India finds the youngest rated chess player

In an attempt to popularise a relatively respected game, namely Chess, I felt tempted to put this piece of information here. Lately read a report about Harikrishnan, a seven-years, three-month old second standard student has become the youngest rated Chess player in the country. Claimed by the Tamil Nadu Chess Association, the record demand an acknowledgement by the World Chess Federation (FIDE). According to a Tamil Nadu Chess Association release, he has an Elo rating of 1519 in the January 2009 list. He is the TN state under-7 champion and is currently playing in the National under-7 chess championship.
Interestingly, records are available for the youngest GM, youngest World Champion, youngest woman to get GM title etc. The record-oriented Indian system, which is hyperactive in cricket, will probably push the world body (FIDE) to soon acknowledge and include the ‘youngest-rated’ players in the record books.