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Palm Beach Gardens, Florida - A Hungarian native woman is trying to set a world record by playing 326 games of chess simultaneously in Palm Beach Gardens. Chessmaster Susan Polgar who now lives in New ...

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.

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. For Susan Polgar, getting back home to St. Louis has turned ...

Decorated chess player Polgar offers a granular, behind-the-scenes look at her path to success in this illuminating if somewhat narrowly focused memoir. Polgar was born in Hungary in 1969. Her father, ...

The world's first female grandmaster was ready to deliver her regular Thursday-night lecture. Susan Polgar was perfumed, coiffed, made-up and dressed in a sleek black pantsuit, an elegant contrast to ...

HAMMOND | During the Columbus Day holiday weekend, 138 students gathered in Oak Brook, Ill. to compete in the 2011 Susan Polgar Boys and Girls World Open chess tournament. Scholastic players from 17 ...

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But the Polgar sisters may be the exceptions that prove Kasparov's point: Only 11 out of the world's about 950 grandmasters, including Susan and Judit, are female. The sisters' saga may cast light on ...