A 10-year-old British chess player made history last week when she beat a 60-year-old chess grandmaster, becoming the youngest female chess player ever to do so.

According to the International Chess Federation, Bodhana Sivanandan won against 60-year-old grandmaster Peter Wells in the last round of the 2025 British Chess Championships in Liverpool.

Bodhana Sivanandan, a chess prodigy

By the numbers:

Sivanandan’s victory at 10 years, 5 months and 3 days beats the 2019 record held by AmericanCarissa Yip (10 years, 11 months and 20 days), the International Chess Federation said in a post on X.

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According to BBC , Sivanandan’s win also makes her the youngest person to earn the woman international master title, the secon

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