SHASHIKANT KUTWAL RAILWAY EMPLOYEE HAS WON WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP
Divisional Railway Manager Shri B.K. Dadabhoy has felicitated Shishikant Kutwal for winning gold medal in the 17th International Physically Disabled Chess Association (IPCA) World Individual Chess Championship held in Slovakia from 27.05.2017 to 06.06.2017. By winning this championship he has also attain the International Master Title. DRM has congratulated him for his success and also wished him best future in Chess.
Shashikant Kutwal (शशिकांत कुतवळ) working as Office Superintendent at Pune Division of Central Railway was appointed against Sport Quota in year 2000 and since then he has been representing Central Railway, Indian Railway & India constantly.
He is having 04 International Master Norms at present. His International FIDE Rating is 2265.
His Overall Performance during last 06 Tournaments is as follows.
| S.No. | Performance in Last 06 Tournament
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| 01 | All India FIDE Rating Tournament at Pune 2015(3rd Position)
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| 02 | All India FIDE Rating Tournament at Jalgoan 2016/1st Position
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| 03 | All India FIDE Rating Tournament at Ahmednagar 2016/1st Position |
| 04 | Inter -Railway Team Chess Tournament at Kolkata 2016-17(Silver Medal) |
| 05 | 16th IPCA World Individual Chess Championship at Serbia 2016(Silver Medal) held on 21st July to 29th July 2016 |
| 06 | 17th IPCA World Individual Chess Championship at Slovakia 2017(Gold Medal) |
