The chess prodigy's rise to stardom unfolds in director Rory Kennedy's new film 'Queen of Chess' Yves Forestier/Sygma via Getty; Courtesy of Netflix Judit Polgár's rise to chess stardom is documented ...

Judit Polgár won the very first chess tournament she ever played in. She was 6 years old. The Hungarian-born prodigy's impressive rise to chess stardom, which included becoming the world's top-ranked ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Netflix’s smash 2020 miniseries The Queen’s Gambit told a fictional tale of how Beth Harmon, a chess ...

In 1989, a 12-year-old girl from Hungary made chess history. Judit Polgár became the No. 1 female chess player in the world. She achieved that title by competing in tough tournaments, often against ...

At a private home in Park City, Utah, Alec Baldwin sat across a chess board from Judit Polgár – he sighted, she blindfolded. Despite the visual disadvantage, it didn’t take long for Polgár to ...

Widely regarded as the best woman chess player, Judit Polgár, retired from competition in 2014 just as the Tromso, Norway, Chess Olympiad came to a close. Now her life story, a documentary titled ...