Bodhana Sivanandan celebrates England call-up at with 20,000 chess fans at biggest-ever ChessFest
Record-breaking nine-year-old Bodhana Sivanandan celebrated her call-up to England’s chess team in a packed Trafalgar Square on Sunday as ChessFest drew its biggest-ever crowd. More than 23,000 people—8,000 more than last year—descended on London’s iconic venue to brave a mixed bag of weather as the UK’s annual free chess event got under way. | Photo: ChessFest