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Rebel Queen - Susan Polgar - PB - ARC - UCP
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Subtitle
- The Cold War, Misogyny, and the Making of a Grandmaster
- Type
- Sociology
- EAN
- 9781538757291
- ISBN
- 9781538757291
- Release Year
- 2025
- Signed
- No
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
ISBN-10
153875729X
ISBN-13
9781538757291
eBay Product ID (ePID)
13067501557
Product Key Features
Book Title
Rebel Queen : the Cold War, Misogyny, and the Making of a Grandmaster
Number of Pages
352 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2025
Topic
Women, Chess, Personal Memoirs
Genre
Games & Activities, Biography & Autobiography
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.2 in
Item Weight
20 oz
Item Length
9.3 in
Item Width
6.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Reviews
"An eloquently written and heart-felt memoir from a remarkable woman who as young teenager stared down the Hungarian communist party and the male-dominated world chess establishment to become a world champion. Fans of The Queens Gambit will learn what it was like to be a real-life Beth Harmon."-- Ken Rogoff, Grandmaster, "Throughout her career, Polgar rose above considerable challenges: from those who believed that women shouldn't compete against men; from political threats to her and her family; from bitter animosity from a woman champion; and from virulent antisemitism at home and abroad. The game sustained her. A champion's engaging memoir."-- Kirkus, "Susan Polgar's journey from the depths of Cold War Hungary to the highest reaches of professional chess is as riveting as it is inspiring. Before her improbable rise, it was taken as scientific fact that women were incapable of excellence in the game of chess. Time and again, Susan proved them wrong. This is no mere memoir. Rebel Queen is the origin story of a real-life superhero."-- Gal Gadot, "Decorated chess player Polgar offers a granular, behind-the-scenes look at her path to success... Chess lovers will be inspired."-- Publishers Weekly, "Rebel Queen reveals the inner workings of an exceptional mind with honesty and sensitivity. I've known Susan Polgar for over 40 years. She is one of the greatest and most impactful figures -- champion, mentor, writer, doer -- in the entire history of chess. And, as this fantastic memoir makes clear, she's also a masterful storyteller. Hers is quite literally a game-changing life."-- Lev Alburt, Grandmaster and three-time US Chess Champion
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
794.1092
Synopsis
A real life Queen's Gambit, this captivating memoir tells the story of one of the most renowned women in chess history, Susan Polgar, taking on a sexist establishment and rewriting the rules of what women could achieve against the oppressive backdrop of Cold War Eastern Europe. Born to a poor Jewish family in Cold War Budapest, Susan Polgar would emerge as the one of the greatest female chess players the world had ever seen--the highest rated female player on the planet and the first woman to earn the men's Grandmaster title. As a teenager in 1986, she became the first woman to qualify for the men's World Chess Championship cycle, later achieving the game's triple crown, holding World Championship titles in three major chess time formats. Yet at every turn, she was pitted against a sexist culture, a hostile Communist government, vicious antisemitism, and powerful enemies. She endured sabotage and betrayal, state-sponsored intimidation, and violent assault. And she overcame all of it to break the game's long-standing gender barrier and claim her place at the pinnacle of professional chess, before going on to coach other players and build two separate college chess dynasties. Before her improbable rise, it was taken for granted that women were incapable of excellence in the game of chess. Susan Polgar single-handedly disproved this belief.
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