Article by : Ranji Philip Stephen
Running through a span of just seventeen years, Mohammed Dilshad,a 27 year old Mechanical Engineering lad of Calicut, India has bagged in magestic grace the coveted chess title,'NATIONAL MASTER USA' on November 20,2016.It was, in fact, the culmination triumph kissing the hard working boy after masterly crossing swords over 45 tough chess tournament s in USA where he had already pocketed seven times United States Championship Irina Crush and had even icing luck of winning the brilliancy prize for the same at Marshall Chess Club.
Looking back in awe and wonder, Dilshad's grateful heart turns brimful for the sports loving neighbour Vimmy Douglas who in 1992 had gifted him a chess board which very soon, happily, ignated winsome flames in the prodigious youngster to such an extent as to warmly crown him as Kerala State Sub Junior Chess Champion in 2006&2007, Kerala State Junior Champion in 2009 and ofcourse, the heady Kerala State Youth Under25 Crown in the Red Letter Year of 2016!! While doing his Engineering stint in Cochin University, our smart Dilshad could most elegantly annex the colourful University Chess Championship in 2011,2012,2013&2014 sans any stretch at all_ himself striding out with Conqueror's mantle in rare pomp and splendor along with efficiently equipping himself in the nuances of the heavy course with gem perseverance and steel grit to hilt, literally!
Meanwhile he could valiantly represent India in the Asian Cities Chess Championship held in SriLanka where a glittering 4th Rank most proudly lifted him in the spectacular limelight of Universal Applause! Clearly level headed, courteous and judiciously industrious in discharging official obligations,he has already reflected himself as an all round handsome sport in a magnificent sphere at all angles. Unruffled and ever super composed, Dilshad seldom get rattled or upset by any mounting pressure onslaught from chess board positions_earning for himself even the priceless affable admiration pat,'Mr.COOL' in top order Chess Circles! Delightfully, he holds the rarely found wizardry touch of finding winsome continuations many a occation from_yes, obvious dead lock draw positions, often!
Eventually,he started working as an entrepreneur_founded OUT PLAY CHESS in October,2019.For the past ten years, he has been successfully donning the cap of a top order Chess tutor where many a studious disciple could easily mark for a wider acclaim in dash and vigour! Master Dilshad's dedicated online teaching service s are now being extended to students as far as USA and Australia in double quick time in space, comfort and elan!
Voracious book reading and joy of traveling adventures, pleasantly, keep him in good stead in face of hectic work schedule_inevitable in today's 'Jet'format everywhere.Becoming a GRAND MASTER in the near future, excitingly, finds a very cute spot in our ever cheerful Dilshad Dream World day and night these hard days. May his cherished dream blossom in glitter glory sooner in space waiting,to the great happiness of his innumerable well_wishers across our Universe!
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