Chess: Bodhana Sivanandan, 11, breaks world age record from 38 years ago
11-year-old chess prodigy Bodhana Sivanandan has set a new world record by becoming the youngest girl to defeat a grandmaster rated over 2600. She achieved this feat by defeating French grandmaster Marc’Andria Maurizzi at the Dole Trophy.
Bodhana Sivanandan has two previous wins against GMs but neither of them was as prominent as her latest victim, Marc’Andria Maurizzi. Photograph: Rafal Oleksiewicz/Fide Bodhana Sivanandan has two previous wins against GMs but neither of them was as prominent as her latest victim, Marc’Andria Maurizzi. Photograph: Rafal Oleksiewicz/Fide Leonard Barden on chess Chess Chess: Bodhana Sivanandan, 11, breaks world age record from 38 years ago Harrow schoolgirl eclipses legend Judit Polgar’s mark as youngest girl ever to defeat a grandmaster rated above 2600, then draws with a former 2700
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