Use BBC.com or the new BBC App to listen to BBC podcasts, Radio 4 and the World Service outside the UK.

Find out how to listen to other BBC stations

Episode details

World Service,19 Apr 2015,9 mins

Judit Polgar - Chess Prodigy

Sporting Witness

Available for over a year

In 1991, the Hungarian chess prodigy, Judit Polgar, became the youngest Grandmaster ever at the age of 15. She speaks to Robert Nicholson about her unconventional childhood and how her extraordinary career defied expectations for female players. PHOTO: Judit Polgar (Associated Press).

Programme Website
More episodes