A pulse-pounding, punk-infused documentary that breathes new life into the _underdog sports_ trope. Rory Kennedy captures the grit of Judit Polgár’s career with such intensity that you’ll forget the outcome is history. It’s an empowering, albeit occasionally cursory, look at the woman who checkmated the chess world’s patriarchy. Essential viewing for anyone who found ==The Queen's Gambit== too tame. 👍

Kasparov,instead of finally admitting his mistake he remains a pompous jerk all these years later.During the 1994 Linares tournament, Garry Kasparov committed a touch-move violation against Judit Polgar by briefly releasing his Knight on a different square before moving it elsewhere. While video evidence confirmed the release, Polgar did not challenge it at the time, and the tournament director took no action.And the moment he start to stutter when they talk about the event is just a big proof of how big of a jerk he his.Kasparov doesn't look good in the story or in his opinion about women.The way he would rather cheat than admit he was defeated by a woman doesn't make him any different that Bobby Fischer's who was saying that women are "terrible" players, not very smart, and that he could beat any woman while giving a knight handicap

This is an excellent documentary about a woman, Judit Polgar, whom I never heard about, but who is by far the best female chess player to this day. The movie also gives a deep and interesting insight in to the world of professional chess. One takeaway of the movie to me is that, despite Polgar being the best female chess player ever, she mostly lost against Garry Kasparov, the best male player and many other male players. She was at best in the top ten of best players, though mostly even “only” in the top 30. I do not really get why, but it seems that the chauvinistic remarks by many players that women just do not have the mental and emotional capacities to match men in chess seem to hold some truth. The objective results seem to confirm that. Go figure why.

Este documental homenajea a una mujer extraordinaria y rescata una historia increíble que merecía ser contada. Además, nos lleva de vuelta a una época en la que ese deporte tenía mucha más presencia en los medios y muestra cómo fueron cambiando la tecnología y la estética con el paso del tiempo. ♟