FULL NAME: Koustuv Dash
GENDER: Male
BORN: 16th March, 2008
SON OF: Father (Prakash Chandra Dash), Mother (Anita Dash)
HOME ADDRESS: Flat No C/304, Gouri Shankar Residency, Kesura, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
ACADEMIC EDUCATION: Student of St Xavier High School, Kedargouri, Bhubaneswar
HOME CLUB/ACADEMY: None
RECEIVED COACHING FROM: Sarbeswar Sahoo was his first coach. Later, he received coaching from Raj Santosh Panda, Rajkishor Swain, GM Swayams Mishra and IM Rakesh Jena
TEAMS/UNITS REPRESENTED: Khordha District, Odisha

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS:

STATE:
*     Won the title in the All Odisha School Chess Championship, organised by All Odisha Chess Association at SoA University, Bhubaneswar, on 9 September 2023.
*     Finished runner-up in the open category of the Odisha State U-16 Online Chess Championship, held on 7-8 June, 2021.
*     Won the title in open category of the Odisha State U-9 Chess Championship,  held at Gourav Palace in Cuttack from August 12 to 14, 2017.
*     Finished runner-up in the open category of the Odisha State Under-7 Chess Championship, held at Srusti Academy of Management, Bhubaneswar from May 17 to 19, 2015.

NATIONAL:
*     Finished 8th in the National U-14 Chess Championship,held in Ahmedabad, Gujarat from 9-14 May 2022.
*     Finished 9th in the National U-11 Chess Championship,held at Indiri Gandhi Indoor Stadium, New Delhi from 15-23 November 2019.
*     Represented Odisha in National U-7 Chess Championship in 2015.

PROFILE FIRST UPLOADED: 22 May, 2015
PROFILE LAST UPDATED: 13 September 2023