At just three years, seven months, and 20 days old, India’s Sarwagya Singh Kushwaha has become the youngest chess player ever to achieve an official FIDE rating.
He surpassed the previous record set by fellow Indian Anish Sarkar, who was three years, eight months, and 19 days old when he reached the milestone last November.
Kushwaha, a nursery student in Madhya Pradesh, holds a rapid rating of 1,572.
To obtain a FIDE rating, a player must defeat at least one FIDE-rated opponent.
A rating indicates a chess player’s skill level based on performance and differs from a ranking.
World number one Magnus Carlsen leads in rapid chess with a rating of 2,824.
Siddharth Singh, Kushwaha’s father, expressed his pride, stating that his son’s feat is “a matter of great pride and honor,” as reported by Indian media.
“We aspire for him to become a grandmaster.”
Kushwaha achieved his record by defeating three rated opponents in tournaments throughout Madhya Pradesh and other regions of India.
India is renowned for producing chess grandmasters, including the current world champion Gukesh Dommaraju and five-time World Cup winner Viswanathan Anand.
