Indian-origin schoolgirl to be youngest in England Chess team

Bodhana Sivanandan, a nine-year-old Indian-origin schoolgirl is set to make chess history after she became the youngest person selected to represent England internationally in any sport.

Bodhana, from Harrow in north-west London, will join the England Women’s Team at the



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Olympiad in Budapest, Hungary, in September. The others in her team are all in their 20s, 30s or 40s.

“I found out yesterday after I came back from school when my dad told me. I was happy. I hope I’ll do well and I’ll get another title,” she told the BBC on Wednesday.