Eight-Year-Old Chess Prodigy Wins European Championships
Bodhana Sivanandan from London defeats seasoned professionals, drawing praise from the global chess community.
- Eight-year-old Bodhana Sivanandan from Harrow, north-west London, has been crowned the best female player at the European blitz chess championships, scoring 8.5/13 at the event in Croatia.
- She defeated an international master and drew with a grandmaster, finishing ahead of seasoned professionals.
- Her performance has been described as 'unbelievable' and 'phenomenal' by the chess community, with many praising her mature and strategic playing style.
- Bodhana started playing chess at the age of five during the pandemic and has expressed her ambition to become a grandmaster and England's youngest Olympic gold medallist.
- She will next compete at the International Chess Congress in Hastings, one of the world's longest running tournaments, on 28 December.