Susan Polgar
Hungarian chess grandmaster (born 1969) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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).
Susan Polgar | |
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Country | Hungary United States (2002–2019)[1][2] |
Born | (1969-04-19) April 19, 1969 (age 55) Budapest, Hungary |
Title | Grandmaster (1991) |
Women's World Champion | 1996–1999 |
FIDE rating | 2577 (August 2024) [inactive] |
Peak rating | 2577 (January 2005) |
Also a trainer, writer and promoter, Polgar sponsors various chess tournaments for young players and is the head of the Susan Polgar Institute for Chess Excellence (SPICE) at Webster University. She served as the Chairperson or co-chair of the FIDE Commission for Women's Chess from 2008 until late 2018.[3]