London, UK
Joined March 2020
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An interview with Bodhana after she created history by becoming an IM at the age of 11 years 7 months and 16 days. Timestamps: 00:00 Bodhana becomes an IM: the records 01:17 Bodhana joins: does she think about records? 01:49 Three IM norms, all in 2026 02:17 Playing board one at the European Club Cup 03:00 Round 1 vs Goryachkina: Exchange Slav, a fighting loss 07:52 Round 2 vs WFM Darshini: a slow positional squeeze 14:59 Converting the endgame: limiting her moves 16:40 Grinding like Magnus: positional or attacking? 17:29 vs Olga Badelka: why gxf6? 19:21 Minority attack and the rook to h6 idea 22:43 Time pressure and the sneaky Qh3 on move 40 24:52 vs Nino: an exchange up in a Ruy Lopez, but a draw 26:55 The lesson: when to open the position 29:02 vs Ena Cvitan: from big trouble to Nxd4! 32:27 vs Arina Budiak: the fight for f5 34:21 Bodhana on the engine: not the ultimate truth 35:52 Last round vs Viktoria Johansson: win and become an IM 39:39 5.5/7 on top board: celebrations? 40:21 Next: the London Chess Classic 40:37 D. Gukesh vs Sindarov: who's the favourite? 41:07 Welcome to the IM club
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Bodhana is now: 🏆Youngest female IM 🏆Youngest girl to achieve IM norm 🏆Youngest WGM ever 🏆Youngest WIM ever 🏆 Youngest WFM ever 🏆 Youngest girl to break 2300 🏆 Youngest girl to defeat a 2600+ GM 🏆 Youngest British Women's Champion chess.com/news/view/bodhana-…
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INTERNATIONAL MASTER AT ELEVEN!!!! 🤯 Congrats to Bodhana Sivanandan on breaking Judit Polgar's record for the youngest girl to become an IM! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🥳🎉😀 She's the 7th-youngest kid ever to earn the IM title (!!), right behind Sindarov and right ahead of Gukesh! 😮 📷: ECU
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We've accidentally given away a piece, but now have a winning move, which is...?
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Help we're being Maroczy Bound. What should we do?
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We've given away a knight on g4, but now have a thematic tactic to remember:
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This is clearly an easy good knight v bad bishop win for Black, right?
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Michael Bennett retweeted
Tired of facing the tricky French Defense? Try the Advance Variation, where I show you a cool trap that even Caruana fell for! What has a crushing move here! Find out below 👇
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White was completely winning but now we have a chance:
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Black to play and win in this Kan-esque Sicilian:
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