3-Year-Old Sarwagya Singh Becomes Youngest Chess Player To Get FIDE Rapid Rating
Sarwagya Singh Kushwaha from Madhya Pradesh has achieved a unique distinction of becoming the youngest FIDE Rapid Rated player in the world.
Press Trust of India
Updated: December 05, 2025 12:25 am IST
Read Time: 2 min https://c.ndtvimg.com/2025-12/ph16p6tg_sarwagya-singh-x_625x300_05_December_25.jpg?im=FitAndFill,algorithm=dnn,width=1200,height=738 Picture of Sarwagya Singh. X (Formerly Twitter) At an age when three-year-olds might not be able to tell the difference between a rook and a bishop, young Sarwagya Singh Kushwaha from Madhya Pradesh has achieved a unique distinction of becoming the youngest FIDE Rapid Rated player in the world. At just three years, seven months and 13 days Sarwagya, who hails from Sagar in the north-central region of Madhya Pradesh, has a Rapid Rating of 1572 in the international chess federation's (FIDE) December rating list. Sarwagya, whose journey into the sport began when his parents introduced him to chess to reduce his screen time, competed in his first Rapid Rating tournament -- the 24th RCC Rapid Rated Cup in Mangaluru -- in September where he beat a 1542-rated player.
