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A 10-year-old girl From London Made history this week when she became the youngest female chess player to defeat a grand master who is 50 years her senior.
Bodhana Sivanandan, A chess wonder child From Harrow, the youngest female chess player to reach the historic milestone when she defeated Grandmaster Peter Wells, 60, in the final round of 2025 British Chess Championships on Sunday.
Bodhana Sivanandan, a 10-year-old chess wonderful child, competes in the British chess championships in 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 contained by American Carissa Yip, who set the record in 2019 after 10 years, 11 months and 20 days old.
Bodhana was 10 years, five months and three days old when she defeated Wells.
Bodhana Sivanandan, Center, a 10-year-old chess wonderful child, competes in the British chess championships in St. George’s Hall on August 7, 2025 in Liverpool, England. (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
8-year-old boy causes the story to become youngest to defeat Grand Master in Chess
The young chess star now has the title of Woman International Master, according to BBC, Which is the second highest ranked title contained exclusively by women. A grand master is the highest title available by any chess player, and it is one that is held for life after serving it.
Bodhana’s parents told the BBC that she first picked up the game during Covid-19 pandemic – When she was just 5 years old.
Bodhana Sivanandan, 9, competes in the second round of Delancey UK Chess Challenge Terafinal in Woodstock, UK, October 12, 2024. (Reuters/Suzanne Plunkett)
In 2024, Aswath Kaushik became the youngest person to ever defeat a Grand Master when he passed 37-year-old Jacek Stopa from Poland at Burgdorfer Stadthaus Open in Switzerland.
