This episode of WESPOD hosts Judit Polgar, the strongest female chess player of all time. In this engaging interview, Polgar discusses the Queen’s Gambit, growing up as a chess prodigy, the advent of AI. Whether you're a chess enthusiast or are completely unfamiliar with the sport, her thoughts on the connections between chess and politics, and how AI has changed chess training and perceptions, remain both unique and fascinating. 

Polgar’s professional career is hard to summarize. At the age of 15, she broke the record of Bobby Fischer, by becoming the youngest international chess Grandmaster ever. Since then she has defeated several chess world champions. Most notably, in 2002, she faced Garry Kasparov, widely considered as the greatest chess player of all time. The tournament was known as “Russia against the rest of the World”, highlighting Russia’s dominance at the time. Nonetheless, Polgar went on to beat Kasparov in 42 moves, becoming the first female player to do so.  

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