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Judit Polgar

1976-07-23 (47 years old) in Budapest, Hungary

Judit Polgar is a Hungarian Grandmaster, and considered the best female chess player, with a maximum Elo of 2735. In 1991, at the age of 15 years and four months, she surpassed the record of the legendary Bobby Fischer, of being the youngest chess player to become Grandmaster. She has beaten super grandmaster chess players such as Magnus Carlsen, Anatoly Karpov, Garry Kasparov, Vladimir Kramnik, Ruslan Ponomariov, Veselin Topalov, and many more. She retired in 2014, breaking her streak of being the best female chess player for more than 26 years.

Movies

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The Polgar Variant
100 %|Jul 1, 2014
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Bobby Fischer Against the World
68.92 %|Jun 6, 2011
Documentary, Drama

Series