Anish sarkar: India’s Anish Sarkar has

India’s Anish Sarkar has become the youngest ever FIDE-rated chess player at the age of 3 years 8 months and 19 days. As per ChessBase India, Anish Sarkar , who was born on 26 January 2021, became the youngest-ever FIDE-rated player after competing in the West Bengal State Under-9 Open and the West Bengal State Under-13 Open in October. Anish Sarkar became the youngest rated player in the world at the age of 3 years 8 months 19 days in November 2024. He played against GM Arjun Erigaisi in a Simul and defeated two rated players in his first Classical rating tournament. No part of this site may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any way or by any means (including photocopying, recording or storing it in any medium by electronic means), without the written permission of FIDE International Chess Federation. Three-year-old Anish Sarkar from Kolkata has become the youngest rated chess player in history. His journey began just a year ago, and he already has an initial FIDE rating of 1555.