Chess Prodigy Bodhana Sivananadan Meets Judit Polgar, The Greatest Woman Chess Player Of All Time!

9-year-old Bodhana Sivanandan sits down with the GOAT, Judit Polgar to go through one of her most famous games.
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[@suntzu6122]

Judit is a great teacher

[@VARMOT123]

Judit polgar turned out to be so normal unlike other top super gms .what a nice pleasant lady for a young prodigy to be around and learn

[@speeddemon2901]

I mean caruana levon anand anish are all "normal"... but yeah she is a very good with speaking out the thought process and the position in a game

[@vivekpsuresh]

@@speeddemon2901 Most GMs are normal, the abnormal GMs are just the loudest ones

[@jadephoenix222]

wdym "normal" 😅

[@vivekpsuresh]

@@jadephoenix222 In this context it means socially competent, good manners, good emotional regulation etc.

[@angelinarhodes7394]

@@jadephoenix222 basically anyone but Hikaru

[@fore101]

Judit’s voice is so calming, explaining, showing and praising the good moves.

[@manish7897]

Like a teacher 😊

[@fore101]

This young lady is impressive. She is exceedingly polite!

[@Silvermist78]

What an honor to be coached by Judith!! That must be a life changing experience for that child. 💪👌

[@willythewyno]

Judit is so cool! What a legend

[@juliegahret5236]

Judit was one of the best players in the world ❤

[@suntzu6122]

Is one of.

[@Yourlandlord.payrent]

Female*

[@MaxSujyReact]

@@Yourlandlord.payrent She was top 10 in the world (including men).

[@codetaku]

@@Yourlandlord.payrent No, if you say "one of the best" you just say players. If you say "she's the goat" you add female.

[@juliegahret5236]

@@Yourlandlord.payrent Wow…Misogyny much? You should at least know what your talking about before you open your mouth.

[@uselesscrappyvideos]

Judit Polgar is just a phenomenon in chess. It is so heart-warming and pure to see her discussing moves with Bodhana Sivanandan as an equal, since she is an unstoppable force herself. The mutual respect is incredible and their brilliant minds almost appear to work as one.

[@MaetsNori]

Judit is a legend. Though, much of what she explained here, Bodhana already knew. Incredible talent at 9 years old. She'll climb high!

[@thickskin6835]

Great video!! More such videos plz with GMs analyzing like this over the board!

[@joshg5657]

I could listen to Judit all day and be totally happy.

[@MrFroggyfrogfrog]

I love that video format ! Very instructive and relatable. On the top of that Judit’s voice is so relaxing and her explanations very clear. Great video Thank you

[@milordchess]

I already made my day seeing the queen of the chessboard. GM Judit Polgar teaching this young girl with a talent for chess. 🙄🤔👏

[@suwako2976]

This is frankly adorable

[@Chesstrugles.roadtogm]

Sharing is caring :-) Judit truly cares! Love the keys facts at the end, thank you.

[@bottlerocket3218]

In 2024, people can practice their chess game by playing thousands and thousands of opponents online at literally any time of day, but back in the 1990s and earlier, you needed to actually find people to play against, ones who actually wanted to play chess, luckily for Judit, she had two sisters, and other family members, who also loved playing chess often, that was quite an advantage for improving your game before the internet.

[@sophiewang1025]

The Polgar sisters' father basically did everything he could to foster their passion for chess and improve their chess skills as a sort of experiment to show that "talent", as opposed to something a person is born with or isn't, can be acquired entirely through training.

[@seasideman]

Bodhana has incredible understanding of the game for someone so young, and Judit is a great teacher. Lovely video, thank you.

[@simongardner1835]

Shall we look back one day at this video featuring the two greatest female players of all time? It could be, but I hope not too much pressure is put on Bodhana by such expectations. Great video.

[@academicju]

Loved this video, d5 pawn break to transform the position to an easier conversion was very instructive. More videos like this please!

[@oristernberg5640]

Great lesson. you need to have more video like this!!

[@donsurlylyte]

she immediately strikes me as such a good chess teacher

[@dicidicee]

One of my favourite personalities in chess!

[@drv5556]

I felt like "Sachin met with Don Bradman ".😊❤❤

[@samuecchi]

Judit is so good teaching she can understand whatever the girl is mumbling.

[@pierQRzt180]

I am a simple person, I see Judit teaching kids to greater heights and I like.

[@tigerspaw]

Fantastic video. Please show more like this.

[@The-PWW]

Wow I didn't know I was a 9 year old chess sensation!

[@VARMOT123]

Hope judit or humpy coaches bodhana . Would live to see bodhana at the candidates with a female coach. Would be so cool

[@vignesh6654]

Judit is a legendd

[@YunkerChess]

The future generation of women in chess promises a lot !

[@Mufasaa_45]

I want vishy and judit as my chess teachers

[@Randomlyme]

off course she is prodigy is and she is from south....proud for being a Southerner

[@gametime2473]

It's rare to have a player that was head and shoulders above everyone else in a category. Judit is the best female chess player of all time and it isn't even close.

[@luissantiagocorreia]

Great analysis.

[@pacovela1969]

Excellent teacher!!!

[@Serious-qk5lg]

I think Judit teaches well, while little Bodhana shows incredible intelligence, focus and playing skills for a 9-year-old. I just hope that she aims for something much more than women's world champion because such goals don't sound very encouraging.

[@Overlordsen]

A title that you of course won severel times with ease.

[@deadratjr]

​@@Overlordsen what this user is talking about is not selling yourself short. Many vary talented female chess players limit themselves by playing mostly woman's only chess. Where players like Ju Wenjun, Hou Yifan, Humpy Koneru, and the Muzychuk sisters have a strong sense of domination over the competition within there respective regions, only improving to stay above smaller competition. It's like settling for a silver or even a bronze trophy when you can go for gold or even higher. Judit Polgar sits as the only female chess player to accomplish a rating of over 2700 ELO for this very simple reason.

[@RachelLouAnnFranklin]

New Judit Polgar fan here!

[@donsurlylyte]

that future goat is just a kid.

[@Jaja-hx6ch]

Very talented kid

[@Chessvision1]

second highest rated u10 player in mens and womens chess, she’s showing incredible potential

[@amirovsky2012]

The kid had a good lessons from the Queen .

[@Marcelo-bf6nt]

Judit Polgar is a rockstar.

[@lessormore001]

As valuable as this advices are, it's lovely to see little Bodhana already know the vast majority of these things. Beating a strong 2400+ player at the age of 8 spells a bright future and her rating increase is reminiscent of Mishra or Faustino. She would have a chance to fight for Magnus' position, but she certainly has the predispositions to be a top open rating player, so let's hope she doesn't waste her potential in women's tournaments. Unfortunately, the organizers are now not making it any easier for women to be really good at the game with these equalized prizes. If only they wouldn't take away from her ambitions and if only she had it herself.

[@NARAYANNE007]

So nice of the legend

[@rickeylucero3955]

I loved this l. Judith is bomb!!. Great to see this.

[@colinbrash]

Legend. Wow.

[@ShubhamKumar-ex3nk]

Thank you Judit for spending time with her after all the racial attacks she faced I am sure it's means a lot to her and parents

[@LoneWanderer66]

racial attacks ? i am perhaps unaware what really happened

[@Chessvision1]

@@LoneWanderer66bigots get mad that she plays under the british federation even though she looks indian (whatever the hell that means). she’s a british born child tho

[@motherbrain2000]

I’d watch more of these

[@rupalimandil5073]

This gives me lot more ideas

[@goodfriend4773]

great kid

[@jaspreetmodi]

Sivananadan is an incorrect spelling in the title.

[@julizar5767]

amazing

[@salembaabbad8783]

Judit is a Perfect woman 😊

[@ChimeMemeh]

why she look so frustrated XD

[@mikael2003]

Cool kid. Whats her rating?

[@russellterry6005]

2185 (July 24)

[@ghanshyamjajoo3339]

Not chess prodigy Indian chess prodigy

[@Beach_comber]

Not Indian chess prodigy. English chess prodigy. Listen to her talk: a perfectly English child from Harrow (with Indian ancestry).

[@cvjsantos2024]

I’m the 🐐

[@Notsanumoments_W]

W

[@davidfranklin5426]

At 10:14 Judit suggests Rb8, but doesn’t White still have Rc2 because of Nb4 Rxb4 Rxb4 Rc8#?

[@АлексейПоляков-о1ъ]

Ну нормально

[@woman178]

Nima neki haa

[@sajeeb3081]

Future world champ good luck to her

[@tamgtamg1719]

in your dream

[@dominikmuller4455]

GWOAT*

[@Yourlandlord.payrent]

@@dominikmuller4455 exaclty