Archive · 6 Dec 2025
3-Year-Old Becomes World's Youngest FIDE-Rated Chess Player
A very young boy named Sarwagya from India has become the youngest person ever to get a special chess rating.
He is only 3 years old and has beaten older players in chess games.
This rating is given by a big chess organization called FIDE.
Before him, another boy from Kolkata held this record, but Sarwagya is even younger.
He has played and won against people much older than him, which is really amazing!
Sarwagya Singh Kushwaha, aged 3 years, 7 months, and 20 days, became the world's youngest FIDE-rated chess player.
He broke the previous record held by Anish Sarkaar, who achieved the rating at 3 years, 8 months, and 19 days.
Sarwagya achieved a FIDE rapid rating of 1572 by winning five of his first eight FIDE-rated matches.
He defeated opponents aged 20 to 29 years, including Shubham Chaurasia (29) and Abhijeet Awasthi (22).
The minimum FIDE rating required to obtain a ranking is 1400.
- Who
- Sarwagya Singh Kushwaha, a 3-year-old from Madhya Pradesh, India
- What
- Became the world's youngest FIDE-rated chess player
- When
- At 3 years, 7 months, and 20 days old
- Where
- Sagar district, Madhya Pradesh, India
- Why
- By winning five of his first eight FIDE-rated matches against older opponents
- Name
- Sarwagya Singh Kushwaha
- Age
- 3 years, 7 months, 20 days
- Location
- Sagar district, Madhya Pradesh, India
- FIDE Rating
- 1572
- Record Broken
- Anish Sarkaar's record (3 years, 8 months, 19 days)
- Matches Won
- 5 out of 8
- Opponents' Ages
- Ranged from 20 to 29 years
- Minimum FIDE Rating
- 1400