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Born July 23, 1976 (age 48) • Budapest • Hungary
Awards And Honors International Grandmaster (1991)
Notable Family Members sister Susan Polgar

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Judit Polgár
Zsófia, Susan, and Judit Polgár
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Susan Polgar.
Susan Polgar
American chess player
Gukesh Dommaraju
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Indian chess player
Master of chess
Viswanathan Anand
Indian chess player
Vladimir Kramnik
Russian chess player
Garry Kasparov
Garry Kasparov
Soviet-born chess player
Kosteniuk, Alexandra Konstantinovna
Alexandra Konstantinovna Kosteniuk
Russian chess player
Zhu Chen
Zhu Chen
Chinese chess player
Stefanova, Antoaneta
Antoaneta Stefanova
Bulgarian chess player
Olga Nikolayevna Rubtsova
Russian chess player
Xu Yuhua
Chinese chess player
Hou Yifan.
Hou Yifan
Chinese chess player
Maurice Ashley
Maurice Ashley
Jamaican American chess player
Boris Spassky
Boris Spassky
Russian chess player
Viktor Korchnoi.
Viktor Korchnoi
Russian chess grandmaster
Mikhail Nekhemyevich Tal
Latvian chess player
Nona Gaprindashvili
Soviet chess player
Chiburdanidze, Maya
Maya Chiburdanidze
Soviet chess player
Rudolph Reti
Austrian music scholar
Richard Réti
Hungarian chess player
Magnus Carlsen
Magnus Carlsen
Norwegian chess player

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