Hungary’s Judit Polgár, the strongest female chess player of all time, has been inducted into the World Chess Hall of Fame. The ceremony took place during the 6th Annual Strategy Across the Board Gala hosted by the Saint Louis Chess Club and the World Chess Hall of Fame this Saturday evening in Saint Louis, Missouri in the United States.
According to the World Chess Hall of Fame (WCHOF), Judit Polgár is universally recognized as the strongest female player of all time. She was first rated in the top 100 players in the world at age 12 and three years later, broke Bobby Fischer’s record as the youngest grandmaster.
She is the only woman to have ever reached the candidates stage of the world championship cycle, to have been ranked in the top ten players in the world, and to have been rated over 2700 Élő points, reaching a peak of 2735 in 2005. During her career, she defeated 11 current or former world champions in rapid or classical chess. Judit Polgár was a member of the 2014 silver medal winning Hungarian Olympiad team and won seven other medals in Olympiads.
Concerning this latest recognition of her legendary career, Judit Polgár has been quoted as saying that "it is a great honor to be recognized for my decade-long contributions to the sport that I love as both a chess player and my work promoting chess, its benefits as an educational tool, and encouraging women's orientation towards chess. We must continue to work to ensure that more girls experience this ancient game's beauty, knowledge, and benefits. I take every opportunity to convey the message to girls and people around them: strive to make the most of their talents. Because if we do not limit girls, if we encourage and inspire them to persevere and build their confidence, they will succeed in any field of life."
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