A 10-year-old British chess prodigy defeated world champion Mariya Muzychuk — putting her one step closer to becoming the youngest grandmaster. Bodhana Sivanandan has been described as a "girl wonder, ...

Twenty-one-year-old Trisha Kanyamarala became the first Irish woman to be awarded the title of woman grandmaster (WGM) in chess, following her high standard of play at the London Chess Classic ...

A 10-year-old British girl has made chess history by becoming the youngest female player to ever beat a grandmaster. Bodhana Sivanandan, from northwest London, defeated 60-year-old grandmaster Pete ...

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India slipped to 25th in the 2026 Gender Equality in Chess Index (GECI), highlighting gender imbalance in the sport. Despite strong performances by elite women players, female participation in youth ...

Judit Polgár, who is widely regarded as the best female chess player of all time, defeated great players like Garry Kasparov, Magnus Carlsen, and other world champions. She is the only woman to pass ...

Judit Polgár won the very first chess tournament she ever played in. She was 6 years old. The Hungarian-born prodigy's impressive rise to chess stardom, which included becoming the world's top-ranked ...

QUINCY – Fans of the popular TV series “The Queen’s Gambit” had the chance to see the real thing in the person of Nadya Kosintseva, one of the world’s top chess players. Kosintseva, who is from Russia ...