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Documentary on Judit Polgar

Documentary on Judit Polgar

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Below is an interesting documentary on the Polgar sisters, with emphasis on Judit. The narrator has a somewhat irritating voice, but a fascinating look at these amazing ladies.

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Originally posted by bill718
Below is an interesting documentary on the Polgar sisters, with emphasis on Judit. The narrator has a somewhat irritating voice, but a fascinating look at these amazing ladies.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrmhcpoM1EU
The irritating voice is probably due to the crappy sound recording.

It also helped that Judit has an IQ of around 170

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I heard an irritating laugh, but had no issues with the voice. I might watch their video on Morphy too. The analysis of Polgar's games was instructive and the history jibed with what I know.

Susan Polgar's book, Breaking Through should have been mentioned even though it exhibits the worst copy editing of any of the 2000+ books on my shelves.


There is a more professional documentary on the Polgar family that I saw recently at the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival. It has not received wide distribution yet.

The Polgár Variant
Directed by Yossi Aviram

http://sfjff.org/2015/films/polgar-variant-the/

The parents and all of the sisters cooperated with the film maker. Very nice film.

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