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TIL of Judit Polgár, the youngest and strongest of 3 chess prodigy sisters, who is widely considered the best female player of all time. She and her sisters were intentionally raised to be chess masters by their father, László Polgár, to prove his theory that "Geniuses are made, not born."

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