On August 15, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet in Anchorage, Alaska, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson to discuss ending the war in Ukraine. It is the major news in mainstream media, as the meeting is loaded with expectations.
Not surprisingly, CNN is one of the major news outlets to pay detailed attention to the Trump – Putin summit in Alaska. But what do we find next to the Trump – Putin news on the main page? We have a chess news – Bodhana Sivanandan and her achievement of becoming the youngest female player to ever beat a grandmaster!
CNN says, “Bodhana Sivanandan, from northwest London, defeated 60-year-old grandmaster Pete Wells in the final round of the 2025 British Chess Championships in Liverpool on Sunday. At 10 years, five months and three days, Sivanandan broke the record set by American Carissa Yip, who was 10 years, 11 months and 20 days old when she defeated a grand master in 2019, according to the International Chess Federation (FIDE). Sivanandan has now earned woman international master status, one level below the female-exclusive woman grandmaster title; the highest title in chess is grandmaster, owned by the likes of current world chess champion Gukesh Dommaraju and world No. 1 Magnus Carlsen.”
Previously: Interview with Anna Cramling for CNN about her experiences as a chess player
Trump – Putin summit and the achievement of Bodhana Sivanandan — Chessdom (@chessdom) August 15, 2025
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