Nona Gaprindashvili became the first woman Grandmaster in 1978 and a dominant world champion. The Netflix series The Queen’s Gambit mentioned her but inaccurately claimed she had never faced men.

Image Credit: Judit Polgár (Image: Netflix) In 1989, a 12-year-old girl from Hungary made chess history. Judit Polgár became the No. 1 female chess player in the world. She achieved that title by ...

The chess prodigy's rise to stardom unfolds in director Rory Kennedy's new film 'Queen of Chess' ...

Directed by Rory Kennedy, Netflix’s ‘Queen of Chess’ is a documentary we can only describe as gripping, owing to the way it explores the life and career of the greatest female chess player in history.

The life story of Judit Polgar, who became the greatest female chess player in history, will be shown through her achievements and her victories against Garry Kasparov and her complete professional ...

She has also hosted the Global Chess Festival and is behind the charity The Judit Polgar Chess Foundation, which seeks to ...

Framed as a sports tale, “Queen of Chess,” directed by Rory Kennedy, recounts the life of Judit Polgar, who battled sexism as much as rival players.

Nona Gaprindashvili, a pioneering chess champion, sued Netflix after a line in a hit series misrepresented her career, reigniting debate over accuracy, legacy, and fiction. | Sportswomen, First women, ...

A 10-year-old British chess prodigy defeated world champion Mariya Muzychuk — putting her one step closer to becoming the youngest grandmaster. Bodhana Sivanandan has been described as a "girl wonder, ...

Born on July 23, 1976, into a Jewish-Hungarian household as the youngest of three girls, Judit Polgár was merely 5 years old when she became part of an experiment carefully concocted by her father.