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László Polgár

1946 - Today

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László Polgár (born 11 May 1946) is a Hungarian chess teacher and educational psychologist. He is the father of the famous Polgár sisters: Zsuzsa, Zsófia, and Judit, whom he raised to be chess prodigies, with Judit and Zsuzsa becoming the best and second-best female chess players in the world, respectively. Judit is widely considered the greatest female chess player ever, as she is the only woman to have been ranked in the top 10 worldwide, while Zsuzsa became the Women's World Chess Champion. He has written well-known chess books such as Chess: 5334 Problems, Combinations, and Games and Reform Chess, a survey of chess variants. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. László Polgár is the 3,127th most popular writer (down from 2,712th in 2019), the 356th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 303rd in 2019) and the 36th most popular Hungarian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, László Polgár ranks 3,127 out of 7,302. Before him are Jean-Sifrein Maury, Lily Braun, Leon Uris, Kostis Palamas, Joseph Delaney, and Morgan Robertson. After him are Andrea Dworkin, José Lezama Lima, Princess Alexandra of Bavaria, Ursula Kuczynski, Brian Herbert, and Leone Ginzburg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, László Polgár ranks 326. Before him are Alexander Kaidanovsky, Gerrie Mühren, Stan Winston, Wubbo Ockels, Doug Russell, and Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen. After him are Andrea Dworkin, Jo Bonfrère, Farag Foda, Angéla Németh, Milena Canonero, and Lesley Ann Warren.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, László Polgár ranks 356 out of 1,077. Before him are Pál Losonczi (1919), László Fazekas (1947), Árpád Weisz (1896), Charles Vidor (1900), József Eötvös (1813), and Rózsa Péter (1905). After him are Vilmos Aba-Novák (1894), Béla Király (1912), Péter Szondi (1929), Angéla Németh (1946), István Kertész (1929), and Géza Gárdonyi (1863).

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Among WRITERS In Hungary

Among writers born in Hungary, László Polgár ranks 36. Before him are Frigyes Karinthy (1887), Mihály Vörösmarty (1800), Kató Lomb (1909), Miklós Radnóti (1909), Antal Szerb (1901), and Simon of Kéza (1250). After him are Béla Király (1912), Péter Szondi (1929), Géza Gárdonyi (1863), Mihály Babits (1883), Tibor Déry (1894), and Gyula Krúdy (1878).

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