Bodhana, 11, breaks Polgar’s 38-year-old record to become youngest female chess IM

Bodhana Sivanandan, 11, on Friday became the youngest girl ever to earn chess’s International Master title.
The IM title is chess’s second-highest, ranking just below Grandmaster, and she is among the 10 youngest to hold it.
The Indian-origin England player broke a 38-year-old record set by Hungary’s Judit Polgar.
She won 5.5 of her 7 games at the European Women’s Chess Club Cup, beating Sweden’s Viktoria Johansson last.

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