11-Year-Old Becomes Youngest Woman Grandmaster

London schoolgirl Bodhana Sivanandan, 11, has become the youngest person ever to hold the title of woman grandmaster at the Chess Olympiad in Uzbekistan. The young chess prodigy played on a car booster seat to reach the board during the competition.

Her father taught her chess when she was five, and just three years later, at age eight, she defeated former British champion. Despite her international success, Bodhana continues to attend school in north London, where she balances her chess career with her first term at secondary school. mchezo.co.za