Indian boy earns official chess rating -- aged three

New Delhi: India s Sarwagya Singh Kushwaha has become the youngest player in chess history to earn an official FIDE rating at the age of three years,...

New Delhi: India's Sarwagya Singh Kushwaha has become the youngest player in chess history to earn an official FIDE rating at the age of three years, seven months and 20 days.

The chess prodigy edged out the previous record of compatriot Anish Sarkar, who was three years, eight months and 19 days when he reached the milestone in November last year.

Kushwaha, who is enrolled in nursery school in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, holds a rapid rating of 1,572.

To achieve a rating from FIDE, the International Chess Federation, a player needs to beat at least one FIDE-rated player.

A rating is a score that measures a chess player's strengths based on their performances and is not the same as a ranking.