Anish sarkar: Became the youngest rated player

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. Anish Sarkar ... Anish Sarkar (born 26 January 2021) is an Indian chess player. He is the world's youngest FIDE rated player since November 2024. [1] In 2024, Sarkar became the youngest to be awarded the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar, Aged 3. [2] At three years, eight months and 19 days, Kolkata’s Anish Sarkar became the youngest-rated chess player in history on Friday. Born on January 26, 2021, Sarkar picked up the sport a year ago and made his competitive debut in October when he played in the West Bengal State Under-9 Open. Anish Sarkar , the 3-year-old chess prodigy from Bengal, is the youngest rated player with a FIDE rating of 1555. (Express Photo by Partha Paul) Last year, when Kolkata hosted its big annual chess event — the Tata Steel India Chess Tournament — the presence of teenage posterboy R Praggnanandhaa created a buzz. Among those excited was Anish ’s maternal uncle, so much so that he got the child a chessboard for Durga Puja. It didn’t prove to be an age-inappropriate gift for the three-year ...