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SusanPolgar

Mar 18, 2019

Barrier-Breaking Grandmaster Youngest Woman To Be Inducted In Chess Hall Of Fame

Barrier-Breaking Grandmaster Youngest Woman To Be Inducted In Chess Hall Of Fame

Barrier-Breaking Grandmaster Youngest Woman To Be Inducted In Chess Hall Of Fame

A Webster University chess coach will today become the youngest woman to be inducted into the U.S. Chess Hall of Fame. Susan Polgár was the first woman to

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