A 10-year-old British girl has made chess history by becoming the youngest female player to ever beat a grandmaster.

Bodhana Sivanandan, a 10-year-old chess sensation of Indian origin based in London, has etched her name in the history books by becoming the youngest female player ever to defeat a grandmaster.

Bodhana Sivanandan won against Peter Wells, a 60-year-old grandmaster, in the final round of the 2025 British Chess Championships in Liverpool on Aug. 10, according to a post shared on X by the ...

( NewsNation) — A 10-year-old British girl has become the youngest female player to ever defeat a grandmaster. Bodhana ...

A 10-year-old chess prodigy from the London area has become the youngest female player to defeat a grandmaster, which is the ...

At 10 years old, Bodhana Sivanandan has become the youngest female chess player to defeat a grandmaster. She’s also the ...

Keya Jha has etched her name in American chess history by becoming the youngest female from the United States to defeat a ...

A 10-year-old chess prodigy made history this week after defeating a grandmaster at the 2025 British Chess Championships on Sunday.

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When the International Chess Federation created the inaugural list of grandmasters, the game’s highest title, in 1950, there were 27. Today, there are more than 1,850.

Ashwath Kaushik, an 8-year-old chess prodigy, became the youngest person to defeat a grandmaster in classical chess during a match Sunday in Switzerland.