Young British prodigy shatters Polgar's 38-year-old record
Plus: Team USA edges Uzbekistan in Miami rapid-blitz, and Alice Lee reaches the Women's Speed Chess Championship final.
TL;DR
- Bodhana Sivanandan, age 11, defeated GM Marc'Andria Maurizzi (2628) at the Dole Trophy, breaking Judit Polgar's 38-year record as the youngest girl to beat a 2600+ grandmaster.
- Team USA (Nakamura, Caruana, So, Aronian) leads Team Uzbekistan 5-3 after the rapid round of WR Chess Miami, with Aronian scoring 2.5/3.
- 16-year-old IM Alice Lee advanced to the Women's Speed Chess Championship final after defeating FM Anastasia Avramidou with 11 wins in 12 games in the semifinals.
Players and ratings
Bodhana breaks Polgar's 38-year record at age 11
A stunning breakthrough raises the bar for the next generation of female grandmasters.
Bodhana Sivanandan defeated French GM Marc'Andria Maurizzi (2628) at the Dole Trophy in Aix-en-Provence, becoming the youngest girl to defeat opposition at that elite rating. The 11-year-old's breakthrough shatters Judit Polgar's 38-year-old record and brings her second WGM norm and first IM norm. (via ChessBase)
Online chess
USA leads Uzbekistan in Miami rapid; Lee reaches Speed Chess final
Elite team rapid-blitz in Miami featured the world championship challenger, while a teenage prodigy powered through the women's speed chess semifinals.
Team USA held a 5-3 lead over Team Uzbekistan after the rapid portion of WR Chess Miami on July 27–28 at Faena Miami Beach. The Scheveningen format matched Hikaru Nakamura, Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So, and Levon Aronian against Javokhir Sindarov (challenger for Gukesh's world title in November), Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Khidirbek Yakubboev, and Shamsiddin Vokhidov. Aronian topped the American roster with 2.5/3 in rapid. (via ChessBase)
Lee advances to Speed Chess final. Sixteen-year-old IM Alice Lee stormed into the Women's Speed Chess Championship final with a dominant run through the semifinals, defeating FM Anastasia Avramidou with 11 wins in 12 games. Lee will compete for the title and $75,000 prize fund in the tournament's concluding rounds. (via Liquipedia)