1976 - Today
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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Among chess players, Judit Polgár ranks 27 out of 374. Before 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.
1906 - 1944
HPI: 60.98
Rank: 21
1530 - 1580
HPI: 60.78
Rank: 22
1862 - 1934
HPI: 60.34
Rank: 23
1889 - 1929
HPI: 59.97
Rank: 24
1880 - 1961
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 25
1910 - 1997
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 26
1976 - Present
HPI: 59.65
Rank: 27
1887 - 1956
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 28
1475 - 1530
HPI: 58.51
Rank: 29
1842 - 1888
HPI: 58.40
Rank: 30
1935 - 2010
HPI: 58.32
Rank: 31
1850 - 1908
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 32
1922 - 2022
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 33
Among people born in 1976, Judit Polgár ranks 13. Before 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.
1976 - Present
HPI: 61.78
Rank: 7
1976 - Present
HPI: 61.48
Rank: 8
1976 - Present
HPI: 60.30
Rank: 9
1976 - Present
HPI: 60.28
Rank: 10
1976 - Present
HPI: 59.94
Rank: 11
1976 - Present
HPI: 59.73
Rank: 12
1976 - Present
HPI: 59.65
Rank: 13
1976 - 2024
HPI: 58.86
Rank: 14
1976 - Present
HPI: 58.82
Rank: 15
1976 - Present
HPI: 58.36
Rank: 16
1976 - Present
HPI: 58.06
Rank: 17
1976 - Present
HPI: 57.95
Rank: 18
1976 - Present
HPI: 57.64
Rank: 19
Among people born in Hungary, Judit Polgár ranks 121 out of 866. Before 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).
1924 - 2005
HPI: 60.14
Rank: 115
1920 - 2000
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 116
1861 - 1918
HPI: 60.06
Rank: 117
1621 - 1660
HPI: 59.91
Rank: 118
1904 - 1964
HPI: 59.72
Rank: 119
600 - 602
HPI: 59.67
Rank: 120
1976 - Present
HPI: 59.65
Rank: 121
1907 - 1995
HPI: 59.64
Rank: 122
1849 - 1923
HPI: 59.58
Rank: 123
1862 - 1943
HPI: 59.56
Rank: 124
1910 - 1998
HPI: 59.52
Rank: 125
1009 - 1041
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 126
1921 - 2014
HPI: 59.35
Rank: 127
Among chess players born in Hungary, Judit Polgár ranks 1. After 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).
1976 - Present
HPI: 59.65
Rank: 1
1917 - 1998
HPI: 56.71
Rank: 2
1937 - Present
HPI: 54.94
Rank: 3
1870 - 1951
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 4
1854 - 1930
HPI: 52.27
Rank: 5
1940 - 2021
HPI: 51.47
Rank: 6
1951 - Present
HPI: 46.14
Rank: 7
1932 - 2010
HPI: 45.98
Rank: 8
1950 - 2023
HPI: 45.38
Rank: 9
1933 - 2014
HPI: 45.21
Rank: 10
1889 - 1956
HPI: 44.89
Rank: 11
1935 - 2018
HPI: 44.74
Rank: 12