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Also Known As Zsuzsanna Polgár • Zsuzsa Polgár
Born April 19, 1969 (age 55) • Budapest • Hungary
Awards And Honors International Grandmaster (1991)
Notable Family Members sister Judit Polgár

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Gukesh Dommaraju
Gukesh Dommaraju
Indian chess player
Master of chess
Viswanathan Anand
Indian chess player
Garry Kasparov
Garry Kasparov
Soviet-born 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
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
Judit Polgár
Judit Polgár
Hungarian chess player
Magnus Carlsen
Magnus Carlsen
Norwegian chess player
Ding Liren
Ding Liren
Chinese chess player
Vladimir Kramnik
Russian chess player
Bobby Fischer
Bobby Fischer
American-Icelandic chess player
Kosteniuk, Alexandra Konstantinovna
Alexandra Konstantinovna Kosteniuk
Russian chess player
Karpov, Anatoly Yevgenyevich
Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov
Russian chess player

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