11-year-old British girl becomes youngest female grandmaster
At the Chess Olympiad in Uzbekistan, 11-year-old Bodhana Sivandan from the United Kingdom became the youngest woman to achieve the title of grandmaster.
Consensus
- Bodhana Sivanesan is 11 years old.
- She is from the United Kingdom.
- She became the youngest female grandmaster in history.
- She achieved the final grandmaster norm at the 46th Chess Olympiad.
- The Chess Olympiad took place in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.
- She played on the first board for the England team.
- She scored eight points in eleven games at the Olympiad.
- She learned to play chess during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- She began participating in international tournaments in 2022.
- The title of female grandmaster is awarded by FIDE.
- The previous youngest female grandmaster was Kateryna Lagno, who achieved the title at age 12 years and 4 months in 2002.
- The title is permanent and exclusive to women.
Points of divergence
- The previous record holder, Kateryna Lagno, received the title in 2002 at age 12 years and four months. — vedomosti
- The previous record holder, Kateryna Lanko, became a grandmaster at age 12 years and four months in 2002. — vm
- The FIDE presidential council decided on August 24 not to allow the Russian team to participate in the Chess Olympiad. — vedomosti
- Timur Turlov was elected as the new FIDE president at the General Assembly in Samarkand, receiving 110 votes. — vm
- FIDE suspended the membership of the Russian Chess Federation in June. — vm
- Bodhana Sivanesan was born in 2015 in London. — kommersant
- Bodhana Sivanesan learned chess independently during the pandemic in 2021. — meduza
- She learned chess by watching YouTube videos. — kommersant
- She previously became the youngest female champion of Great Britain, breaking a record set in 1939 by Elaine Prichard. — vedomosti
Coverage (5 sources)
- 11-year-old chess player from the United Kingdom becomes the youngest female grandmaster in history — Meduza
- 11-year-old British girl becomes youngest female grandmaster in history — BBC News Русская служба
- British chess player Sivandhan became the youngest female grandmaster — Ведомости
- BBC: 11-year-old British Sivandanan becomes youngest female grandmaster — Вечерняя Москва
- Eleven-year-old Bodhana Sivananda became the youngest female grandmaster — Коммерсантъ
Key entities
- Bodhana Sivananda
- Samarkand
- Great Britain
- England
- Bodhana Savinandan
- BBC
- London
- The Times
- India
- Uzbekistan
- BBC
- FIDE
- FIDE
- British
- Ekaterina Lagno