An Indian child aged three years, seven months, and 20 days, Sarwagya Singh Kushwaha, has become the youngest chess player to be rated by the International Chess Federation (FIDE).
The young prodigy beat the previous record held by his compatriot Anish Sarkar, who was three years, eight months, and 19 days old when he entered the FIDE rating list in November last year.
Kushwaha, a kindergarten student in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh (central India), achieved a rapid-play rating of 1572, the federation said on its website.
To obtain a FIDE rating, a player must defeat at least one rated opponent. A rating is a score calculated based on a chess player’s performance, but it does not represent a ranking.
World number one Magnus Carlsen is at the top of FIDE’s rapid chess world list with a rating of 2824.
Sarwagya Singh Kushwaha defeated three rated players in tournaments held in his state and other regions of the country to obtain his status.
