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Susan Polgar is a Hungarian-American chess grandmaster. Polgár was Women's World Chess Champion from 1996 to 1999. On FIDE's Elo rating system list of July 1984, at the age of 15, she became the top-ranked female chess player in the world. In 1991, she became the third woman to be awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE. She won eleven medals at the Women's Chess Olympiad.
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culture · Hungarian chess grandmaster (born 1969) · chess player · writer · Esperantist · also Susan Polgar, Polgár Zsuzsanna, Zsuzsa Polgár, Polgar Zsuzsanna, Zsuzsa Polgar, Polgar
Born 19 April 1969 · Q12823
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“I look at chess primarily as a constant pursuit for truth. It’s why chess is considered not just a sport, but also a science as well as art. Ultimately, even though you have an opponent, the opponent is just there to make the game more interesting.”
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TheArticle: Duchamp, Susan Polgar and the 64 squares
BroadwayWorld: Simultaneous Chess Match with Susan Polgar at The Museum of Modern Art
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KCRW: Susan Polgar became world’s first chess grandmaster under men’s rules
Hachette Book Group published Polgar's Rebel Queen: The Cold War, Misogyny, and the Making of a Grandmaster
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Received the Carnegie Corporation of New York's Great Immigrant Award
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Fox2Now St. Louis: Chess coach Susan Polgar to retire from Webster University
Polgar was involved in the Iran hijab controversy due to an erroneous report by the Telegraph Media Group that she was supporting the mandatory requirement of international women players to conform to Iranian dress code
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Polgar was awarded the Furman Symeon medal, which is given annually to the best chess coach who works with both male and female players
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Polgar and the SPICE program, along with members of her top collegiate chess team, moved to Webster University in St
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With Polgar and Truong severing all affiliation with the USCF (though both can still play in USCF events under "Playing Non-Member Status"); the USCF's court costs of $131,000 were paid out by its insurer and it had to p
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As the head coach for the Texas Tech Knight Raiders chess team, Susan Polgar became the first woman to lead a chess team to the Final Four
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The Delegates of the USCF ratified the previous year's actions of the executive board with respect to the litigation
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The executive board of the USCF rescinded the membership of Polgar and her husband, and they appealed to the Board of Delegates of the USCF
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Following her relocation to Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas
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Four board members issued a statement which requested Susan Polgar's husband step down from his position on the Board for "neglecting his fiduciary duties" through not providing an affirmative defense to the lawsuit
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SPICE announced a $320,000 pledge from a private donor, for TTU chess scholarships over the next five years
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One of the candidates for the executive board position, who had been defeated by Susan Polgar, filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn the results of the 2007 election, alleging misconduct
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Polgar was the undergraduate commencement speaker at Texas Tech University
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National Geographic released an hour-long documentary entitled "My Brilliant Brain" with Susan Polgar as the main subject (re-released as a DVD in multiple countries in multiple languages through 2010)
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And began coaching the Texas Tech Knight Raiders in 2007 as well
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Susan Polgar signed on as the head coach for the Texas Tech Knight Raiders chess team
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Texas Tech and Susan Polgar hosted the first SPICE Cup which has since become the highest rated international round robin chess tournament held in the United States
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The first time a woman has won that honor
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Established the Susan Polgar Foundation
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Polgar changed her national federation from Hungary to the United States
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But FIDE had been unable to find a satisfactory sponsor
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Polgar founded the Polgar Chess Center in Forest Hills, New York, to give chess training to children
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Polgar married computer consultant Jacob Shutzman, and moved to New York
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Polgar won both the Women's World Blitz and the Women's World Rapid Championship
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Became the third woman to be awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE
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Aged 17, she narrowly missed qualifying for the Zonal, the first step in the "Men's" world championship cycle
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At the age of 12, she won the World Under 16 Girls Championship
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Born 1969-04-19.
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