--- title: "Which Indian won the gold medal at the 17th World Individual Chess Championship for differently abled?" description: "Which Indian won the gold medal at the 17th World Individual Chess Championship for differently abled?" author: "Mitul Chopra" published: 2018-02-13 canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/34356/which-indian-won-the-gold-medal-at-the-17th-world-individual-chess-championship-for-differently-abled category: "sports" tags: ["sport"] reading_time: 2 minutes --- # Which Indian won the gold medal at the 17th World Individual Chess Championship for differently abled? Which [Indian](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2471/wazirx-received-828-requests-from-indian-international-law-enforcement-agencies) [won the gold medal](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/47348/who-won-the-gold-medal-in-rhythmic-gymnastics-in-the-1984-olympics) at the 17th [World](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2334/what-would-occur-if-the-world-were-to-divide-in-half) Individual Chess Championship for differently abled? ## Answers ### Answer by akriti kashyap ## 17th World Individual Chess Championship! ![Which Indian won the gold medal at the 17th World Individual Chess Championship for differently abled?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/5c4c5415-51de-4d5d-89f3-320d58bb5415/images/4eced596-43b7-42d2-9f1f-82c7f34b2ce6.png)\ **Shashikant Kutwal**, a railway employee with **Pune Division**, has won the **gold medal** at the **17th World Individual Chess Championship** for in an unexpected way abled, held in **Slovakia** from **May 27 to June 6, 2017**. **Kutwal (37)**, who fills in as office superintendent, has now accomplished the title of **International Master**. **Kutwal's** accomplishment has pulled in commend from railway organization. **Divisional Railway Manager B K Dadabhoy** praised and congratulated him. "*His accomplishment has done right by us and we will bolster him in his future undertakings. He has far to go*," said**** **Kutwal**, who hails from a town in **Baramati tehsil**, was delegated with the **Central Railway** through sports quota in 2000. From that point forward, he has been speaking to **Central Railway**, **Indian Railways**, and **India at various chess tournaments**. In the **World Championship**, held by **Physically Disabled Chess Association (PDCA)**, Kutwal [won the gold](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/39203/who-has-won-the-gold-in-the-men-s-event-at-the-idbi-federal-life-insurance-new-delhi-marathon-2018) award in the wake of scoring **7.5 points from a conceivable 9**. \ ## Cheers! --- Original Source: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/34356/which-indian-won-the-gold-medal-at-the-17th-world-individual-chess-championship-for-differently-abled Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.