Today is World Chess Day, so we decided to feature a thematic article. As you might remember, in issue 69 of One Daily Nugget, we introduced Laszlo Polgar and his bold experiment to raise three chess geniuses. Judit Polgar turned out to be the most successful among his progeny. In today’s nugget, she gets interviewed by Chess.com.

Read on to learn about the challenges she faced as a woman in a male-dominated sport; her family’s battles against Hungarian authorities, which opposed homeschooling; and the shortcomings of many traditional school systems in helping children live up to their potential!