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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Mabel Banfield-Nwachi

British girl, 8, crowned best female player at European chess tournament

Bodhana Sivanandan playing chess
Bodhana Sivanandan was the top female in the European open blitz championship at Zagreb. Photograph: Luka Rifelj

A British schoolgirl who made chess history after she beat a master more than 30 years her senior at an international competition got into chess “accidentally”, her father has revealed.

Bodhana Sivanandan, eight, from Harrow, north-west London, was crowned best female player at the European rapid and blitz championship in Zagreb, Croatia at the weekend.

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