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Susan Polgár

1969 - Today

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Susan Polgar (born April 19, 1969, as Polgár Zsuzsanna and often known as Zsuzsa Polgár) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Susan Polgár has received more than 59,734 page views. Her biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Susan Polgár is the 169th most popular chess player (up from 175th in 2019), the 656th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 583rd in 2019) and the 14th most popular Hungarian Chess Player.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 49

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.53

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.00

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Susan Polgár ranks 169 out of 461. Before her are Clarice Benini, Ratmir Kholmov, Vassily Ivanchuk, Giambattista Lolli, Henry Bird, and Endre Steiner. After her are Rafael Vaganian, Milunka Lazarević, Ruslan Ponomariov, Ding Liren, Chantal Chaudé de Silans, and Adolf Schwarz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Susan Polgár ranks 286. Before her are Stefania Belmondo, Dolly Buster, Elvir Laković Laka, Paul Tergat, Cédric Pioline, and Kari Lake. After her are Shayla LaVeaux, Sofia Milos, Midori Ito, Gianluigi Lentini, Carlos Roa, and RZA.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Susan Polgár ranks 656 out of 1,077. Before her are Árpád Orbán (1938), Béla Békessy (1875), Valéria Gyenge (1933), Endre Steiner (1901), Karel Burkert (1909), and Imre Harangi (1913). After her are József Bajza (1804), József Tóth (1951), Károly Dietz (1885), Olga Tass (1929), Antal Kiss (1935), and József Szájer (1961).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In Hungary

Among chess players born in Hungary, Susan Polgár ranks 14. Before her are István Csom (1940), István Bilek (1932), Levente Lengyel (1933), Lajos Asztalos (1889), Zoltán Ribli (1951), and Endre Steiner (1901). After her are Győző Forintos (1935), Gyula Sax (1951), Sofia Polgár (1974), Zoltán Almási (1976), Richárd Rapport (1996), and Péter Ács (1981).

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