Bodhana Sivanandan secured the title at the 46th Chess Olympiad in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, after she won eight points across 11 games.

Her journey with chess started almost by accident during the COVID-19 pandemic when a family friend gave some toys, books, and a chessboard.

A British chess prodigy has said she wants to "keep making history" after becoming the youngest player in history to qualify ...

October, an exchange unfolded on X regarding the difficulty of understanding how a Go game ends. It began when experienced players and those explaining how to play responded to the experiences of peop ...

British schoolgirl Bodhana Sivanandan during a chess tournament. The 11-year-old fulfilled the requirements for the Woman Grandmaster title at the 2026 Chess Olympiad. Bodhana Sivanandan discovered ...

A schoolgirl from Harrow in northwest London has made chess history, becoming the youngest player ever to earn the woman ...

Sonay Kartal and the three other players who have been British number one since 2020 Sonay Kartal claimed the British number one position for the first time in her career after reaching the Wuhan Open ...

11-year-old Indian-origin chess prodigy Bodhana Sivanandan has become the youngest Woman Grandmaster in history. Representing England at the 2026 Chess Olympiad, she scored eight points and earned her ...

The win has earned her a second International Master (IM) norm. Eleven-year-old Bodhana Sivanandan scripted chess history on Sunday by becoming the youngest Woman Grandmaster (WGM) of all time. The ...

British-Indian chess prodigy Bodhana Sivanandan has become the youngest player ever to qualify for the Woman Grandmaster title ...

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