ST. LOUIS, Mo. – Grandmaster Susan Polgar, 51, became a chess world champion at the age of 15 and is in the U.S. Chess Hall of Fame. She is the head coach of the number one ranked chess team at ...

Hungarian Susan Polgar earned chess’ highest honor at age 15. She and her family faced antisemitism and harassment from the ruling Communist Party, and sexism from opponents and officials in chess.

Susan Polgar would go to the ends of the earth to raise awareness of the game of chess. There was the event in Florida where she played 326 matches simultaneously, setting a world record. And there ...

When it comes to the real queen of chess — not the orphaned, sedative-addicted, fashionista variety now in vogue courtesy of Netflix’s “The Queen’s Gambit” — Susan Polgar is a model grandmaster. Two ...

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 ...