It’s been two decades since Judit Polgar shattered chess’ glass ceiling by entering the world’s top 10 ranks. It’s a feat so remarkable that no female player has come close to repeating it since. But ...

It’s been just over a month since a chess documentary on Judit Polgar’s life and her career, The Queen of Chess, was released on Netflix. Tracing the career of one of the greatest players in chess ...

A Dutchman, he was considered the best player outside the Soviet Union for two decades, although he described himself as “lazy” and was open about using alcohol and drugs early on.

The former US women’s champion Jennifer Shahade changed her life and her sport when she made allegations against a grandmaster. Now, she tells Donald McRae, she has turned her hand to writing and poke ...

In Rory Kennedy’s documentary, Queen of Chess, Judit Polgár’s ascent to the top 10 rewrites the rules of a game long guarded by male authority ...

JUDIT POLGÁR was born in 1976 in Budapest into what became one of the most famous educational experiments in modern history.

The Sundance Film Festival received over 16,201 submissions for their final year in Park City, Utah and presented its documentaries categories with just over 35 features. Here is a mostly spoiler-free ...

Judit Polgár was the No.1 ranked woman chess player in the world for over 25 years—from the age of 13 in 1989 till 2014 when she retired. She also became the youngest chess grandmaster (GM) at the age ...

In this episode of the Cross Examining History podcast, Talmage Boston interviews Garry Kasparov, chess champion and founder of the cross-partisan Renew Democracy Initiative. This is an independent ...

The best movies to stream this weekend show one new title which has begun to receive major attention. The Netflix documentary Queen of Chess tells the story of chess legend Judit Polgar, who premiered ...

Feb. 10 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1763, the Treaty of Paris ended the Seven Years' War between Britain and Spain and also the French and Indian War, with France ceding Quebec to Great ...