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Apr 26, 2025 Susan Polgar - The Making of the First Female Grandmaster Chess Champion

Apr 26, 2025 Susan Polgar - The Making of the First Female Grandmaster Chess Champion

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 Susan Polgar learned chess from her father at age 3 and won her first title at age 4. The Hungarian Jew would eventually become a grandmaster and the greatest female player on the planet, but breaking the game's gender barrier against sexist opposition and a hostile Communist government was perhaps her greatest accomplishment of all.

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