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Bodhana Sivanandan, a 10-year-old chess prodigy from London, made headlines over the summer after she became the youngest female chess player to defeat a grandmaster. This week, Sivanandan reached another important milestone in her young career.
The young talent, known as the “girl wonder,” defeated former women’s world champion and grandmaster Mariya Muzychuk in the first round of the European Chess Club Cup, hosted in Greece on Sunday.
Experts called the stunning victory a “near-perfect game,” The Times reported.
Grandmaster David Howell took to social media to commend Sivanandan for her “incredible win.”
“It’s not every day a 10-year-old defeats a [grandmaster] (and former world champion) in such style,” his post on X read.
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