007, 2008, and 2009. Gold medalist (Junior) at the Commonwealth Championship in 2000 and 2003. He was awarded the Arjuna Award in 2005 for his outstanding achievement in sports

Best results: winner or shared first at Dhaka 2005; Hyderabad Masters 2006; 3.2 Zonal 2007; 3.2 Zonal 2007; Sydney intl. 2008; Commonwealth; Parsvnath Open 2009; Indonesian Open championship 2011; Fujairah INT Masters Tournament 2012; LIC 2nd International Grand Masters Chess Tournament 2015; Thai Open Chess Championship 2015; 11th Edmonton International-Main 2016.

In 2008, 2010 and 2012, he was a member of Anand’s team at the world championships vs. Vladimir Kramnik, Veselin Topalov ad Boris Gelfand.

Peak rating: 2676 in 2016.