CHESS PLAYER

Sofia Polgár

1974 - Today

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Sofia Polgar (Hungarian: Polgár Zsófia, pronounced [ˈpolɡaːr ˈʒoːfiɒ]; born November 2, 1974) is a Hungarian and Israeli chess player, teacher, and artist. She holds the FIDE titles of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM). A former chess prodigy, she is the middle sister of two Grandmasters, Susan and Judit. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sofia Polgár has received more than 9,449 page views. Her biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Sofia Polgár is the 236th most popular chess player (down from 219th in 2019), the 824th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 683rd in 2019) and the 17th most popular Hungarian Chess Player.

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  • 9.4k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.28

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Sofia Polgár ranks 236 out of 461. Before her are Boško Abramović, Zhu Chen, Andrei Sokolov, Jana Bellin, Viktorija Čmilytė, and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov. After her are Peter Svidler, Eros Riccio, Valery Salov, Teimour Radjabov, Eduardas Rozentalis, and Kiril Georgiev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1974, Sofia Polgár ranks 368. Before her are Omarosa Manigault Newman, Sebastián Lelio, Diego Klimowicz, Hámilton Ricard, Stelios Giannakopoulos, and Tayfun Korkut. After her are Katharine Gun, Tetiana Ostashchenko, Alexandre Lopes, Tomáš Řepka, Mattias Jonson, and Keren Ann.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Sofia Polgár ranks 824 out of 1,077. Before her are József Csermely (1945), Andrea Temesvári (1966), Ilona Massey (1910), Ferenc Kocsis (1953), Jenő Kamuti (1937), and Tibor Navracsics (1966). After her are Katalin Szili (1956), Klára Fried-Bánfalvi (1931), Marina Aleksandrova (1982), István Szívós (1948), Gábor Kósa (1971), and Csaba Hegedűs (1948).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In Hungary

Among chess players born in Hungary, Sofia Polgár ranks 17. Before her are Lajos Asztalos (1889), Zoltán Ribli (1951), Endre Steiner (1901), Susan Polgár (1969), Győző Forintos (1935), and Gyula Sax (1951). After her are Zoltán Almási (1976), Richárd Rapport (1996), Péter Ács (1981), Csaba Balogh (1987), and Anna Rudolf (1987).

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