Judit Polgar

About

Hungarian chess grandmaster who is indisputably the greatest female chess player of all time.

Before Fame

She and her sister, Sofia, grew up in the spotlight as chess prodigies and she achieved the title of Grandmaster at the age of 15 years and 4 months, the youngest person to do so until then.

Trivia

She is the only female chess player to defeat a number one ranked player and she has done so more than ten times.

Family Life

Her family is full of chess masters.

Associated With

She has defeated chess legend Boris Spassky.