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Sofia Polgar

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Sofia Polgar (Polgár Zsófia); born November 2, 1974) is a Hungarian, Israeli and Canadian chess player, teacher, and artist. She is a former chess prodigy. She holds the FIDE titles of International Master and Woman Grandmaster and is the middle sister of Grandmasters Susan and Judit Polgár. She lives in Israel and has worked as a chess teacher and artist. [1]

22 relations: Aliyah, Budapest, Chess prodigy, Esperanto, Fast chess, FIDE titles, Grandmaster (chess), Haaretz, Helgi Grétarsson, Jews, Joël Lautier, Judit Polgár, László Polgár, Matinhos, New In Chess, Susan Polgar, Tel Aviv, Toronto, Viktor Korchnoi, World Junior Chess Championship, World Youth Chess Championship, Yona Kosashvili.

Aliyah

Aliyah (עֲלִיָּה aliyah, "ascent") is the immigration of Jews from the diaspora to the Land of Israel (Eretz Israel in Hebrew).

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Budapest

Budapest is the capital and the most populous city of Hungary, and one of the largest cities in the European Union.

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Chess prodigy

Chess prodigies are children who can beat experienced adult players and even Masters at chess.

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Esperanto

Esperanto (or; Esperanto) is a constructed international auxiliary language.

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Fast chess

Fast chess (also known as speed chess) is a variation of chess in which each side is given less time to make their moves than under normal tournament time controls.

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FIDE titles

The World Chess Federation, FIDE (Fédération Internationale des Échecs), awards several performance-based titles to chess players, up to and including the highly prized Grandmaster title.

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Grandmaster (chess)

The title Grandmaster (GM) is awarded to chess players by the world chess organization FIDE.

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Haaretz

Haaretz (הארץ) (lit. "The Land ", originally Ḥadashot Ha'aretz – חדשות הארץ, – "News of the Land ") is an Israeli newspaper.

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Helgi Grétarsson

Helgi Dagbjartur Áss Grétarsson (born 18 February 1977) is an Icelandic chess grandmaster.

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Jews

Jews (יְהוּדִים ISO 259-3, Israeli pronunciation) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and a nation, originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The people of the Kingdom of Israel and the ethnic and religious group known as the Jewish people that descended from them have been subjected to a number of forced migrations in their history" and Hebrews of the Ancient Near East.

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Joël Lautier

Joël Lautier (born 12 April 1973) is a French chess grandmaster and FIDE Senior Trainer (2006).

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Judit Polgár

Judit Polgár (born 23 July 1976) is a Hungarian chess grandmaster.

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László Polgár

László Polgár (born 11 May 1946 in Gyöngyös), is a Hungarian chess teacher and educational psychologist.

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Matinhos

Matinhos is a municipality in Brazil that arose in 1920s.

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New In Chess

New In Chess (NIC) is a chess magazine that appears eight times a year with chief editors International Grandmaster Jan Timman and Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam.

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Susan Polgar

Susan Polgar (born April 19, 1969, as Polgár Zsuzsanna and often known as Zsuzsa Polgár) is a Hungarian-born American chess Grandmaster.

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Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv (תֵּל אָבִיב,, تل أَبيب) is the second most populous city in Israel – after Jerusalem – and the most populous city in the conurbation of Gush Dan, Israel's largest metropolitan area.

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Toronto

Toronto is the capital city of the province of Ontario and the largest city in Canada by population, with 2,731,571 residents in 2016.

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Viktor Korchnoi

Viktor Lvovich Korchnoi (p; 23 March 1931 – 6 June 2016) was a Soviet (until 1976) and Swiss (since 1994) chess grandmaster and writer.

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World Junior Chess Championship

The World Junior Chess Championship is an under-20 chess tournament (players must have been under 20 years old on 1 January in the year of competition) organized by the World Chess Federation (FIDE).

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World Youth Chess Championship

The World Youth Chess Championship is a chess competition for girls and boys under the age of 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18.

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Yona Kosashvili

Professor Yona Kosashvili MD (יונה קוסאשווילי; July 3, 1970) is an Israeli chess Grandmaster and surgeon.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sofia_Polgar

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