Who is the Richest Female Chess Grandmaster?

Have you ever wondered who is the richest female Grand Master in the world? (Sorry, Beth Harmon is not the right answer) We are talking about real-life female chess Grand Masters. Alike any other sport, in chess as well, male players get the maximum attention from fans, and as incredible as female chess players the world has ever witnessed, only a few people know them as they know their male contemporaries.

The Hungarian Grand Master and the greatest female chess player of all time, Judit Polgar, is the world’s richest female chess player. She was the World No. 1 female chess player from 1989 to her retirement in 2014. The 45-year-old Grand Master has a net worth of $1 million. On the list of the world’s richest chess players, she is on number 5, which makes her even richer than many current male players.

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Most of her income comes from being a player, and in June 2015, she was elected as the captain and head coach of the national Hungarian men’s team.

The amazing Judit Polgar

In 1991, when she was 15, she broke the record of Bobby fisher and became the youngest Grand Master ever. She is the only woman to cross 2700 Elo rating and since the age of 12, she has been the best female player in the world. Even after 8 years of her retirement from international chess, her records remain unsurpassed.

She has defeated most of the world champions during her career and she is undisputedly the best female chess player the world has ever seen. The list of her ruins includes Garry Kasparov, Magnus Carlsen, Anatoly Karpov, Viswanathan Anand, Boris Spassky, Vladimir Kramnik, Ruslan Ponomariov, and Veselin Topalov.

A successful chess career

She has had an amazing career, and her contribution to chess is unforgettable. Many Grand Masters agree her games were entertaining, and a treat to watch. In 2016, she gave a speech on TED about her career and what shaped her into one of the world’s greatest chess players.

Judit Polgar is the real-life Beth Harmon, the one we should all know about. She is indeed the world’s richest female chess player, but more than that, she is a role model for every chess fan out there.

Here are some of the most amazing games she played against the male world champions.