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Luke Baker

SHOCKING: Three year old becomes youngest rated chess player in history - What They Never Told You

A three-year-old in India has become the youngest player in chess history to earn an official rating from the International Chess Federation (Fide).

Sarwagya Singh Kushwaha, who hails from the Sagar district in Madhya Pradesh, was just three years, seven months and 20 days old when he earned his Fide rating – breaking the previous record set by Anish Sarkar from Kolkata last November by about a month.

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