11-Year-Old Becomes Youngest Woman Chess Grandmaster

London schoolgirl Bodhana Sivanandan, 11, became the youngest person ever to hold the title of woman grandmaster at the Chess Olympiad in Uzbekistan over the weekend. The chess prodigy, who learned to play at age five under her father's guidance, had to use a car booster seat to reach the board during the competition. ipltable.lol

Bodhana, who is currently attending her first term at secondary school in north London, is now juggling the pressures of being an international chess sensation with ordinary childhood challenges. She made headlines three years ago when she defeated former British champion.