Dibyendu Barua

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 Bengali after Niaz Murshed, and third South Asian after Niaz and Anand to achieve the title of chess grandmaster. He also serves as the vice-president of the All India Chess Federation, and the president of the Sara Bangla Daba Sangstha ("All Bengal Chess Association").

Chess career Barua was born in Chittagong, from where his family migrated to Kolkata in the Indian state of West Bengal when he was a baby. 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. In 1982, Barua defeated the then-world number two ranked Viktor Korchnoi in the Lloyd's Bank Tournament in London.

In 1983, he became the youngest national champion, a record that was beaten by a few months by Viswanathan Anand in 1986. He has since won it twice more, in 1998 and 2001. He won the Arjuna Award in 1983 after winning the nationals. They have a son Dishan Barua, who is also a chess player.