The primary school pupil from Harrow, Bodhana Sivanandan has created history in the chess world after winning the 1st women prize in the European Blitz Chess Championship with a remarkable 8.5/13 against a bunch of grandmasters in the European Blitz championship.
In the penultimate round, Sivanandan defeated an International Master (IM) England women’s coach Lorin D’Costa. The championship had a mammoth entry of 555 players, including 48 grandmasters (GMs) and 50 international masters (IMs).
Unbelievable result by 8 yo girl- Bodhana, who held a draw in the last round of the European Blitz Championship to score 8,5p/ 13, winning the 1st prize among women ahead of me and a bunch of other experienced players! What a phenomenon she is! @ECUonline#chess #WomenInChess pic.twitter.com/jpezeVhwo5
— Irina Bulmaga (@IrinaBulmaga) December 16, 2023
8-year-old Bodhana Sivanandan just shocked the chess world with an incredible performance in the European Blitz Championship! 🤯👏 pic.twitter.com/vxolP8HrrZ
— Chess.com (@chesscom) December 17, 2023
In October, the eight year old prodigy made headlines by clinching the title of England's first world youth champion in 25 years winning triple crown - classical, rapid, and blitz.
Congratulations to 8-year-old super talented Bodhana Sivanandan🏴 on winning the 1st women prize in the European Blitz Chess Championship! She scored impressive 8.5/13 points and earned 211.2 blitz ELO points!🏆👏👏 https://t.co/7SZqlleJQt
— European Chess Union (@ECUonline) December 16, 2023
Her outstanding result earned her a prize for the best woman player, prompting Romanian IM Irina Bulmaga to express her admiration on X formely kown as Twitter. "Unbelievable result by 8 yo girl- Bodhana, who held a draw in the last round of the European Blitz Championship to score 8,5p/ 13, winning the 1st prize among women ahead of me and a bunch of other experienced players! What a phenomenon she is!" she wrote, noting that Bodhana took the woman prize ahead of her.
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