It is the Indian boy Sarwagya Singh Kushwaha who has now entered the Fides ranking. As the record holder, he beats his slightly older compatriot Anish Sarkar, who was three years, eight months and 19 days old when he was ranked last year.
The Fides ranking scale goes from 1,400 up to world champion levels around 2,800. Kushwaha is now at 1,572. It is a kind of score that measures a player's strength based on performance. World number one Magnus Carlsen is at 2,824.
To be ranked, one must first score points against at least one other Fide-ranked player, and Kushwaha has defeated three so far.
The boy's father Siddharth Singh calls the achievement "a great pride and honor," according to Indian media.
