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English Chess Tracker retweeted
An 11-year-old chess prodigy has become the youngest woman grandmaster of all time, after a strong performance at the 46th Chess Olympiad. cnn.it/4hQZouF
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IM Sohum Lohia drew with GM Petr Velicka in Rd 5 of the 6th Gambit Closed Tournament. Four draws and one loss so far in what is proving to be quite a tight tournament. #chess #Englishchess
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English Chess Tracker retweeted
British chess prodigy, 11, becomes youngest woman grandmaster bbc.in/4hR8E1O
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IM Sohum Lohia is participating in the 6th Gambit Closed Tournament. He currently sits on 1.5/4 after a first loss today vs IM Md Imran. #chess #Englishchess
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Currently the 5th most read article on BBC News #chess.
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English Chess Tracker retweeted
Many congratulations to Uzbekistan and China on their Olympiad gold medals!! 🥇 🏆 Inspirational team spirit and, of course, incredible chess. Been fun watching/commentating on the event, despite the FOMO! ☺️🥹♟️
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The Hull 4NCL Congress has been won by IM Marcus Harvey, who scored 4.5/5, including this win over CM Rithvik Deepak Ambattu, after grinding out a fantastic endgame. #chess #Englishchess
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Lovely final move from GM Gawain Jones to cap off his Olympiad. This vs GM Francesco Sonis. #ChessOlympiad
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Chess Olympiad 2026 Open: Italy 1.5-2.5 England.
Final rank: 12th.
England finished with a narrow win, including GM Nikita Vitiugov win on Board 1 vs GM Lorenzo Lodici #ChessOlympiad
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Chess Olympiad 2026 Women: Philippines 1.5-2.5 England.
Final rank: 15th.
An IM-norm gaining win for FM Bodhana Sivanandan vs WGM Janelle Mae Frayna helped England overcome the Phillipines! Frayna didn't anticpate Bodhana's knight when responding to a threat. #ChessOlympiad
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English Chess Tracker retweeted
11-year-old Bodhana Sivanandan won on demand in the final round to add an IM norm to her WGM norm! chess.com/events/2026-fide-w…
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Chess Olympiad 2026 Open: England 2.5-1.5 Belarus
England achieved narrow victory over Belarus to climb to 21st. GM Gawain Jones' win vs GM Mihail Nikitenko featured some very nice tactics #chess #ChessOlympiad
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Chess Olympiad 2026 Women: England 1.5-2.5 Georgia.
A narrow loss in Rd 10 saw England Women slip to 21st in the rankings. #ChessOlympiad
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The Hull 4NCL Congress began yesterday. Rd 3 is under way this afternoon. IM Marcus Harvey shares the lead after 2 rounds. He beat Simon Roe in Rd 2. Things went wrong fast for Roe, who resigned when faced with losing material #chess #Englishchess
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What a huge achievement for the young star!
THE FIRST-EVER 11-YEAR-OLD WGM!!!! 🥳🥳🥳
Congrats to Bodhana Sivanandan on becoming the first 11-year-old in chess history to earn the WGM title! 🏴
She just made her final WGM norm at the Olympiad! Only Hou Yifan & Kateryna Lagno were even WGMs at 12! 🤯
📷: R Oleksiewicz
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Chess Olympiad 2026 Open: Peru 1-3 England
GM Nikita Vitiugov finished with a lovely move to beat GM Jorge Cori in Rd 9, as England aimed to launch themselves back up the rankings. #ChessOlympiad
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Chess Olympiad 2026 Women: England 3-1 Estonia
IM Harriet Hunt played out an fantastic endgame to beat WFM Sofia Blokhin as England won convincingly against Estonia #ChessOlympiad
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Chess Olympiad 2026 Women (Rd 8 recap): Peru 2-2 England
WGM Lan Yao scored the only win as England drew with Peru. She gradually accumulated material through the game to beat Maria Teresa Jiminez Salas. #ChessOlympiad
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Chess Olympiad 2026 Open: England 1.5-2.5 Uzbekistan 2
In Rd 8, it was a second narrow defeat on the bounce for England, leaving England well down the leaderboard. They face Peru in Rd 9. #ChessOlympiad
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