The Youngest-Ever Female International Master

VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

booster seat: 어린이용 보조 의자
At just ten years old, Bodana Sivanandan is so small she needs a booster seat to see the board.

trounce (someone): 완파하다
The fifth grader from the UK regularly trounces adult champions, decades her senior, and is now the youngest ever female international master – the game’s second highest rank.

secondhand: 중고의
When Bidana was just five, her father brought home a secondhand chess set.

coach: 과외 교사
Within weeks, she was beating her dad, learning to master the game, not from a coach, but from lessons on YouTube.

veteran: 전문가
And today, videos of her defeating veteran players regularly go viral.

pressure: 압박
Do you ever feel like it’s too much pressure?

ancient: 고대의
An ancient game where a kid can be a queen.

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