In the history of chess, Susan Polgar is one of the names the record keeps returning to.
The record lists Susan Polgar as Hungarian chess player (born 1969).
Susan Polgar was born at Budapest in 1969. Her recorded nationality is United States.
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She competed at Women's Chess Olympiad 1988, Women's Chess Olympiad 1990 and Women's Chess Olympiad 1994.
Athletic careers are short and pitilessly measured, which is what makes the great ones legible.
That the career was built from United States matters: facilities, coaching and funding are unevenly distributed, and they decide who ever reaches the start line.
What survives is the record itself - times, placings and titles that later competitors still measure themselves against.
Achievements
- Competed at Women's Chess Olympiad 1988, Women's Chess Olympiad 1990 and Women's Chess Olympiad 1994
- Discipline: chess
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