11-Year-Old Becomes Youngest Woman Chess Grandmaster

Bodhana Sivanandan, 11, achieved the remarkable feat of becoming the youngest woman ever to hold the chess grandmaster title during the Chess Olympiad in Uzbekistan. To reach the board, the London schoolgirl played while sitting on a car booster seat. somethingsdifferent.biz

Introduced to chess by her father at age five, Bodhana demonstrated exceptional talent early, defeating the former British champion just three years later. Despite her international chess success, the young grandmaster balances her achievements with ordinary childhood challenges and her first term at secondary school in north London.