GM Susan Polgar: A Chess Legend on How She Broke Barriers & Elevated the Game

118 GM Susan Polgar is a once-in-a-lifetime talent. She became the first-ever woman to earn the GM title by rating and norms. By age 15, she became the highest-rated female chess player on the planet. In 1996, she became the Women’s World Champion and the first-ever player to earn the Triple Crown: holding the world title in all formats: blitz, rapid, and classical. Not only that…But she did so against relentless obstacles from sexist chess federations who did not want a woman to succeed the ...