Archive · 3 Sep 2026
Four-Year-Old Elena Mishra Becomes Youngest FIDE-Rated Female Player
Elena Mishra is a four-year-old girl from Odisha who plays chess.
She has become the youngest girl to receive an official FIDE chess rating.
FIDE keeps track of chess players’ ratings.
Elena’s rating is 1432 in blitz chess, which is played very quickly.
She earned it after competing in a chess championship in Bhubaneswar.
Her name appears on FIDE’s September 2026 rating list.
Elena was 4 years, 6 months and 16 days old when she reached the milestone.
She does not yet have ratings for standard or rapid chess.
Elena Mishra of Odisha appears on FIDE’s September 2026 rating list at age four.
She has a blitz rating of 1432, according to her official FIDE profile.
At 4 years, 6 months and 16 days, she became the youngest female player with an official FIDE rating.
Elena earned the rating at the Odisha State Blitz FIDE Rating Open Chess Championship 2026.
The championship was held at Mother’s Public School in Bhubaneswar; she 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.
- When
- She appears on FIDE’s September 2026 rating list; the championship was held in 2026.
- Where
- At Mother’s Public School in Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
- Why
- She earned the rating by competing in the Odisha State Blitz FIDE Rating Open Chess Championship 2026.
- Player
- Elena Mishra
- Age at milestone
- 4 years, 6 months and 16 days
- 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
- Unrated in standard and rapid chess
