Perfect score at U8 World Rapid Championship!

Bobby Fischer mentality

A score of 11/11 at a prestige event immediately brings to mind Bobby Fischer's perfect score at the '63-64 US Chess Championship. Bodhana Sivanandan seems to have the same mindset as Bobby Fischer and kept playing for wins, despite guaranteeing 1st place with 2 rounds to go! This blog comes just after the completion of the rapid event and a day ahead of the blitz section. With her natural talent and the winning mentality she has, we can expect her to put in another dominant performance and become double world champion in her age group for the 2nd year in a row (here is media coverage on some of her previous achievements: Chess: Seven-year-old achieves historic performance in UK women’s blitz | Financial Times (ft.com))!

Attacking chess

Sivanandan, like many great players, has an attacking style and can finish opponents off quickly! Just like in heavyweight boxing, where spectators love to see early knock outs, chess is most exciting for spectators when games are action packed, decisive miniatures. Bodhana Sivanandan is a name that seems destined to become synonymous with women's chess, as this young player is on track to become the youngest woman's world champion in history! Below is a game from Sivanandan where she destroyed her opponent (who finished as runner up in the championship) in just 25 moves!

Perfect score at World Championship! - YouTube