Meet the 10-year-old chess player making history

Meet 10-year-old chess player Bodhana.

She's just made history thanks to her super impressive chess skills.

Bodhana has become the youngest person to earn the woman international master title - the second highest level a player can ever achieve.

And her amazing feat doesn't stop there.

She also became the youngest female player to beat a chess grandmaster (the highest title a chess player can get) at the recent 2025 British Chess Championship.

Bodhana's win is not only a massive achievement for someone her age, but an incredible win for anyone of any age too.

She started playing chess in 2020, at the age of five, and when she first began - she initially thought that the chess pieces were toys!

Bodhana explained: "I saw a chessboard, and I was interested in the pieces.

"I wanted to use the pieces as toys. Instead, my dad said that I could play the game, and then I started from there," she added.

Bodhana quickly progressed and her natural talent for the sport shone through.

Last year, aged nine years old, she was selected to represent England.

It's thought that Bodhana is the youngest person ever to represent England internationally in any sport.

But why does she like the chess?

According to Bodhana, chess makes her feel "good" and helps her with "lots of other things like maths, how to calculate".

She says she now hopes to achieve her ultimate goal of becoming a grandmaster - the highest title a chess player can achieve.