Mayank Chakraborty is Northeast India's first GM. (Instagram)
\n\nMayank Chakraborty turned 17 in July this year. But just before that, he became India's 94th Grandmaster in March. The feat saw him become the first-ever GM from Northeast India. It wasn't an easy journey for him. He got there by leaving home, over and over again.
\n\nThe Guwahati teenager is currently in Turkey, participating in the First Gazi Open, and the tournament is also going well. He travels almost every month, and it sums up the life of a modern-day professional chess GM. Luckily, he doesn't have to travel alone, and his mother always comes with him.
\n\n"Sometimes twice a month, sometimes thrice a month. Depends, actually," he says.
\n\nHe is less than a year away from turning 18 now. His GM title arrived in Sweden after a long and deliberately punishing stretch of work.
\n\n"I was really, really happy," he says.
\n\n"I had wanted this title for a long time. I became an International Master in 2024, and it took me more than two years to get the GM title. I played almost 30 tournaments to get it."
\n\n30 tournaments in two years is a lot, and it invites a…
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