Bodhana Sivanandan became the youngest player who defeated the Grandmaster and received the title of an international master of 10 years and five months.
A 10-year-old student from London Bodhan Sivanandan dropped Chess history, who became youngest players who won the Grandmaster, reported by CNN and BBC.
In the UK’s final championship, he defeated 60-year-old wells.
This success brought the girl the title of an international master – the second most important in the chess world. The International Chess Federation said the Bodhana Record (10 years, 5 months and 3 days) exceeded the previous achievement of American Carisa IP, which in 2019 won the Grandmaster at the age of 10 years and 11 months.
Last year, Sivanandan also became the youngest athlete, representing England at an international level: he played as part of the women’s team at the Chess Olympiad in Hungary.
According to the girl’s father, the family has no chess traditions. Bodhan began playing accidentally during the Pandemic Covid-19, when he was five years old. He noticed a chessboard in the bag of one of his father’s friends and decided to use numbers as toys. It was after he was interested in the game.
The girl said “chess helps not only to feel good, but also many other things, for example in mathematics.” Its purpose is to get the highest title in Chess, to be a grandmaster.
International Master Malcolm Payne believes that Bodhana’s future promises: “She is in a bad mood, but at the same time she plays chess with wise. She can easily become a champion in the world to women or, perhaps, in a general stand. I certainly believe she is on the way to become a grandmother.”
Earlier it was reported that Ukrainian chess player Anna Muzichuk had been a successful competition at the Norway Chess Tournament.
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