A 10-year-old chess prodigy has made history as the youngest female player ever to defeat a grandmaster, which is the highest distinction any chess player can earn. Bodhana Sivanandan earned the ...

(NewsNation) — Two 10-year-old girls beat two chess grandmasters just hours apart in tournaments in England and the U.S. on Aug 10. Bodhana Sivanandan and Keya Jha toppled a previous world record for ...

A 10-year-old girl who started playing chess five years ago has made history by defeating a grandmaster, according to the International Chess Federation. Bodhana Sivanandan won against Peter Wells, a ...

KERON Sandiford and Woman Candidate Master (WCM) Aditi Joshi clinched first place in their respective categories in the I-CEE-sponsored Grand Prix 1 Chess tournament at the David Rose Special School ...

A 10-year-old girl from London made history this week when she became the youngest female chess player to defeat a grandmaster, who is 50 years her senior. Bodhana Sivanandan, a chess prodigy from ...

WASHINGTON — Bodhana Sivanandan, a 10-year-old from London, has made history at the 2025 British Chess Championships in Liverpool, becoming the youngest female player ever to beat a chess grandmaster.

Bodhana Sivanandan attained the title after she beat a 60-year-old Grandmaster during a tournament in Liverpool, England, on Aug. 10 Toria Sheffield joined the PEOPLE editorial staff in 2024. Her work ...

Saint Louis Chess Club to Unveil New World-Class Facility With a Month of Historic Events, Legendary Matches and U.S. & U.S. Women’s Championships The newly expanded Club to reopen as the premier ...

ST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The nation’s top chess players are set to compete in America’s most prestigious events—the 2024 U.S. Chess Championship and the 2024 U.S. Women’s Chess Championship. Hosted ...

Less than five years after enjoying a dramatic spike in popularity, chess finds itself at a moment of reckoning. Propelled by the “The Queen’s Gambit” miniseries and a yearning for entertainment and ...

At 10 years old, Bodhana Sivanandan has become the youngest female chess player to defeat a grandmaster. She’s also the youngest person to earn the woman international master title, the second-highest ...