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    Susan Polgar (born April 19, 1969, as Polgár Zsuzsanna and often known as Zsuzsa Polgár) is a Hungarian-American chess grandmaster. Polgár was Women's World Chess Champion from 1996 to 1999.

  3. Apr 25, 2024 · Susan Polgar is a Hungarian-born American chess player who won the women’s world championship in 1996 from Xie Jun of China. In 1999, Polgar was stripped of her title by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE; the international chess organization) for failing to agree to match conditions.

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  4. Susan Polgar is a Hungarian grandmaster and the eldest of the Polgar sisters. Learn more about Polgar's chess achievements.

  5. Chess Grandmaster Susan Polgar. Hungarian-born Susan Polgar is one of the most decorated female chess players ever. In 1984, at age 15, she became the youngest ever to earn the world #1 ranking. In 1986, she made history by qualifying for the Men’s World Championship but was not allowed to play due to her gender. In 1991, she broke the gender ...

  6. May 24, 2021 · Polgar plans to become director emeritus of Webster’s Susan Polgar Institute for Chess Excellence, also known as SPICE. While she is moving to Florida, she plans to keep her place in St. Louis, noting that one son is still a Webster student and another, who graduated this year, is just beginning work on his MBA. “I’m still around,” she ...

  7. Inducted 2019. Born in Budapest, Hungary, Susan Polgar immigrated to the United States in 1994. The top-ranked woman in the world at 15, in 1991, she became the first to earn the grandmaster title by norms and rating. Polgar won the Women's World Rapid and Blitz Championships in 1992. Her victory in the 1996 Women's World Championship also made ...

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  9. Sep 18, 2017 · Susan isn’t the only Polgar to excel at chess, however. She has two younger sisters, Judit and Sofia. Both followed in her footsteps, received the same treatment from their father and became chess champions. The Polgar Sisters are mainstays on the chess circuit and a popular trio of inspirational women in sports.

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