Susan Polgar is a Hungarian-American chess grandmaster born April 19, 1969. She became the top ranked female player in the world at age 15 in 1984, earned the grandmaster title in January 1991 as only the third woman awarded it by FIDE, and held the Women's World Chess Championship from 1996 to 1999. She won eleven medals at the Women's Chess Olympiad, four gold, four silver and three bronze, playing 56 games across those Olympiads without ever losing one, and was inducted into the United States Chess Hall of Fame in 2019.
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Career HighlightWas Women's World Chess Champion from 1996 to 1999. 1 Classification
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What is the triple crown that Susan Polgar is credited with?
She was the first triple crown winner in women's chess.
According to the United States Chess Hall of Fame, Susan Polgar won the Women's World Rapid and Blitz Championships in 1992, and her victory in the 1996 Women's World Championship also made her the first triple crown winner.
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Susan Polgar (born April 19, 1969, as Polgár Zsuzsanna and often known as Zsuzsa Polgár) is a Hungarian-American chess grandmaster.
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Susan Polgar (born April 19, 1969, as Polgár Zsuzsanna and often known as Zsuzsa Polgár) is a Hungarian-American chess grandmaster. Polgár was Women's World Chess Champion from 1996 to 1999.
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On FIDE's Elo rating system list of July 1984, at the age of 15, she became the top-ranked female chess player in the world.
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is a Hungarian-American chess grandmaster.
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When Polgar refused to play under these conditions, FIDE declared that she had forfeited the title, and instead organized a match between Xie Jun and Alisa Galliamova for the Women's World Chess Championship, which was won by Xie Jun.
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