Daily Current Affairs / 10-Year-Old Bodhana Sivanandan Crowned UK Women’s Blitz Champion
Category : Sports Published on: November 26 2025
Ten-year-old Indian-origin chess sensation Bodhana Sivanandan has won the UK Women’s Blitz Championship, scoring an impressive 13.5/15 in Leamington Spa. She outperformed top players, including former champion Elmira Mirzoeva, to claim the title decisively. Bodhana has been rapidly rising in global chess, recently defeating former World Champion Mariya Muzychuk and becoming the youngest female to beat a grandmaster after defeating Peter Wells. Born in London to Tamil Nadu parents, she even represented England at the 2024 Chess Olympiad.
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