Youngest Woman Grandmaster: Bodhana Sivanandan

London schoolgirl Bodhana Sivanandan, 11, made history this weekend by becoming the youngest person ever to hold the title of woman grandmaster at the Chess Olympiad in Uzbekistan. The chess prodigy, who learned the game from her father at age five, had to play on a car booster seat to reach the board during the competition. sportbet.reviews

Three years after learning chess, Bodhana defeated former British champion. By Tuesday morning, she was back at her north London school for a design and technology lesson, juggling her international chess sensation status with the challenges of childhood and her first term at secondary school.