Tejas Tiwari, World's youngest FIDE-Rated Chess player

It is said that talent has nothing to do with age. A big proof of this is Tejas Tiwari, a 5-year-old chess player born in Haldwani, Uttarakhand. At the age of just 3.5 years, he held chess pieces in his hands for the first time! Learning the nuances of this game from his father, this boy rose rapidly - by the time he was 4 years old, he started playing in district and state level chess tournaments! At the age of 4, Tejas fascinated everyone by winning the title of 'Youngest Chess Player' from Uttarakhand.

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 Bengaluru (Karnataka), Udaipur (Rajasthan), Mathura (Uttar Pradesh), Hyderabad (Telangana), Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) to name a few.

 

In March 2022, in the 16th Uttarakhand State Open Chess Competition organized by the Uttarakhand Chess Association, Tejas Tiwari became the Uttarakhand State Champion by getting first place in the Under 08 category! At the age of 5, Tejas Tiwari has participated in 5 National Chess Tournaments so far - held at Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh), Bhubaneswar (Orissa), Ahmedabad (Gujarat), New Delhi and Hosur (Tamil Nadu).


Practicing diligently at home for his next tournament!

Young Tejas has made his state proud in many occasions. Most recently, he has qualified for the Asian School Chess Championships! He was selected for this tournament by winning the Under-5 age category of National School Chess Championships held at Bhubaneswar (Orissa), and winning the Under-6 section at National Schools 2023 held at Hosur, Tamil Nadu.

Tejas Tiwari has currently become the youngest FIDE rated chess player among all FIDE rated players in the world. Yesterday, the World Chess Federation itself put this matter in front of everyone through Twitter.

Recently, in the first Late Dhiraj Singh Raghuvanshi Open FIDE Rated Chess Tournament held at Rudrapur, Tejas got his FIDE rating. He played some amazing chess, scoring 4 draws and 2 wins!

Scoring 4/9, Tejas secured a FIDE Rating of 1149!


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

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 5 days, concluding with a test and a rapid tournament to judge how much the players learned during the camp.

Young Tejas is all smiles while standing with the whole group of participants!

The boy has got his game face on during training!

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

Whenever he sits down to play, a big crowd gathers!

Tejas with the man who taught him chess, his dad Sharad Tiwari.

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 constantly travels with Teja to all tournaments! To this day, Tejas does his preparation everyday with his father. Besides this, he is taking training from Neeraj Shah at school. The Head of ChessBase India Hindi, FIDE instructor Niklesh Jain also guides him from time to time!

 

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

 

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This article was translated by Himank Ghosh