The youngest FIDE-rated player!

by ChessBase
8/2/2023 – FIDE has informed us that they have put the youngest chess player ever on their rating list. The lad has participate in five national tournaments and won a number of titles in his age category. Last March, for example, he won his stat's Under 8 Championship. Like to guess how old Tejas Tiwari is? Wrong, younger!
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Tejas Tiwari is a 5-year-old boy living in Haldwani, India. FIDE tells us that he has just become the youngest FIDE rated player in the world!

Tejas currently has a FIDE Rating of 1149. The lad was born on 25th December 2017, and received his FIDE Rating on the 1st of June 2023, at the age of 5 years 5 months and 7 days!

This little boy was one of the players who participated in ChessBase India's first chess camp at Bhopal. Even in this tender age, he practices chess for 3-4 hours every day! Get to know more about Tejas in this article by Niklesh Jain.

Tejas Tiwari, World's youngest FIDE-Rated player

It is said that talent has nothing to do with age. A big proof of this is Tejas Tiwari, a five-year-old chess player who held chess pieces in his hands for the first time at the age of just 3½ years. Learning the nuances of this game from his father, this boy rose rapidly – by the time he was four years old he started playing in district and state level chess tournaments!

Completely focused on the board, Tejas is also dressed well for the game!

Tejas has won many titles like "Golden Boy" and "Youngest star" in chess competitions organized outside his state Uttarakhand. In March 2022 he became the Uttarakhand State Champion in the Under Eight category! At the age of 5 he has participated in five National Chess Tournaments so far.

Practising diligently at home for his next tournament (he has qualified for the Asian School Chess Championships!)

Check out two of the games played by India's latest prodigy:

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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.e5 d5 7.exf6 dxc4 8.fxg7 Qe7+ 9.Qe2 Qxe2+ 10.Kxe2 d3+ 11.Ke1 Rg8 12.Bh6 Ne7 13.Nbd2 Nf5 14.Ne4 Be7 15.Bf4 c6 16.Ne5 Rxg7 17.Nxc4 Rxg2 18.Bg3 Nxg3 19.hxg3 Bh3 20.Ne3 0-0-0 21.Nd2 Bc5 22.Nxg2 Bxg2 23.Rxh7 Re8+ 24.Kd1 Bxf2 25.Nc4 Re1+ 26.Kd2 Rxa1 27.Rxf7 Bxg3 28.Ne3 Be4 29.Nc4 Bd5 30.Rf8+ Kd7 31.Ne3 Rxa2 32.c4 Rxb2+ 33.Kc3 Be5+ 34.Kxd3 Rb3+ 35.Ke2 Rxe3+ 36.Kxe3 Bxc4 37.Rf5 Bd6 38.Rh5 Kc7 39.Kd4 Bd5 40.Kc3 a5 41.Rh7+ Kb6 42.Kb2 c5 43.Kc3 a4 44.Kb2 Kb5 45.Ka3 c4+ 46.Kb2 a3+ 47.Kc3 Be5+ 48.Kd2 a2 49.Rd7 a1Q 50.Rxd5+ Kc6 51.Rd8 Qc3+ 52.Ke2 Bf4 53.Re8 Kd5 54.Rd8+ Bd6 55.Rd7 Qd3+ 56.Kf2 Qf5+ 57.Ke3 Qxd7 58.Kd2 Qh3 59.Kc2 Qd3+ 60.Kb2 Ba3+ 61.Ka1 Qc3+ 62.Kb1 Qb2# 0–1
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Jeet,S1154Tejas,T-0–1 C54Rudrapur Fide Rating Tournament1
Tejas,T-Siddhant,R1227½–½ C50Rudrapur Fide Rating Tournament1

We are proud that Tejas took part in the first ever ChessBase India Chess Camp, held in Bhopal at March 2023! FI Niklesh Jain and WIM Angela Franco were the coaches who conducted this camp for five days, concluding with a test and a rapid tournament to judge how much the players learned during the camp.

The boy has got his game face on during training!

Tejas solving the chess problems posed during the final test of the Chess Camp!

Tejas learned the game from his father Sharad Tiwari, who himself is fond of chess and used to play for his university in his younger days. He travels with Teja to all tournaments, and Tejas does his preparation every day with his father. Besides this, he is taking training from Neeraj Shah at school. I also guides him from time to time!

 
ChessBase India wishes Tejas a bright future in his chess career and life!

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