Breaking Through: How The Polgar Sisters Changed The Game Of Chess - Hardcover

Polgar, Susan; Truong, Paul

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1857443810 ISBN 13: 9781857443813

Publisher: Everyman Chess, 2005

Synopsis

4-time Women's World Champion Susan Polgar provides a candid inside view of the lives of the Polgar sisters. She takes readers through the incredible development of the three sisters: becoming chess prodigies, growing into contenders, winning World titles and Olympiad gold medals, ending the Soviet dominance in women's chess, breaking through the gender and age barriers, and generally revolutionizing the game.

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From the Back Cover:

Breaking through is the inside story of the lives of the famous Polgar sisters. The three sisters, born in Hungary, have taken the chess world by storm over the past two decades. All three achieved grandmaster results in their teens and followed up their early promise with astonishing achievements. In 1989 Sofia scored an incredible 8 1/2/9 in a powerful tournament in Rome; in January 1991 Susan became the first ever woman to achieve the male grandmaster title and in December 1991 the youngest, Judit, broke Bobby Fishcher's record to become the youngest grandmaster ever. Between them, Susan and Judit have occupied the world number one ranking slot for the past 21 years.
Breaking Through charts the lives of all three sisters and witnesses their development from child prodigies through successes in junior events, Olympiads and finally World Championships. Along the way the sisters revolutionized the public perception of chess and broke gender and age barriers. They not only had to defeat top players in competition, they also had to overcome sexism, hypocrisy and resentment arising from their parent's individualistic educational approach. The training methods used by the Polgars are controversial. These methods are fully discussed and the sisters themselves reveal what they think about them.

About the Author:

Susan Polgar is the eldest of the celebrated Polgar sisters, a 4-time Women's World Champion and a triple Olympic Champion. She created chess history and broke the gender barrier by becoming the first ever woman to earn the highest possible title of Grandmaster. She resides in the US.

Paul Truong is a former chess prodigy and was champion of Vietnam before fleeing his country and eventually reaching America. After many years as a successful businessman, his passion has turned to popularizing chess and helping children to progress in the game. He resides in the US.

About this edition

• Publisher: Everyman Chess
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1857443810
• ISBN 13: 9781857443813
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320