11-Year-Old Bodhana Sivanandan Breaks Judit Polgar's Chess Record
Bodhana Sivanandan becomes the youngest female International Master, surpassing Judit Polgar’s long-standing age record at the European Women’s Club Cup.
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The story so far
3 publishers have covered this in 4 articles since 23 Oct 2026. The Guardian Sport published first, on 23 October at 07:00 UTC; Times of India followed 21h 47m later. The most recent article, from News Feed, appeared on 26 October at 13:44 UTC.
Outlets reporting it: The Guardian Sport (major outlet), News Feed (major outlet), Times of India.
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How it unfolded
Every source in the order it published.
- The Guardian SportChess: Bodhana Sivanandan, 11, can break another world age record on Friday
- Times of India11-year-old Indian-origin prodigy Bodhana breaks Polgar's 38-yo record
- Times of IndiaPrincess’s gambit: At 11, Bodhana Sivanandan is an international master
- News FeedChess: English schoolgirl, 11, breaks 38-year world record
Sources
Every article we clustered into this story. Headlines link to the publisher.
- Chess: English schoolgirl, 11, breaks 38-year world record News Feed ·
- Chess: Bodhana Sivanandan, 11, can break another world age record on Friday The Guardian Sport ·
- Princess’s gambit: At 11, Bodhana Sivanandan is an international master Times of India
- 11-year-old Indian-origin prodigy Bodhana breaks Polgar's 38-yo record Times of India
In this story
- Bodhana Sivanandan
- Judit Polgar
- European Women’s Club Cup
- English Chess Federation