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Judit Polgár

1976 - Today

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Judit Polgár (born 23 July 1976) is a Hungarian chess grandmaster, widely regarded as the strongest female chess player of all time. In 1991, Polgár achieved the title of Grandmaster at the age of 15 years and 4 months, at the time the youngest to have done so, breaking the record previously held by former world champion Bobby Fischer. She was the youngest player ever to break into the FIDE top 100 players rating list, ranking No. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Judit Polgár has received more than 2,802,999 page views. Her biography is available in 63 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 62 in 2019). Judit Polgár is the 27th most popular chess player (up from 30th in 2019), the 121st most popular biography from Hungary (up from 143rd in 2019) and the most popular Hungarian Chess Player.

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  • 63

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  • 14.08

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  • 2.35

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Judit Polgár ranks 27 out of 374Before her are Vera Menchik, Ruy López de Segura, Siegbert Tarrasch, Richard Réti, Akiba Rubinstein, and Miguel Najdorf. After her are Savielly Tartakower, Luis Ramírez de Lucena, Johannes Zukertort, Bent Larsen, Mikhail Chigorin, and Yuri Averbakh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1976, Judit Polgár ranks 13Before her are Benedict Cumberbatch, Ryan Reynolds, Yuval Noah Harari, Michael Ballack, Clarence Seedorf, and Ramzan Kadyrov. After her are Alexei Navalny, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Audrey Tautou, Patrick Kluivert, Diane Kruger, and Colin Farrell.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Judit Polgár ranks 121 out of 866Before her are Ephraim Kishon (1924), John Harsanyi (1920), István Tisza (1861), George II Rákóczi (1621), Peter Lorre (1904), and Bayan I (600). After her are Miklós Rózsa (1907), Max Nordau (1849), Aurel Stein (1862), Imi Lichtenfeld (1910), Peter Delyan (1009), and Miklós Jancsó (1921).

Among CHESS PLAYERS In Hungary

Among chess players born in Hungary, Judit Polgár ranks 1After her are László Szabó (1917), Lajos Portisch (1937), Géza Maróczy (1870), Isidor Gunsberg (1854), István Csom (1940), Zoltán Ribli (1951), István Bilek (1932), András Adorján (1950), Levente Lengyel (1933), Lajos Asztalos (1889), and Győző Forintos (1935).

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