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Shreyas Royal, 17, is youngest ever British chess champion as new generation takes over

Bodhana Sivanandan, 11, is the youngest ever British women’s champion while Supratit Banerjee, 12, has become England’s youngest ever international master

The Guardian - UK

Indian-origin prodigies Bodhana Sivanandan, Shreyas Royal make British chess history

Bodhana Sivanandan and Shreyas Royal made chess history winning the British Chess Championships. Bodhana became Britain's youngest Women's chess champion after a playoff. Shreyas Royal secured the overall British title, finishing ahead of grandmasters. Royal, who moved from India, was allowed to stay in the UK. This event was the…

The Economic Times

Chess: Adams loses first British Championship game since 1988 to rising star

The Taunton grandmaster had been unbeaten in 87 games in a row, during which time he had won all his nine titles

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Chess: Bodhana Sivanandan, 11, breaks another world age record at Dole Trophy

The Harrow schoolgirl eclipses the legend Judit Polgar as the youngest girl ever to score an international master result

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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

The Guardian - UK

ChessFest back in London as public get chance to take on grandmasters

Annual celebration on 12 July enables social players and children to challenge some of England’s best

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'England’s top female chess player': Rishi Sunak hails Indian-origin Bodhana Sivanandan

British politician and former Prime Minister of UK, Rishi Sunak took to X on April 3, 2026, to congratulate Bodhana Sivanandan, an Indian-origin 11-year-old. Sivanandan who belongs to Harrow, became England's top female chess player recently.

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Chess: Sindarov, 20, takes early 1-point lead as Uzbek star stuns Candidates field

The Uzbek grandmaster has scored 3.5/4, including an impressive victory against the world No 3 and Candidates favourite, Fabiano Caruana

The Guardian - UK

Chess: iconic Reykjavik Open sparks memory of Bobby Fischer from 1973

The US legend declined a $25,000 offer from shoe firm Clarks to meet the cream of England’s juniors

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Chess: Scotland’s Freddy Waldhausen Gordon, 15, routs the English in British Rapidplay

The teenager defeated the tournament favourite, Gawain Maroroa Jones, in the final round to secure victory by half a point

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Chess: British players win Isle of Wight Masters as Scots achieve rare double

GM Matthew Wadsworth won in Ryde on tiebreak, Scottish GM Matthew Turner also shared first, while in Graz Scotland’s Freddy Waldhausen Gordon, 15, qualified for the IM title

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Chess: Magnus Carlsen wins yet again while British Championship prize fund soars

The world No 1 won his 21st global title by defeating his old rival Fabiano Caruana in Freestyle chess at Weissenhaus in Germany

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Chess: Magnus Carlsen triumphs in London speed event but Nakamura fails

The Norwegian, 35, showcased his skills in the chess.com speed championship, but the US star and streamer was twice beaten

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‘Chess Wimbledon’ starts with world champion challenged by rising stars

India’s Gukesh Dommaraju takes on Candidates qualifiers and stars who missed out, plus a talent for the 2030s

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Chess: Fide to ‘discipline’ Kramnik over Naroditsky cheating allegations

The Fide president, Arkady Dvorkovich, said that Kramnik, who is accused of unfounded allegations against Naroditsky, will be referred to its ethics disciplinary committee

The Guardian - UK

Chess: Ukraine soldier grandmaster wins gold medal at European team championships

Igor Kovalenko, 36, the world No 48 with a Fide rating of 2669, has been a frontline soldier for three years and only began playing again a month ago

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Chess: Adams wins ninth British title, while 10-year-old girl breaks two world records

The 53-year-old is just one short of Jonathan Penrose’s record, while Bodhana Sivanandan became the youngest ever woman international master

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Who Is 10-Year-Old Chess Prodigy Bodhana Sivanandan? Family 'Stunned' by Daughter's Meteoric Rise and Titles

Bodhana Sivanandan, a 10-year-old chess prodigy from London, has made history as the youngest female to beat a grandmaster, shattering records and earning multiple titles.

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Chess: 10-year-old targets world record alongside grandmasters at British Championship

Record entry in Liverpool, while Bodhana Sivanandan bids to become youngest national women’s champion

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Chess: Carlsen scores in Paris, leads Freestyle Grand Slam after two events

The world No 1 defeated his old rival and world No 2, Hikaru Nakamura, in the final, and took the $3.75m series lead before the third Slam event in Las Vegas

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UK Blitz chess final pits grandmasters against a golden generation

Juniors make up nearly half the field, including a nine-year-old top seed, while in Kolkata Magnus Carlsen surged to victory in the Tata Steel Rapid

The Times of India

From 9-year-old prodigies to 84-year grandmother, chess has no age limit

A day after 55-year-old Vasyl Ivanchuk avenged his 2009 World Cup defeat against Wesley So, TOI chronicles the intriguing statistics of the 45th FIDE Chess Olympiad, where nearly 2,000 participants from almost 200 countries converged in Budapest.

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Chess: Ethan Pang, nine, beats three grandmasters but misses 2300 rating

The London schoolboy defeated three GMs in successive games in Budapest and narrowly failed to achieve a world age record 2300 and a Fide Master title

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Chess: Vachier-Lagrave wins $300,000 event while Firouzja loses in nine moves

The 33-year-old won the online CrunchLabs Masters, defeating Firouzja in the final, after previously eliminating the world No 1, Magnus Carlsen

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England reveal strong Olympiad squads as seniors campaign for gold in Krakow

Top five English grandmasters will feature in Budapest – as will nine-year-old prodigy Bodhana Sivanandan

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