Judit Polgar is widely regarded as the strongest female chess player in history. She shattered records receiving the Grandmaster title at 15 years-old and wiping out the highest ranked male players including Anand, Shirov, and Karpov. In September 2002, Polgar made history with a win against World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov. She was the first woman to defeat a World no. 1 ranked player. After the game Kasparov wrote, “if to ‘play like a girl’ meant anything in chess, it would mean relentless