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Judit Polgár (born 23 July 1976) is a Hungarian chess grandmaster, widely regarded as the strongest female chess player of all time. In 1991, Polgár achieved the title of Grandmaster at the age of 15 years and 4 months, at the time the youngest to have done so, breaking the record previously held by former world champion Bobby Fischer .
Judit Polgar is a Hungarian chess grandmaster and the best female chess player in history. Learn more about her chess achievements.
For decades, my biography consisted almost entirely of my achievements in chess. At the age of 9, I won my first international tournament in New York. This became a cover story in The New York Times. I was 11 when I defeated a grandmaster for the first time in my life (in Brussels).
Aug 30, 2012 · Chess prodigy Judit Polgar is the most successful female player of all time but the birth of her first child forced her to rethink everything.
Dec 6, 2021 · Judit was the youngest of his children and at the age of five she beat her father, who was also a chess teacher. By her twelfth birthday, Polgár was the world’s top-ranked female.
Nov 1, 2016 · From a young age, Judit Polgár’s parents wanted her to be a genius. They got their wish. By age 7, she was playing chess against 15 opponents simultaneously — and beating them all.
Judit Polgar is universally recognized as the strongest female player of all time. She was first rated in the top 100 players in the world at age 12 and three years later broke Bobby Fischer’s record as the youngest grandmaster.
