At the age of 10, the youngest female chess plays to defeat Grandmaster

Cautuk of a 10 -year -old chess has made history as the youngest female player ever to defeat a Grandmaster, which can earn any chess player.

According to the International Chess Federation, Bodhana Shivanandan earned an impressive record on Sunday during the final round of this year’s British Chess Championship in Liverpool, England, which controls the game of chess. Shivandan of London region defeated 60 -year -old Grandmaster Peter Wales to go home for the title.

“British sensation Bodhana Shivanandan has made history by becoming the youngest female chess player to defeat a Grandmaster!” International Chess Federation wrote on Monday In a social media post“Shivanandan’s victory in 10 years, five months and three days defeats the 2019 records organized by American Carisa YIP (10 years, 11 months and 20 days).”

Shivanandan has not yet received a Grandmaster title of his own, BBC news reportedA CBS news partner, because the governing body of the game requires that each chess player reaches a series of first milestones.

His new class, “Woman International Master”, is the second largest title for women players after “Grandmaster” according to the outlet. Shivanandan told BBC News that she started playing during the Kovid -19 epidemic, when she was just 5 years old.

Malcolm Peyin, an international chess master whose charity organization helps students to provide access to sports, said that Shivanandan is a trailblasing in an area that traditionally dominated by men.

“He has composed so much, he is very humble and yet he is very spectacular in chess,” Peen told BBC News. “She can easily become a female world champion, or perhaps the overall world champion. And of course I believe she is definitely to become a grandmaster.”

In December, an 8 -year -old chess Kautuk became the youngest player to defeat a grandmaster. Boy, Aswath KaushikA chess tournament in Switzerland won his match against the 37 -year -old Jasek Stop. Kaushik, who belongs to India, but lives in Singapore, replaced another young virtuous, who earned the title himself just a week ago. The boy was Lyonid Ivanovic of Serbia, slightly larger than Kaushik in 8 years and 11 months.