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A three-year-old boy from Madhya Pradesh, India, has made history by becoming the youngest chess player to earn an official FIDE rating. Born in 2022, Sarwagya Singh Kushwaha was rated 1572 in rapid ...

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A 3-year-old boy from India has become the youngest chess player to earn an official rating from the the International Chess ...

Indian chess prodigy R Praggnanandhaa has earned a coveted spot in the Candidates 2026 tournament by triumphing in the FIDE ...

Indian toddler Sarwagya Singh Kushwaha practises for four or five hours each day and beat multiple adults to earn his rating ...

Hailing from Madhya Pradesh’s Sagar, Sarwagya is still in nursery school but holds a rapid rating of 1,572. He dethroned ...