British schoolgirl becomes youngest woman grandmaster

[ArabellaScott]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqwyzrg7xm2zo

'A British child chess prodigy has become the youngest player in history to earn the woman grandmaster (WGM) title.
Bodhana Sivanandan, 11, from north-west London, secured her third and final WGM norm - a certified title-level performance - while representing England at the 46th Chess Olympiad in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, the International Chess Federation (FIDE) confirmed.
Speaking to FIDE, Sivanandan said she was happy about the achievement but wanted to "keep making history".
It is the latest milestone in a remarkable rise for the schoolgirl, who has already become Britain's youngest women's chess champion and the youngest person to represent England internationally in any sport.'

Brilliant! Well done to Bodhana on an amazing achievement.

Was talking to my chess mad, but nowhere near Bodhana’s level, 11yo son about her this evening and he was very impressed. Well done Bodhana!

Amazing ! What an incredible achievement.

That’s is fab!!!

Wow, congratulations to her! This is so impressive 😍

Love that she "wants to keep making history" 😎 yes girl!

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 for her!!

I've been reading about her for a few years now, she's great. There was some show on tv a while ago and she was playing 3 adults, zipping between the boards,and crushed them all at about 9.

I read this on the BBC news website earlier. Not a lot of good news on there at the moment but this was a lovely read. She comes across as so marvellously self possessed. Keep it up Bodhana!

Congratulations to her, a big well done, I hope she continues to slay 'em.

Well done Bodhana, amazing achievement!
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

wow, that’s great! Sounds like she’s happy and well balanced too.

Amazing scenes. Lovely pic of Bodhana.

Gary Kasparov's memoir is interesting (still quite bitter about being beaten by a computer); he writes at length about how growing up in the former Soviet Union it was completely normal to play chess, and culturally aspirational to excel at it. Therefore anyone who was naturally good at the game got the chance to progress and be supported. It would be great if Bodhana's success means more girls give it a go.

Chess is pretty popular with young people I know around here. Surprisingly so, in fact. Schools have chess clubs and they are always busy.

She seemed such a charming child. Congratulations to her.

Well done Bodhana! Keep on shining bright and achieving your goals and dreams.

Lovely thread OP. What great achievements. Well done Bodhana.

A great achievement by any standards but spectacular at such a young age.