10-year-old prodigy becomes youngest female to defeat a chess grandmaster

A 10-year-old British girl is full of shocking moves, and they have landed her a spot at the top of the chess world. In a historic turn of events, Bodhana Sivanandan became on Sunday the youngest female player to ever defeat a chess grandmaster, at the 2025 British Chess Championships in Liverpool. Bodhana beat Peter Wells, 60, at the competition's final. She's about six months younger than the American who previously held the record in 2019, according to the International Che