Recipe for genius: How child chess prodigies master the game

The success of Netflix's popular series The Queen's Gambit has stoked new interest in chess, and a fascination with children who show early genius for the cerebral game. The Fifth Estate looks at examples of parents who attempted to foster genius in chess, with dramatically different outcomes.

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Archival material:
BBC
BLUFF EUROPE
CLEVELAND PUBLIC LIBRARY
GETTY
MTVA HUNGARY
NETFLIX
POKERSTARS.COM
SUSAN POLGAR COLLECTION
THE POLGAR VARIANT, SARIELI FILMS
U.S. CHESS
YOUTUBE

Special thanks:
ELI LASZLO BERGER
SUSAN POLGAR AND PAUL TRUONG
KLARA AND LASZLO POLGAR
U.S. CHESS, DANIEL LUCAS
RAYMOND ROZMAN
WEBSTER UNIVERSITY, INOCENCIO BOC
WORLD CHESS HALL OF FAME, BRIAN FLOWERS
LASZLO KISS

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