Rebel queen : the Cold War, misogyny, and the making of a grandmaster / Susan Polgar with a foreward by Yasser Seirawan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Polgar, Susan, 1969- author.

Seirawan, Yasser, 1960- author of foreword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jewish women--Hungary--Budapest--Biography.

Jewish women.

Women chess players--Hungary--Budapest--Biography.

Women chess players.

Chess--Tournaments--Biography.

Chess.

Cold War.

Women chess players--Biography.

Polgar, Susan, 1969-.

Polgar, Susan.

Genre:

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

343 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Grand Central Publishing, 2025.

Summary:

"Born to a poor Jewish family in Cold War Budapest, Susan Polgar would emerge as the one of the greatest female chess players the world had ever seen--the highest rated female player on the planet and the first woman to earn the men's Grandmaster title. As a teenager in 1986, she became the first woman to qualify for the men's World Chess Championship cycle, later achieving the game's triple crown, holding World Championship titles in three major chess time formats. Yet at every turn, she was pitted against a sexist culture, a hostile Communist government, vicious antisemitism, and powerful enemies. She endured sabotage and betrayal, state-sponsored intimidation, and violent assault. And she overcame all of it to break the game's long-standing gender barrier and claim her place at the pinnacle of professional chess, before going on to coach other players and build two separate college chess dynasties. Before her improbable rise, it was taken for granted that women were incapable of excellence in the game of chess. Susan Polgar single-handedly disproved this belief." -- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

153875729X

9781538757291

OCLC:

1433199255

Publisher Number:

90101582344

CIPO000185544