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Rebel Queen: The Cold War, Misogyny, and the Making of a Grandmaster PB_Gift_Guide "-New York TimesA real life Queens Gambit, this captivating memoir tells the story of one of the most renowned women in chess history, Susan Polgar, taking on a sexist establishment and rewriting the rules of what women could achieve against the oppressive backdrop of Cold War Eastern Europe. Born to a poor Jewish family in Cold War Budapest, Susan Polgar would emerge as the one of the greatest female chess players the world had ever seenthe highest rated female