8-year-old British schoolgirl amazes chess world with historic European championship victory

• An eight-year-old girl has set new chess records at a European tournament.
• Bodhana Sivanandan won the women's prize at the European blitz championship in Croatia.
• The event included some of the world's best chess players, including 48 grandmasters.

An eight-year-old girl from London has set new chess records at a European tournament.

Bodhana Sivanandan won the women's prize at the European blitz championship in Zagreb, Croatia, finishing 73rd out of 555 players.