Anish Sarkar, an Indian chess player, has become the youngest player to receive a FIDE rating at the age of 3 years, 8 months, and 19 days. He was born on January 26, 2021, and had a rating of 1555 as of October 31.
Previously, this achꦑievement belonged to another Indian chess pl🎀ayer, Tejas Tiwari, who became the youngest FIDE-rated participant when he was 5 years old in 2023.
According to Intern𒊎ational Chess Federation (FIDE) rules, to receive a rating, a player must compete in at least five games with FIDE-ra🔥ted players within 26 months and score at least 0.5 points.
As reported by First 💖Post, Anish Sarkar scored 5.5 points out of eight possible in hꦉis first classical tournament and finished 24th.
