Judit Polgar

Overview

Known for
Acting
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Birthday
Jul 23, 1976 (48 years old)

Judit Polgar

Known For

The Polgar Variant
1h 8m
Movie 2014

The Polgar Variant

The extraordinary story of three Hungarian-Jewish sisters who were raised in communist Budapest of the 1970s to become chess masters.

Bobby Fischer Against the World
1h 33m
Movie 2011

Bobby Fischer Against the World

The first documentary feature to explore the tragic and bizarre life of the late chess master Bobby Fischer.

Biography

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.

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