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	\|country = [[India]]		\|country = India
	\|birth_date = {{birth date and age\|1988\|06\|30\|df=y}}		\|birth_date = {{birth date and age\|1988\|06\|30\|df=y}}
	\|birth_place = [[Chakradharpur]], [[Jharkhand]], India		\|birth_place = [[Chakradharpur]], [[Jharkhand]], India
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	== Career ==		== Career ==
	Born in [[Chakradharpur]],<ref name=fide/> Sengupta started chess with the Chakradharpur Chess Academy.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/jharkhand/finally-a-grandmaster-from-home-22-year-old-deep-sengupta-clinches-coveted-chess-title-at-cannes/cid/539434\|title=Finally, a Grandmaster from home - 22-year-old Deep Sengupta clinches coveted chess title at Cannes\|author=Jayesh Thaker\|date=2010-03-09\|newspaper=[[The Telegraph (Kolkata)\|The Telegraph]]\|location=Kolkata\|accessdate=3 April 2011}}</ref> He won the [[World Youth Chess Championship]]s in the Under 12 category in 2000.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=TWIC 312: World Youth Championships Oropesa del Mar\|last=Crowther\|first=Mark\|url=https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic312.html#7\|date=2000-10-30\|access-date=2020-08-07\|website=The Week in Chess}}</ref>		Born in [[Chakradharpur]],<ref name=fide/> Sengupta started chess with the Chakradharpur Chess Academy.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/jharkhand/finally-a-grandmaster-from-home-22-year-old-deep-sengupta-clinches-coveted-chess-title-at-cannes/cid/539434\|title=Finally, a Grandmaster from home – 22-year-old Deep Sengupta clinches coveted chess title at Cannes\|author=Jayesh Thaker\|date=2010-03-09\|newspaper=[[The Telegraph (Kolkata)\|The Telegraph]]\|location=Kolkata\|accessdate=3 April 2011}}</ref> He won the [[World Youth Chess Championship]]s in the Under 12 category in 2000.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=TWIC 312: World Youth Championships Oropesa del Mar\|last=Crowther\|first=Mark\|url=https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic312.html#7\|date=2000-10-30\|access-date=2020-08-07\|website=The Week in Chess}}</ref>

	Sengupta achieved his first [[Norm (chess)\|norm]] for the title Grandmaster (GM) in the [[World Junior Chess Championship]] in [[Kochi]], India in December 2004<ref name=fide>[http://ratings.fide.com/crt/main1348.pdf GM title application] (PDF). FIDE.</ref> and won the Indian juniors title in 2005.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.indianchessfed.org/News/12news46.asp \|title=Deep, Soumya Become Junior Champions \|publisher=All India Chess Federation \|accessdate=3 April 2011 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726174914/http://www.indianchessfed.org/News/12news46.asp \|archivedate=26 July 2011 }}</ref>		Sengupta achieved his first [[Norm (chess)\|norm]] for the title Grandmaster (GM) in the [[World Junior Chess Championship]] in [[Kochi]], India in December 2004<ref name=fide>[http://ratings.fide.com/crt/main1348.pdf GM title application] (PDF). FIDE.</ref> and won the Indian juniors title in 2005.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.indianchessfed.org/News/12news46.asp \|title=Deep, Soumya Become Junior Champions \|publisher=All India Chess Federation \|accessdate=3 April 2011 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726174914/http://www.indianchessfed.org/News/12news46.asp \|archivedate=26 July 2011 }}</ref>

	In April 2009, he won the [[Doeberl Cup]], earning his second GM norm.<ref name=fide/> In 2010, he tied for the top position with [[Tigran Gharamian]] and [[Vadim Malakhatko]] at the 24th Open "Pierre and Vacances"<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.chessdom.com/news-2010/pierre-vacances-open\|title=Tigran Gharamian wins Pierre and Vacances open\|publisher=Chessdom\|accessdate=8 March 2010}}</ref> in [[Cannes]],<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://ratings.fide.com/view_source.phtml?code=47145\|title=FIDE Original Tournament Report. 24e Open International "Pierre et Vacances" - A\|website=ratings.fide.com\|access-date=2019-04-24}}</ref> thereby completing the requirements for the Grandmaster title.<ref name="fide" /> He tied for first with [[Arghyadip Das]] in the 2010/11 [[Hastings International Chess Congress\|Hastings Masters]] tournament and won the event on tiebreak.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=6926\|title=Indians Sengupta and Das win Hastings\|date=2011-01-06\|publisher=ChessBase.com\|accessdate=6 January 2011}}</ref> In 2011 he tied for 2nd–7th with [[Maxim Turov]], [[Viacheslav Zakhartsov]], [[~~Krisztian Szabo~~]], [[Lev Gutman]], [[~~David Berczes~~]] and [[Samuel Shankland]] in the [[ZMDI]] Open in [[Dresden]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic875.html#12\|title=The Week in Chess 875: 20th ZMDI Open\|publisher=London Chess Centre\|accessdate=24 April 2018}}</ref> He was placed 4th in the [[Indian Chess Championship]] 2012. Sengupta won the 2014 [[Commonwealth Chess Championship]], held in [[Glasgow]], edging out [[Aravindh Chithambaram]] on tiebreak score. Both players concluded the event with 7½/9 points each.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.chessdom.com/gm-sengupta-deep-claims-commonwealth-chess-championship-2014\|title=GM Sengupta Deep claims Commonwealth Chess Championship 2014\|publisher=Chessdom\|accessdate=10 July 2014}}</ref> Sengupta won the 2016/2017 Hastings tournament, being a clear winner with 7/9 points. This led to his name being embedded in the Golombek Trophy once again.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/gm-deep-sengupta-wins-hastings-masters\|title=Deep Sengupta victorious in Hastings\|date=2017-01-07\|publisher=ChessBase}}</ref> Sengputa also tied for first at the 2017/2018 Hastings Congress.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/hastings-2017-deep-sengupta\|title=Hastings: the incredible rally of Deep Sengupta\|date=2018-01-09\|website=Chess News~~\|language=en~~\|access-date=2019-04-15}}</ref> In 2019 he tied with [[Jan Gustafsson]] for first in the [[Bangkok]] Open.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://chess24.com/en/read/news/jan-wins-his-2nd-bangkok-chess-club-open\|title=Jan wins his 2nd Bangkok Chess Club Open\|last=McGourty\|first=Colin\|date=15 April 2019\|work=Chess24.com\|accessdate=2019-04-18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/gustafsson-bags-bangkok-open\|title=Gustafsson bags Bangkok Open\|date=2019-04-15\|website=Chess News\|publisher=ChessBase\|access-date=2019-04-24}}</ref>		In April 2009, he won the [[Doeberl Cup]], earning his second GM norm.<ref name=fide/> In 2010, he tied for the top position with [[Tigran Gharamian]] and [[Vadim Malakhatko]] at the 24th Open "Pierre and Vacances"<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.chessdom.com/news-2010/pierre-vacances-open\|title=Tigran Gharamian wins Pierre and Vacances open\|date=7 March 2010 \|publisher=Chessdom\|accessdate=8 March 2010}}</ref> in [[Cannes]],<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://ratings.fide.com/view_source.phtml?code=47145\|title=FIDE Original Tournament Report. 24e Open International "Pierre et Vacances" – A\|website=ratings.fide.com\|access-date=2019-04-24}}</ref> thereby completing the requirements for the Grandmaster title.<ref name="fide" /> He tied for first with [[Arghyadip Das]] in the 2010/11 [[Hastings International Chess Congress\|Hastings Masters]] tournament and won the event on tiebreak.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=6926\|title=Indians Sengupta and Das win Hastings\|date=2011-01-06\|publisher=ChessBase.com\|accessdate=6 January 2011}}</ref> In 2011 he tied for 2nd–7th with [[Maxim Turov]], [[Viacheslav Zakhartsov]], [[Krisztián Szabó (chess player)\|Krisztián Szabó]], [[Lev Gutman]], [[Dávid Bérczes]] and [[Samuel Shankland]] in the [[ZMDI]] Open in [[Dresden]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic875.html#12\|title=The Week in Chess 875: 20th ZMDI Open\|publisher=London Chess Centre\|accessdate=24 April 2018}}</ref> He was placed 4th in the [[Indian Chess Championship]] 2012. Sengupta won the 2014 [[Commonwealth Chess Championship]], held in [[Glasgow]], edging out [[Aravindh Chithambaram]] on tiebreak score. Both players concluded the event with 7½/9 points each.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.chessdom.com/gm-sengupta-deep-claims-commonwealth-chess-championship-2014\|title=GM Sengupta Deep claims Commonwealth Chess Championship 2014\|date=10 July 2014 \|publisher=Chessdom\|accessdate=10 July 2014}}</ref> Sengupta won the 2016/2017 Hastings tournament, being a clear winner with 7/9 points. This led to his name being embedded in the Golombek Trophy once again.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/gm-deep-sengupta-wins-hastings-masters\|title=Deep Sengupta victorious in Hastings\|date=2017-01-07\|publisher=ChessBase}}</ref> Sengputa also tied for first at the 2017/2018 Hastings Congress.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/hastings-2017-deep-sengupta\|title=Hastings: the incredible rally of Deep Sengupta\|date=2018-01-09\|website=Chess News\|access-date=2019-04-15}}</ref> In 2019 he tied with [[Jan Gustafsson]] for first in the [[Bangkok]] Open.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://chess24.com/en/read/news/jan-wins-his-2nd-bangkok-chess-club-open\|title=Jan wins his 2nd Bangkok Chess Club Open\|last=McGourty\|first=Colin\|date=15 April 2019\|work=Chess24.com\|accessdate=2019-04-18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/gustafsson-bags-bangkok-open\|title=Gustafsson bags Bangkok Open\|date=2019-04-15\|website=Chess News\|publisher=ChessBase\|access-date=2019-04-24}}</ref>

	== Personal life ==		== Personal life ==
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	==External links==		==External links==
	*{{Fide}}		*{{Fide}}
	*{{chessgames player\|~~id=~~56773}}		*{{chessgames.com player\|56773}}
	*~~[http://www.365chess~~.com~~/players/~~Deep_Sengupta ~~Deep Sengupta] games at 365Chess.com~~		*{{365Chess.com player\|Deep_Sengupta}}
	*[http://www.olimpbase.org/playerst/1jnbr7de.html Deep Sengupta] team chess record at Olimpbase.org		*[http://www.olimpbase.org/playerst/1jnbr7de.html Deep Sengupta] team chess record at Olimpbase.org

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{{short description|Indian chess grandmaster}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2018}}
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|birth_place = [[Chakradharpur]], [[Jharkhand]], India
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|title = [[Grandmaster (chess)|Grandmaster]] (2010)
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|rating =
|peakrating = 2596 (July 2017)
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'''Deep Sengupta''' (born 30 June 1988) is an Indian [[chess]] player. He is India's 22nd player to be awarded the title [[grandmaster (chess)|Grandmaster]] by [[FIDE]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/top-stories/Deep-likely-to-be-awarded-with-the-GM-title/articleshow/5662432.cms | work=The Times Of India | title=Deep likely to be awarded with the GM title | date=9 March 2010}}</ref> Sengupta competed in the [[FIDE World Cup]] in 2017.

== Career ==
Born in [[Chakradharpur]],<ref name=fide/> Sengupta started chess with the Chakradharpur Chess Academy.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/jharkhand/finally-a-grandmaster-from-home-22-year-old-deep-sengupta-clinches-coveted-chess-title-at-cannes/cid/539434|title=Finally, a Grandmaster from home - 22-year-old Deep Sengupta clinches coveted chess title at Cannes|author=Jayesh Thaker|date=2010-03-09|newspaper=[[The Telegraph (Kolkata)|The Telegraph]]|location=Kolkata|accessdate=3 April 2011}}</ref> He won the [[World Youth Chess Championship]]s in the Under 12 category in 2000.<ref>{{Cite web|title=TWIC 312: World Youth Championships Oropesa del Mar|last=Crowther|first=Mark|url=https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic312.html#7|date=2000-10-30|access-date=2020-08-07|website=The Week in Chess}}</ref>

Sengupta achieved his first [[Norm (chess)|norm]] for the title Grandmaster (GM) in the [[World Junior Chess Championship]] in [[Kochi]], India in December 2004<ref name=fide>[http://ratings.fide.com/crt/main1348.pdf GM title application] (PDF). FIDE.</ref> and won the Indian juniors title in 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianchessfed.org/News/12news46.asp |title=Deep, Soumya Become Junior Champions |publisher=All India Chess Federation |accessdate=3 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726174914/http://www.indianchessfed.org/News/12news46.asp |archivedate=26 July 2011 }}</ref>

In April 2009, he won the [[Doeberl Cup]], earning his second GM norm.<ref name=fide/> In 2010, he tied for the top position with [[Tigran Gharamian]] and [[Vadim Malakhatko]] at the 24th Open "Pierre and Vacances"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chessdom.com/news-2010/pierre-vacances-open|title=Tigran Gharamian wins Pierre and Vacances open|publisher=Chessdom|accessdate=8 March 2010}}</ref> in [[Cannes]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ratings.fide.com/view_source.phtml?code=47145|title=FIDE Original Tournament Report. 24e Open International "Pierre et Vacances" - A|website=ratings.fide.com|access-date=2019-04-24}}</ref> thereby completing the requirements for the Grandmaster title.<ref name="fide" /> He tied for first with [[Arghyadip Das]] in the 2010/11 [[Hastings International Chess Congress|Hastings Masters]] tournament and won the event on tiebreak.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=6926|title=Indians Sengupta and Das win Hastings|date=2011-01-06|publisher=ChessBase.com|accessdate=6 January 2011}}</ref> In 2011 he tied for 2nd–7th with [[Maxim Turov]], [[Viacheslav Zakhartsov]], [[Krisztian Szabo]], [[Lev Gutman]], [[David Berczes]] and [[Samuel Shankland]] in the [[ZMDI]] Open in [[Dresden]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic875.html#12|title=The Week in Chess 875: 20th ZMDI Open|publisher=London Chess Centre|accessdate=24 April 2018}}</ref> He was placed 4th in the [[Indian Chess Championship]] 2012. Sengupta won the 2014 [[Commonwealth Chess Championship]], held in [[Glasgow]], edging out [[Aravindh Chithambaram]] on tiebreak score. Both players concluded the event with 7½/9 points each.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chessdom.com/gm-sengupta-deep-claims-commonwealth-chess-championship-2014|title=GM Sengupta Deep claims Commonwealth Chess Championship 2014|publisher=Chessdom|accessdate=10 July 2014}}</ref> Sengupta won the 2016/2017 Hastings tournament, being a clear winner with 7/9 points. This led to his name being embedded in the Golombek Trophy once again.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/gm-deep-sengupta-wins-hastings-masters|title=Deep Sengupta victorious in Hastings|date=2017-01-07|publisher=ChessBase}}</ref> Sengputa also tied for first at the 2017/2018 Hastings Congress.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/hastings-2017-deep-sengupta|title=Hastings: the incredible rally of Deep Sengupta|date=2018-01-09|website=Chess News|language=en|access-date=2019-04-15}}</ref> In 2019 he tied with [[Jan Gustafsson]] for first in the [[Bangkok]] Open.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://chess24.com/en/read/news/jan-wins-his-2nd-bangkok-chess-club-open|title=Jan wins his 2nd Bangkok Chess Club Open|last=McGourty|first=Colin|date=15 April 2019|work=Chess24.com|accessdate=2019-04-18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/gustafsson-bags-bangkok-open|title=Gustafsson bags Bangkok Open|date=2019-04-15|website=Chess News|publisher=ChessBase|access-date=2019-04-24}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Sengupta resides in [[Kasba (Kolkata)|Kasba]]. He works for the [[Oil and Natural Gas Corporation]] of India. He has an elder brother, Pratik Sengupta, who plays chess as well.

==References==
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==External links==
*{{Fide}}
*{{chessgames player|id=56773}}
*[http://www.365chess.com/players/Deep_Sengupta Deep Sengupta] games at 365Chess.com
*[http://www.olimpbase.org/playerst/1jnbr7de.html Deep Sengupta] team chess record at Olimpbase.org

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