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erronis

(21,056 posts) Wed Aug 13, 2025, 04:14 PM Aug 13

London chess prodigy, 10, becomes master player -- BBC

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crlz56n9798o
Tony Grew

A 10-year-old chess prodigy from north-west London has become the youngest person to earn the woman international master title.

Bodhana Sivanandan, from Harrow, also became the youngest female player to beat a chess grandmaster at the 2025 British Chess Championship earlier this month.

In 2024 Bodhana was thought to have become the youngest person ever to represent England internationally in any sport when she was selected for England Women's Team at the Chess Olympiad in Hungary.

Her father Siva previously told the BBC he had no idea where his daughter got her talent from as neither he or his wife, both engineering graduates, are any good at chess.

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London chess prodigy, 10, becomes master player -- BBC (Original Post) erronis Aug 13 OP

Yeah, I'm sure Magnus Carlsen is shaking in his boots. malthaussen Aug 13 #1

Makes Me Think Of The Movie... ProfessorGAC Aug 13 #2

I remember getting clobbered by a youngster at a chess tournament LetMyPeopleVote Aug 14 #3

And I had a tennis opponent who was a chess grand master. erronis Aug 14 #4

malthaussen

(18,281 posts)

1. Yeah, I'm sure Magnus Carlsen is shaking in his boots.

Reply to erronis (Original post)

Wed Aug 13, 2025, 04:51 PM

Aug 13

Cool, but many child prodigies peak early and never get any better.

-- Mal

ProfessorGAC

(74,069 posts)

2. Makes Me Think Of The Movie...

Reply to erronis (Original post)

Wed Aug 13, 2025, 07:43 PM

Aug 13

...Searching For Bobby Fischer.
The masters in that movie were so young.

LetMyPeopleVote

(168,371 posts)

3. I remember getting clobbered by a youngster at a chess tournament

Reply to erronis (Original post)

Thu Aug 14, 2025, 03:50 PM

Aug 14

One of my good debater friends in high school is a ranked master. I was amused when they put me on their high school team for that tournament.

erronis

(21,056 posts)

4. And I had a tennis opponent who was a chess grand master.

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Reply #3)

Thu Aug 14, 2025, 04:01 PM

Aug 14

Not a power hitter but he was incredibly skilled at shot placement. I was probably 20 years his junior and he ran me ragged.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lubomir_Kavalek

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