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When it comes to the real queen of chess — not the orphaned, sedative-addicted, fashionista variety now in vogue courtesy of Netflix’s “The Queen’s Gambit” — Susan Polgar is a model ...
Cancel anytime. It was about five years ago that a woman in Virginia, on a whim, wrote to Susan Polgar, the chess grandmaster who recently moved her collegiate team from Texas to Webster University.
Mention the name "Polgar" to any chess player, and you're bound to see a gleam of recognition, and perhaps envy, in their eye. Susan Polgar is the oldest of three Hungarian sisters (Judit and ...
All 16 were men. Susan Polgar is not a man. But at 15, she catapulted to the top ranking in female chess and held a position in the top three for 23 years. She broke gender barriers -- first woman ...
Hungarian Susan Polgar earned chess’ highest honor at age 15. She and her family faced antisemitism and harassment from the ruling Communist Party, and sexism from opponents and officials in chess.
Susan Polgar was perfumed, coiffed, made-up and dressed in a sleek black pantsuit, an elegant contrast to the boys and young men hunched over their boards in her Queens, New York, chess club.
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FOX 2 stopped at one of the only coffee shops in Maeystown, the Roastery, located at 1103 Mill Street. While in the area, the crew also stopped by Georgia Mae's Antiques and Maeystown General Store.
Legendary chess player Susan Polgar met and greeted Nagalakshmi, the mother of Indian chess prodigies Praggnanandhaa and Vaishali, during the Chess Olympiad in Hungary. The former world champion ...
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