Queen's Move
In Pursuit of Genius
$35.10
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
4 May 2027
Summary
The remarkable memoir of Judit Polgar, the greatest female chess player of all time - from her strict upbringing in communist-era Hungary to the heights of stardom in a male-dominated sport. Lea Ypi’s Free meets Billie Jean King’s All In.
This is the game I was born to win. Or lose.
As I lean over the board, the grid of black and white seems to flex and bend, and I feel myself being pulled into its vortex. It is as if everything I am and everything I will be is there, at the c…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529982930 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1529982936 |
| Author: | Judit Polgár |
| Publisher: | Ebury Publishing |
| Imprint: | Ebury Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 4 May 2027 |
| Weight: | 338g |
| Dimensions: | 24mm x 135mm x 216mm |
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Judit Polgár
Judit Polgar is widely considered the greatest female chess player of all time. She regularly appears in international media, gives public speeches and plays high-profile chess games. She is the Education Ambassador for Chess.com, the largest global platform for chess with 100 million members. Her extraordinary life story and sporting prowess has been featured in The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Guardian, The Times and Monocle. In recent years, her story has found a vast new audience since the release of Netflix’s 2020 hit The Queen’s Gambit which echoed her experience as a young female chess prodigy. In July 2026, she was asked to be Hungary’s next president, but declined the role stating that the country’s divisions were too great.
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