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Four-Year-Old Elena Mishra Becomes Youngest FIDE-Rated Female Player
Elena Mishra is a four-year-old chess player from Odisha.
She has become the youngest girl to receive an official FIDE chess rating.
FIDE is the organization that keeps international chess ratings.
Her blitz rating is 1432.
Blitz chess is played quickly.
Elena earned the rating after playing in a chess championship in Bhubaneswar.
Her name is on FIDE’s September 2026 rating list.
She does not yet have ratings for standard or rapid chess.
Elena Mishra, from Odisha, appears on FIDE’s September 2026 rating list at age four.
She holds a blitz rating of 1432, according to her official FIDE profile.
The achievement makes Elena the youngest female player with an official FIDE rating.
She reached the milestone at the Odisha State Blitz FIDE Rating Open Chess Championship 2026.
The event was held at Mother’s Public School in Bhubaneswar; Elena remains unrated in standard and rapid chess.
- Who
- Four-year-old Elena Mishra of Odisha.
- What
- She became the youngest female player to hold an official FIDE rating, with a blitz rating of 1432.
- Where
- At Mother’s Public School in Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
- When
- She appears on FIDE’s September 2026 rating list; the championship took place in 2026.
- Why
- She reached the milestone after competing in the Odisha State Blitz FIDE Rating Open Chess Championship 2026.
Key facts
- Player
- Elena Mishra
- Age
- Four years old
- Blitz rating
- 1432
- Rating list
- FIDE September 2026 list
- Achievement
- Youngest female player with an official FIDE rating
- Event
- Odisha State Blitz FIDE Rating Open Chess Championship 2026
- Other ratings
- She remains unrated in standard and rapid chess
Sources
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