László Polgár
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László Polgár is a Hungarian
chess
teacher and father of the famous "Polgár sisters": Zsuzsa
, Zsófia
, and Judit
. He authored well-known chess books such as Chess: 5334 Problems, Combinations, and Games and Reform Chess, a survey of chess variants.
László is an expert on chess theory
and owns over 10,000 chess books. He is interested in the proper method of rearing children, believing that "geniuses are made, not born". Before he had any children, he wrote a book entitled Bring Up Genius!, and sought a wife to help him carry out his experiment. He found one in Klara, a schoolteacher, who lived in a Hungarian-speaking enclave in Ukraine
. He married her in the USSR and brought her to Hungary. He home-schooled their three daughters, primarily in chess, and all three went on to become strong players. An early result was Susan's winning the Budapest Chess Championship for girls under 11 at the age of four. Also his daughter, Judit, could defeat him at chess when she was just five,. He is an intense admirer of L.L. Zamenhof, the creator of the Esperanto
language.
Polgár's second language is Esperanto
.
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
chess
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
teacher and father of the famous "Polgár sisters": Zsuzsa
Susan Polgar
Susan Polgar is a Hungarian-American chess Grandmaster...
, Zsófia
Zsófia Polgár
Sofia Polgar Sofia Polgar Sofia Polgar (born November 2, 1974 as Polgár Zsófia is a Hungarian-born International Master of chess and former chess prodigy. She is an International Master and Woman Grandmaster, and is the middle sister of Grandmasters Susan and Judit Polgár. Since 2006, she has...
, and Judit
Judit Polgár
Judit Polgár is a Hungarian chess grandmaster. She is by far the strongest female chess player in history. In 1991, Polgár achieved the title of Grandmaster at the age of 15 years and 4 months, the youngest person ever to do so at that time.Polgár was ranked No...
. He authored well-known chess books such as Chess: 5334 Problems, Combinations, and Games and Reform Chess, a survey of chess variants.
László is an expert on chess theory
Chess theory
The game of chess is commonly divided into three phases: the opening, middlegame, and endgame. As to each of these phases, especially the opening and endgame, there is a large body of theory as how the game should be played...
and owns over 10,000 chess books. He is interested in the proper method of rearing children, believing that "geniuses are made, not born". Before he had any children, he wrote a book entitled Bring Up Genius!, and sought a wife to help him carry out his experiment. He found one in Klara, a schoolteacher, who lived in a Hungarian-speaking enclave in Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
. He married her in the USSR and brought her to Hungary. He home-schooled their three daughters, primarily in chess, and all three went on to become strong players. An early result was Susan's winning the Budapest Chess Championship for girls under 11 at the age of four. Also his daughter, Judit, could defeat him at chess when she was just five,. He is an intense admirer of L.L. Zamenhof, the creator of the Esperanto
Esperanto
is the most widely spoken constructed international auxiliary language. Its name derives from Doktoro Esperanto , the pseudonym under which L. L. Zamenhof published the first book detailing Esperanto, the Unua Libro, in 1887...
language.
Polgár's second language is Esperanto
Esperanto
is the most widely spoken constructed international auxiliary language. Its name derives from Doktoro Esperanto , the pseudonym under which L. L. Zamenhof published the first book detailing Esperanto, the Unua Libro, in 1887...
.
Published works
- Nevelj zsenit! (Bring Up Genius!), 1989 (ISBN 963-01-9976-9) – Out of print.
- Minichess, 1995 (ISBN 963-450-805-7)
- Chess: 5334 Problems, Combinations, and Games, 1994 (ISBN 1-884822-31-2)
- Chess: Reform Chess, 1997 (ISBN 3-89508-226-0)
- Chess: Middlegames, 1998 (ISBN 3-89508-683-5)
- Chess: Endgames, 1999 (ISBN 3-8290-0507-5)
- Királynők és királyok. Sakk, Szerelem, Szex, 2004 (ISBN 963-216-008-8)
- Salom haver: Zsidó származású magyar sakkozók antológiája, 2004 (ISBN 963-214-570-4)
- PeCHESS ember elCHESSte, 2004 (ISBN 963-86531-1-6)
- Polgar Superstar Chess, 2004 (ISBN 963-216-009-6)
- Polgar Superstar Chess II, 2005 (ISBN 963-86531-4-0)
- I Love Superstar Chess, 2005 (ISBN 963-86738-5-0)
- Hatágú csillag. Sakk, képzőművészet és humor, 2005 (ISBN 963-86531-5-9)
- Biztonság. Sakk és humor, 2005 (ISBN 963-86531-9-1)
- Knight, 2005 (ISBN 963-86738-2-6)
- Queens, 2005 (ISBN 963-86738-0-X)
- Blanka: Miniaturaj ŝakproblemoj (White: Miniature chess problems), 2005 (ISBN 963-86531-7-5)
- Sakkmat(t)ek. Sakk, matematika, humor, 2005 (ISBN 963-86531-6-7)
- Eszperantó és sakk (Chess in Esperanto), 2006 (ISBN 963-86738-7-7)
- La stelita stel, 2006 (ISBN 963-87042-0-9)
See also
- Boris SidisBoris SidisBoris Sidis, Ph.D., M.D. was a Ukrainian Jewish psychologist, physician, psychiatrist, and philosopher of education. Sidis founded the New York State Psychopathic Institute and the Journal of Abnormal Psychology. He was the father of the child prodigy William James Sidis...
- The psychologist and social scientist who's educational experiments are credited for the genius of his famous son William James SidisWilliam James SidisWilliam James Sidis was an American child prodigy with exceptional mathematical and linguistic abilities. His IQ was estimated to be between 250 and 300 - one of the highest ever recorded - he entered Harvard early at age 11, and as an adult was conversant in over 40 languages and dialects...
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