Woman Grandmaster
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Oct 9, 2026
AnnaHOST
Bei den Frauen gab es ebenfalls Bewegung.
AnnaHOST
Sujineya ist wieder auf Platz 2 der Frauenliste, Alice Lee steigt erstmals in die Top 20 ein und Budhana Sivanandan wurde mit elf Jahren zur jüngsten Woman Grandmaster der Geschichte.
AnnaHOST
Die Spitze wird jünger, auch in Frauenschach.
AnnaHOST
Ratings, Titel und Erwartungen verschieben sich deutlich schneller als früher.
LilyHOST
An 11-year-old girl named Bodhana Sivanandan is so good at chess that she just made history.
LilyHOST
Bodhana became the youngest player ever to earn the title of Woman Grandmaster, which is one of the highest titles a female chess player can earn.
LilyHOST
She did it while playing for England at a tournament in Uzbekistan called the Chess Olympiad.
LilyHOST
Bodhana lives in Northwest London and is already Britain's youngest woman's chess champion.
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How would you do it?
Krista Bo PolancoHOST
According to the International Chess Federation, England's Bodhana Sivanandan now holds the title Woman Grandmaster.
Krista Bo PolancoHOST
She's the youngest to ever hold the title, and she clinched it after playing all 11 rounds at the 46th Chess Olympiad in Samarkand, Uzbekistan this week.
Krista Bo PolancoHOST
She told CNN that she's just getting started.
Chick McGeeHOST
Well, we got...
Chick McGeeHOST
I, is this a world record, or...? A chess prodigy from the United Kingdom become the youngest player in history to earn the Woman Grandmaster title.
Tom GriswoldHOST
Yeah.
Tom GriswoldHOST
Oh, nice.
Chick McGeeHOST
Which is, W- WGM, that is a title.
Jeff OskayPANELIST
Yes.
Chick McGeeHOST
Woman Grandmaster.
Jeff OskayPANELIST
Yes.
Ellie PriceCORRESPONDENT
But Bodhana still needs to sit on a car booster seat at competitions so she can see the board properly.
Ellie PriceCORRESPONDENT
Woman Grandmaster is the highest woman-only title a female player can attain, and the rank is held for life.
Ellie PriceCORRESPONDENT
But such an achievement doesn't mean she won't be back to play in her local chess club's annual tournament this Thursday on her way to her next target, International Master.
Caroline NichollsHOST
The headlines again.
Ankur DesaiHOST
Let's finish this podcast with a record-breaking child chess prodigy.
Ankur DesaiHOST
An 11-year-old British girl has become the youngest chess player in history to earn the Woman Grandmaster title.
Ankur DesaiHOST
Bodhana Sivanandan from London secured the title while representing England at the 46th Chess Olympiad in Uzbekistan.
Ankur DesaiHOST
Ellie Price reports.
Ellie PriceCORRESPONDENT
Now, at the ripe old age of 11, she's grown in stature, in reputation, clearly, in centimeters, a few.
Ellie PriceCORRESPONDENT
But Bodhana still needs to sit on a car booster seat at competitions so she can see the board properly.
Ellie PriceCORRESPONDENT
Woman Grandmaster is the highest woman-only title a female player can attain, and the rank is held for life.
Ellie PriceCORRESPONDENT
But such an achievement doesn't mean she won't be back to play in her local chess club's annual tournament this Thursday on her way to her next target, International Master.
Korva ColemanHOST
The judge says Trump is exceeding his authority here.
Korva ColemanHOST
A British chess prodigy has become the youngest player to earn the title Woman Grandmaster, and she's only eleven years old.
Korva ColemanHOST
NPR's Lauren Frayer has more from London.
Lauren FrayerCORRESPONDENT
Bodhana Sivanandan uses a booster seat to reach the chessboard.
Gideon ResnickHOST
According to USA Today, the hearing could offer an update on whether the judge intends to retry Clancy for first-degree murder, for a lesser charge like manslaughter, or forgo a second trial altogether.
Gideon ResnickHOST
And finally, an 11-year-old chess player has become the youngest in history to win the Woman Grandmaster title.
Gideon ResnickHOST
It's been a fast and remarkable rise for British schoolgirl Bhadana Sivanandan, who is already the youngest person to represent England internationally in any sport.
Gideon ResnickHOST
She learned to play by watching YouTube videos, and told the International Chess Federation she was pleased with the win, but wasn't done yet.
Stephen DevincenziHOST
Despite being allies, yesterday South Korean President Lee Jae-myung criticised Ukraine for talking openly about the transfer of the prisoners, saying that Ukraine had agreed to keep it a secret.
Stephen DevincenziHOST
And in Uzbekistan, British chess player Bodana Sivanandan has become the youngest ever WGM woman grandmaster, aged 11.
Stephen DevincenziHOST
That's your world news in seven minutes.
Stephen DevincenziHOST
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