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| Title Statement | The queen of chess: how Judit Polgár changed the game / Laurie Wallmark ; art by Stevie Lewis. |
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| Author | Wallmark, Laurie |
| Additional Contributors | Lewis, Stevie |
| Publication | New York: Little Bee Books,[2023]©2023 |
| Extent of Item | 1 volume (unpaged) |
| ISBN | 9781499813067 (hardcover) |
| Other Number | pr07026228 |
| Audience & Ratings | 006-009. |
| Summary | "The queen of chess, Judit Polgár, dazzled the world as a prodigy, winning tournaments, gold medals, and defeating eleven world champions, including Garry Kasparov and Magnus Carlsen. At her peak, Judit was rated the eighth best chess player in the world. But before these tremendous successes, Judit burst onto the chess scene as a ferocious, child competitor. Beating adults by five-years-old, and winning international tournaments by age nine, Judit was destined for greatness. Follow her incredible journey as she strives for chess immortality, hunting to become the youngest chess grandmaster in history."-- |
| Subjects & Genres | |
| By Topic | Chess players--Biography--Juvenile literature--Hungary |
| Women chess players--Biography--Juvenile literature | |
| Chess--Juvenile literature | |
| By Name | Polgár, Judit,1976- |
| Polgár, Judit,1976---Childhood and youth | |
| By Genre | Biographies |
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