Hungo Chess Babe Sets World Record

Four-time World Chess Champion Zsuzsa Polgár has set a new world record. The 36-year-old, Hungarian-born Polgár played simultaneous games against 326 opponents - aged four to 95 - in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, earlier this week. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the previous record involved one chess player and 321 opponents. Polgár won 309 of the games, lost three, and had 14 draw, leading to another world record, for the highest percentage (96.93%) of games won. Meanwhile, during the 17 hours she was playing she walked 15 kilometers, which, if it isn't considered grounds for a record, should be.

Polgár - who is not to be confused with her sister Judit - started playing chess when she was four, and by the age of fifteen, she was World Champion. (Just in case you are interested, here are rankings for both Zsuzsa and Judit.) In 1986, she was the first woman to participate in the world championship, and in 1991, she became the first woman to win the title of Grand Master. And, just like her other younger sisters, she's always looked good while doing it.