Anish Sarkar Becomes Youngest-Rated FIDE Chess Player Globally

Anish Sarkar of Kolkata, West Bengal, has become the youngest-rated FIDE chess player in the world. At the age of three years, eight months, and 19 days, Anish secured a FIDE rating of 1555.

The International Chess Federation, known by its French acronym FIDE, is the world’s governing body for chess. It assigns ratings or points based on players' performance in FIDE-approved chess tournaments. 

Anish Sarkar, born on January 26, 2021, played his first tournament, the West Bengal State Under-9 Open, in October 2024. He next played in the West Bengal State Under 13 Open chess tournament, where several FIDE-rated players participated.

According to the FIDE rule, a player is given rating points if the player plays against at least five FIDE-rated players. Thus, after participating in the West Bengal State Under 13 Open chess tournament, Anish Sarkar was given an initial FIDE rating of 1555.

The headquarters of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) is in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Saketh & Ramkumar win the 2024 Seoul Open men’s doubles tennis title 

The Indian doubles pair of Saketh Myneni and Ramkumar Ramanathan won the 2024 Seoul Open Tennis doubles title. In the final played in Seoul, South Korea, the Indian pair defeated Vasil Kirkov of the USA and Bart Stevens of the Netherlands 6-4, 4-6, 10-3.

The Seoul Open Challenger 100 Tennis Tournament was held in Seoul, South Korea from 28 October -3 November 2024.

This was Saketh Myneni and Ramkumar Ramanathan's fourth ATP Challenger title as a pair. They had earlier won the 2022 and 2024 editions of the Bengaluru Open and the Chennai Open.

Saketh Myneni and Ramkumar Ramanathan also bagged the silver medal at the 2023 Hangzhou Asian Games in China.

Karan Singh wins Maiden ATP Challenger Title

Karan Singh of India won his first ATP Challenger Title by winning the men’s doubles title at the Brazzaville Challenger 2024 tennis tournament in the Republic of Congo.  21-year-old Karan Singh and his partner Florent Bax of France defeated Simone Agostini of Italy and South Africa’s Aleck Beckley, 7-5, 6-1 in the final.

The Brazzaville Challenger 2024 Tennis Tournament was held in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, from 28 October to 3 November 2024.