10-Year-Old Chess Player
Youngest Ever To Beat Grandmaster
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A 10-year-old chess player made history earlier this month … when she became the youngest ever to take down a grandmaster.
The incredible feat occurred on Aug. 10 at the 2025 British Chess Championships in Liverpool, when Bodhana Sivanandan beat 60-year-old Peter Wells in the tourney’s final round.
Carissa Yip was also 10 years old when she defeated a grandmaster … but the International Chess Federation said because Sivanandan is roughly six months younger than Carissa when she completed the feat, Sivanandan is now the proud owner of the title.
🇬🇧♟👏 British sensation Bodhana Sivanandan has made history by becoming the youngest female chess player ever to beat a grandmaster!
The 10-year-old, from Harrow, pulled off the win on Sunday against 60-year-old Grandmaster Peter Wells in the last round of the 2025 British… pic.twitter.com/bAMqeyFZHm
— International Chess Federation (@FIDE_chess) August 11, 2025
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“I wanted to use the pieces as toys,” she told the outlet. “Instead, my dad said that I could play the game, and then I started from there.”
She added that she one day wants to become a grandmaster … and given what she just accomplished, it certainly seems that’s more of a when — not an if — at this point.
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