The real-life 'Queen's Gambit' - BBC World Service, Witness History

In 1991, the Hungarian chess prodigy, Judit Polgar, became the youngest grandmaster ever at the age of 15.

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She speaks to Robert Nicholson about her unconventional childhood and how her extraordinary career defied expectations for female players.

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