CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Sayantan Das on 4 July 2014 won maiden grand master norm. He crossed the 2500 Elo rating benchmark in 2023, becoming the 81st grandmaster from India.

Detailed explanation-2: -Sayantan Das became India’s 81st Chess Grandmaster as well as the 11th player from West Bengal to bag the honour after he crossed the 2500-mark in live ratings and won the Cannes Open on Sunday with a score of 7.5 out of 9.

Detailed explanation-3: -Although chess is believed to originate from the Indian game of Chaturanga, the game rose to immense popularity when Viswanathan Anand won the first Grandmaster title for the country.

Detailed explanation-4: -Savitha Shri B becomes the 25th Woman Grandmaster of India.