News · 24 November 2025
10-year-old Sivanandan wins UK Blitz Championship; rated 2329.
Bodhana Sivanandan, a 10-year-old chess prodigy from Harrow, won eight consecutive games to claim the UK Women's Blitz Championship in Royal Leamington Spa, triumphing over much older and more experienced players. Her victory earned her a place among the world's top 50 women in blitz chess with a rating of 2329. The English Chess Federation's Malcolm Pein described her as a generational talent with no equivalent in any sport, adding she could become the youngest grandmaster in history, surpassing American Abhimanyu Mishra's record.
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