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	{{Infobox chess player		{{Infobox chess player
	\|name = Dibyendu Barua		\|name = Dibyendu Barua
	\|image = Dibyendu Barua 2012.JPG		\|image = Dibyendu Barua 2012 (cropped).JPG
	\|caption = Barua in 2012		\|caption = Barua in 2012
	~~\|birthname = Dibyendu Barua~~
	\|country = [[India]]		\|country = [[India]]
	\|birth_date = {{Birth date and age\|1966\|10\|27\|df=yes}}		\|birth_date = {{Birth date and age\|1966\|10\|27\|df=yes}}
	\|birth_place = [[~~Kolkata~~]], [[~~West Bengal~~]]~~, India~~		\|birth_place = [[Chittagong]], [[East Pakistan]] (present-day [[Bangladesh]])
	~~\|death_date =~~		\|nationality = Indian
	\|~~death_place~~ =
	\|title = [[Grandmaster (chess)\|Grandmaster]] (1991)		\|title = [[Grandmaster (chess)\|Grandmaster]] (1991)
	~~\|worldchampion =~~
	~~\|womensworldchampion =~~
	\|peakrating = 2561 (July 2003)		\|peakrating = 2561 (July 2003)
	\|FideID = 5000025		\|FideID = 5000025
			\|spouse = {{marriage\|Saheli Dhar-Barua\|1997}}
	}}		}}
	'''Dibyendu Barua''' (born 27 October 1966) is an Indian [[chess~~]] [[International Grandmaster\|~~grandmaster]]. He is a three-time [[Indian Chess Champion]]. He was the second Indian, after [[Viswanathan Anand]], second Bengali after [[Niaz Murshed]], and third South Asian after [[Niaz ~~Murshed\|Niaz]]~~ and ~~[[Viswanathan~~ Anand~~\|Anand]]~~ to achieve the title of [[chess]] [[International Grandmaster\|grandmaster]].		'''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==		==Chess career==
	Barua is from [[Kolkata]] in the Indian state of [[West Bengal]]. In 1978, Barua, as a 12-year-old, became the youngest participant in the [[Indian Chess Championship]].<ref>http://www.telegraphindia.com/1070815/asp/jharkhand/story_8195963.asp</ref> In 1982, Barua defeated the then-world number two ranked [[Viktor Korchnoi]] in London.<ref>http://www.anandabazar.com/khela/chess-grandmaster-victor-korchnoi-dies-aged-85-1.404928#</ref> ~~He was awarded~~ the ~~Grandmaster~~ title in ~~1991 by [[FIDE]]~~, ~~becoming~~ the ~~second Indian to achieve the title~~, ~~after~~ [[Viswanathan Anand]]. ~~In 1983~~, ~~he won the~~ Indian ~~Chess Championship for the first time.~~ He has since won it twice more, in 1998 and 2001.		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==		==References==
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	==External links==		==External links==
			*{{FIDE}}
	*{{chessgames player\|id=46236}}		*{{chessgames player\|id=46236}}

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	'''Dibyendu Barua''' (born 27 October 1966) is an Indian [[chess]] [[International Grandmaster\|grandmaster]]. He is a three-time [[Indian Chess Champion]].		'''Dibyendu Barua''' (born 27 October 1966) is an Indian [[chess]] [[International Grandmaster\|grandmaster]]. He is a three-time [[Indian Chess Champion]]. He was the second Indian, after [[Viswanathan Anand]], second Bengali after [[Niaz Murshed]], and third South Asian after [[Niaz Murshed\|Niaz]] and [[Viswanathan Anand\|Anand]] to achieve the title of [[chess]] [[International Grandmaster\|grandmaster]].

	==Chess career==		==Chess career==

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{{short description|Indian chess grandmaster|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.JPG
|caption = Barua in 2012
|birthname = Dibyendu Barua
|country = [[India]]
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1966|10|27|df=yes}}
|birth_place = [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], India
|death_date =
|death_place =
|title = [[Grandmaster (chess)|Grandmaster]] (1991)
|worldchampion =
|womensworldchampion =
|peakrating = 2561 (July 2003)
|FideID = 5000025
}}
'''Dibyendu Barua''' (born 27 October 1966) is an Indian [[chess]] [[International Grandmaster|grandmaster]]. He is a three-time [[Indian Chess Champion]].

==Chess career==
Barua is from [[Kolkata]] in the Indian state of [[West Bengal]]. In 1978, Barua, as a 12-year-old, became the youngest participant in the [[Indian Chess Championship]].<ref>http://www.telegraphindia.com/1070815/asp/jharkhand/story_8195963.asp</ref> In 1982, Barua defeated the then-world number two ranked [[Viktor Korchnoi]] in London.<ref>http://www.anandabazar.com/khela/chess-grandmaster-victor-korchnoi-dies-aged-85-1.404928#</ref> He was awarded the Grandmaster title in 1991 by [[FIDE]], becoming the second Indian to achieve the title, after [[Viswanathan Anand]]. In 1983, he won the Indian Chess Championship for the first time. He has since won it twice more, in 1998 and 2001.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{chessgames player|id=46236}}

{{Indian grandmasters}}

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