Chess: Bodhana Sivanandan, 11, breaks world age record from 38 years ago
Harrow schoolgirl eclipses legend Judit Polgar’s mark as youngest girl ever to defeat a grandmaster rated above 2600, then draws with a former 2700 England’s
Harrow schoolgirl eclipses legend Judit Polgar’s mark as youngest girl ever to defeat a grandmaster rated above 2600, then draws with a former 2700 England’s 11-year-old talent Bodhana Sivanandan scored her best individual result last Saturday, when the Harrow schoolgirl defeated France’s 2628-rated grandmaster Marc’Andria Maurizzi, 19, in the opening round of the Dole Trophy in Ai en-Provence.
Maurizzi was world under-20 junior champion in 2023 and is the current French champion. Sivanandan had beaten two GMs previously, but neither was as eminent as Maurizzi, and her result is a new world age record for a girl to defeat a grandmaster rated over 2600.
The Frenchman held the advantage for the first 27 moves but then blundered into a tactic which won his queen for inadequate compensation. Continue reading...
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