Ethan Pang is the youngest-ever to pass the 2300 rating mark

By Leon Watson

England’s record-breaking crop of chess talents scored another incredible milestone this week when nine-year-old north London schoolboy Ethan Pang became the youngest-ever to pass the 2300 rating mark in an official list and earn the FIDE Master (FM) title.

Updated rating lists for November, released by the chess governing body FIDE, show Westminster Under School pupil Ethan Pang with a stellar rating of 2303. It makes him the world’s top player in both the under-nine and under-10 age groups.