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A 10 year old girl London I made the story this week when she became the youngest chess player to defeat a great master, who is 50 years old senior.
Bodhana Sivanandan, A chess prodigy From Harrow, has become the youngest chess player to reach the historic milestone when she beat the great master Peter Wells, 60, during the last round of the British chess championships 2025 on Sunday.
Bodhana Sivanandan, a 10 -year -old chess prodigy, participated in the British chess championships at St. George’s Hall on August 7, 2025 in Liverpool, England. (Christopher Furlong / Getty Images)
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According to the International Chess Federation, Bodhana set the record previously held by American Carissa Yip, which set the record in 2019 at 10 years, 11 months and 20 days.
Bodhana was 10 years old, five months and three days when she defeated Wells.
Bodhana Sivanandan, center, a 10 -year -old failure prodigy, participated in the British chess championships at St. George’s Hall on August 7, 2025 in Liverpool, England. (Christopher Furlong / Getty Images)
An 8 -year -old boy makes the youngest story to defeat Grandmaster in the failures
The young chess star now has the title of international master woman, according to BBC, which is the second most high -end title exclusively owned by women. A grand master is the highest title that can be obtained by any chess player, and it is the one held for life after having won him.
Bodhana’s parents told the BBC that she had taken the match for the first time during the COVVI-19 pandemic – When she was only 5 years old.
Bodhana Sivanandan, 9, participated in the second round of the Delancey Uk Chess Challenge Terafinal in Woodstock, in Great Britain, October 12, 2024. (Reuters / Suzanne Plunkett)
In 2024, Aswath Kaushik became the youngest to have defeated a great master when he beat Jacek Stopa, 37, from Poland, to the Burgdorfer Stadthaus Open in Switzerland.
