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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. She won eleven medals at the Women's Chess Olympiad (4 gold, 4 silver, and 3 bronze). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Susan Polgár is the 35th most popular chess player (up from 169th in 2019), the 157th most popular biography from Hungary (up from 656th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Hungarian Chess Player.

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Susan Polgár ranks 35 out of 461. Before her are Luis Ramírez de Lucena, Mikhail Chigorin, Richard Réti, Miguel Najdorf, David Bronstein, and Efim Bogoljubov. After her are Vassily Ivanchuk, Savielly Tartakower, Friðrik Ólafsson, Bent Larsen, Vlastimil Hort, and Borislav Ivkov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Susan Polgár ranks 35. Before her are Chyna, Siniša Mihajlović, Ajay Devgn, Peter Dinklage, RZA, and Jason Clarke. After her are Jens Lehmann, Natascha McElhone, Vassily Ivanchuk, Simon Baker, Norman Reedus, and Felix Baumgartner.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Susan Polgár ranks 157 out of 1,077. Before her are Marcel Grossmann (1878), Yolanda of Poland (1235), György Sárosi (1912), Béla Miklós (1890), Gusztáv Sebes (1906), and Hans Richter (1843). After her are Gyula Gömbös (1886), László Papp (1926), Ferenc Mádl (1931), Michael Polanyi (1891), Bayan I (600), and Lajos Tichy (1935).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In Hungary

Among chess players born in Hungary, Susan Polgár ranks 2. Before her are Judit Polgár (1976). After her are László Szabó (1917), Lajos Portisch (1937), Géza Maróczy (1870), Isidor Gunsberg (1854), István Csom (1940), András Adorján (1950), Győző Forintos (1935), Sofia Polgár (1974), Gedeon Barcza (1911), and István Bilek (1932).

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