The chess prodigy's rise to stardom unfolds in director Rory Kennedy's new film 'Queen of Chess' ...

The Netflix documentary ‘Queen of Chess’ follows the career of groundbreaking women’s player Judit Polgár. Learn about her ...

Directed by Rory Kennedy, Netflix’s ‘Queen of Chess’ is a documentary we can only describe as gripping, owing to the way it explores the life and career of the greatest female chess player in history.

The Netflix documentary ‘Queen of Chess’ does a good job of showcasing Polgár’s talents, but fails to examine the fact that ...

She has also hosted the Global Chess Festival and is behind the charity The Judit Polgar Chess Foundation, which seeks to ...

The film focuses on the Hungarian star’s battle-of-the-sexes-style rivalry with fellow all-timer Garry Kasparov.

Born on July 23, 1976, into a Jewish-Hungarian household as the youngest of three girls, Judit Polgár was merely 5 years old when she became part of an experiment carefully concocted by her father.

A documentary tells the story of the chess player who became the youngest grandmaster, male or female, in the history of the ...

India, Feb. 6 -- If The Queens Gambit instilled in you the idea of a solitary genius girl breaking down male chess dominance ...

Polgár became the youngest-ever chess Grandmaster when she was 15 years old.

She was raised as part of a prodigy-breeding psychological experiment, took on the chess patriarchy and beat her idol Garry Kasparov. So why isn’t there more depth to this documentary?

Framed as a sports tale, “Queen of Chess,” directed by Rory Kennedy, recounts the life of Judit Polgar, who battled sexism as much as rival players.