When most three-year-olds are busy learning numbers, colours and nursery rhymes, Anish Sarkar was already making history on a chessboard.
In 2024, Anish became the youngest FIDE-rated chess player in the world, earning an official rating at just three years old. His remarkable achievement eventually took him to Rashtrapati Bhavan, where President Droupadi Murmu honoured him with the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar, one of India’s highest honours for children.
