FULL NAME: Debashis Das
NICK NAME: Kanha
GENDER: Male
BORN: June 27, 1993 at Bhubabaneswar
FAMILY: Son of Dillip Kumar Das and Namita Das
PRESENT ADDRESS: At/Po- Niali, Via- Sundargram, Cuttack- 754002, Odisha, India.
PERMANENT ADDRESS: At- Champeswar, PO- Nuagaon, Via- Devidol, Dist- Jagatsinghpur, Pin- 751109.
E-MAIL: debashisdas555@gmail.com
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION: Science Graduate. Studied at Gobindpur College, Kantapada.
FIDE ID NO: 5024854
FIDE RATING (As on 23 Dec 2020): 2501 (Standard), 2565 (Rapid), 2470 (Blitz)
WORLD RANKING (Active): 790
ASIA RANKING (Active): 113
INDIA RANKING (Active): 40
HOBBY: Cinema
OTHER GAMES PLAYS: Table tennis
NATIONAL DEBUT: Under-9 championship at Lucknow from December 23 to 30, 2002. Finished 9th.
INTERNATIONAL DEBUT: Asian Youth (under-12) championship at New Delhi from December 7 to 15, 2005. Finished fourth.
RECEIVED COACHING FROM: Satya Ranjan Patnaik, Manoj Kumar Panigrahi, Rajendra Kumar Sahu, Sekhar Sahu, Niraj Kumar Mishra, RB Ramesh, Stalius Halkias (Greece). Kiril Georgiev (Bulgaria), Thomas Luther (Germany), Mikheil Mchedlifhvili (Georgia).
TITLE: Grandmaster

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS:

INTERNATIONAL:
*     Bronze medal in the main open category of the Commonwealth Chess Championship, held at the Leela Ambience Convention Hotel in Delhi, June 26-July 3, 2018.
*     Silver medal in KiiT Cup International Chess Tournament, held in Bhubaneswar, 2017.
*     Won the bronze medal in the open rapid event of the Asian Continental Chess Championship, held at Al Ain in UAE on August 11, 2015.
*     Held former world champion Vaselin Topalov (Bulgaria) to a creditable draw in the Masters category of the Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival, held at Caleta Hotel in Gibralter (England) from January 27 to February 5, 2015.
*     Bronze medal in U-18 boys category of the World Youth Chess Championship, held in Caldas Novas, Brazil, 17-27 November, 2011.
*     Gold medal in Asian Youth (U-18) Chess Championship, held in Philippines, 2011.
*     Won a silver medal in the u-18 boys category of the Parsvanath Commonwealth Chess Championship at New Delhi on May 18, 2010.
* Became the third International Master of Orissa on January 9, 2010.
*     Individual Gold (Board 2) and team Silver medal in the World Youth (U-16) Chess Olympiad, held at Akhisar Manisha in Turkey, Sept 24-Oct 3, 2009.
*     Bronze medal in Asian Youth (U-18) Chess Championship, held in New Delhi, 2009.
*    Team Gold and individual Bronze medal in the World Youth (U-16) Championship, held at Vung Tan in Vietnam, 19-31 October, 2008.
*    Bronze medal in U-18 boys category of the Asian Youth Championship, held in Teheran, Iran, 15 to 22 July, 2008.

NATIONAL:
*     Gold medal in the Rapid National Chess Championship, held at Rourkela, Odisha, 28 April, 2015.
*     Gold medal in the 50th National Challenger Chess Championship, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, 28 May, 2012.
*     Silver medal in the open category of the 21st National U-17 Chess Championship, held at Jammu, 11 November, 2010.

MISCELLANEOUS:
*    Title win in U-15 boys category of an international rating tournament, held in Nagpur, 2-7 September, 2007.
*    Emerged junior champion in the GH Raisoni international rating tournament, held in Nagpur, 15-22 July, 2006.,
*    Title win U-15 boys category of the Fide rating tournament, held in Nagpur, 23-30 July, 2005.
*    Adjudged best in U-10 boys category of an international open tournament, held in New Delhi, 2-10 October, 2003.
*    Adjudged best in U-10 boys category of the Saharanpur international rating tournament, held at Saharanpur (Punjab) from Sept 26 to Oct 1, 2003.
*    Adjudged best in U-10 boys category of the Pilo Mody international rating tournament, held in Lucknow, 19-25 September, 2003.
*     Bagged the title in the G H Raisoni All India Fide Blitz Rating Chess Tournament, held in Nagpur on 4 and 5 December 2021.

MAJOR AWARDS/HONOURS:
*     Received the Biju Patnaik Outsanding Sportsperson Award for the Year 2013 from Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik in Bhubaneswar on 29 August, 2014. The award carried a cheque of Rs 2 lakh.
*     Received Ekalabya Award (Main) for the year 2011-12 in Bhubaneswar on 26 December, 2012.
*     Received citation and cash award of Rs 25,000 at the 18th Ekalaby Award function in Bhubaneswar on January 29, 2011.

OTHER IMPORTANT DATA:
*     Secured International Master (IM) title at the Guwahati Open International Tournament in Guwahati, Assam, 2009.
*     Became Odisha’s 3rd International Master (IM) in 2010 and 1st Grandmaster (GM) in 2013.
*     Became eligible for the GM title and crossed the matical 2500 Elo rating points, beating Aniruddha Deshpande of Maharashtra in the 8th round of the National B Challenger Championship in Bhopal on 18 October, 2013.
*     Loves to open with Sicilian Najdorf as he is comfortable with it.
*     KIIT founder Achyuta Samanta provided him financial support.
*     Became Odisha’s 3rd International Master (IM) in 2010 and 1st Grandmaster (GM) in 2013.
*     Became eligible for the GM title and crossed the matical 2500 Elo rating points, beating Aniruddha Deshpande of Maharashtra in the 8th round of the National B Challenger Championship in Bhopal on 18 October, 2013.
* Became eligible for International Master (IM) title at the Guwahati Open International Tournament in Guwahati, Assam, 2009.
*     He continues to be ranked No 1 chess player in Odisha since 2012.
*     Brand Ambassador of OMFED from 2014 to 2016.
*     Received a cash incentive of Rs 50,000 at the 6th annual felicitation ceremony of All Odisha Chess Association in Bhubaneswar on 16 March, 2014.
*     Received the Sportslogon Sportsperson of the Year Award and Rs 25,000 in Bhubaneswar on 14 July, 2014.
*     The State Government on 18 June, 2014 sanctioned a monetary incentive of Rs 6,50,000 for his international achievements during the period October 2008 to November 2011.
*     Secured 3rd and final Grandmaster norm at the A category of the Czech Open Grandmaster Tournament at Pardubice in Czech Republic on 27 July, 2013.
*     Secured 2nd Grandmaster norm at the 15th Dubai Open Chess Championship at Dubai on 15 April, 2013.
*     Secured 4th IM norm at the 14th Balaguer Open in Spain on 22 July, 2009.
*     Claimed 1st GM norm at the World Junior Championship in Athens, Greece, August, 2012.
*     Secured 3rd IM norm at the 11th Dubai Open in Dubai on 5 May, 2009.
*     Secured 1st International Master norm at the 6th Parsvanath International Open tournament, held in New Delhi, 12-20 January, 2008.
*     He uses chess software `Houdini-3`
*     He has deep faith on God and is a devotee of Ramakrishna Paramahansha.
*     Sees a movie once in every week and considers this as the best way to relax.
*     Shah Rukh Khan, Govinda, Sonakshi Sinha and Anuska Sharma are his favourite film stars.
*     Aims to become an IAS officer after completing graduation.
*     He is very fond of non-veg food, chicken is his favourite, also likes brinjal fry and loves to cook in spare time.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: 12 January, 2010
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 6 December, 2021