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

[erronis]

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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[malthaussen]

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

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

-- Mal

[ProfessorGAC]

2. Makes Me Think Of The Movie...

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

[LetMyPeopleVote]

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

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]

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

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