Answers.Body: <p>In her TED talk <em>Giving checkmate is always fun</em>, Judit Polgar says (<a href="https://youtu.be/z-ttu7dyBCU?t=59" rel="noreferrer">t=0:59</a>):</p>
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  <p>My mother taught me the first moves when I was about five years old...</p>
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Answers.Text: It's interesting that she says that she was about 5 when her mother taught her the first moves. One source I quoted in my question claims that she was able to beat her father by the age of 5. The TED talk is probably more accurate since the info is coming from Polgar herself.
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Answers.Text: In this video, Judit mentions again that she started playing chess when she was 5: https://edition.cnn.com/videos/tv/2020/11/17/chess-queens-gambit-amanpour-garry-kasparov-judit-polgar.cnn/video/playlists/amanpour/
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Answers.Text: This agrees with the Cathy Forbes book, The Polgar Sisters, Training or Genius?
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Body: <p>I found a few publicly accessible biographies of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judit_Polg%C3%A1r" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Judit Polgár</a>, including details of her early life. According to the <a href="https://www.juditpolgar.com/bio" rel="nofollow noreferrer">biography on her website</a>, she was 9 when she first won an international chess tournament. According to <a href="https://successstory.com/people/judit-polgar" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this SuccessStory article</a>, she began participating in tournaments at the age of 6. According to <a href="https://allthatsinteresting.com/judit-polgar" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this article from “All That’s Interesting”</a>, she was able to beat her father by the age of 5.</p>
  <p>But how old was she when she learned how to play?</p>
  
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Comments.Text: I'd be skeptical of her being able to beat her father at age 5, at least consistently. He was a chess player/teacher himself.
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Comments.Text: @InertialIgnorance Perhaps she wasn't beating him consistently. The source just says that she was "able to" beat her father.
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Comments.Text: @Rewan Demontay Thanks for the edit. I happen to use US spelling, so you are right, "learnt" would be incorrect. However, please note that "learnt" is correct as the past tense of "learn" in UK English, so this correction might not be necessary for other people.
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Title: How old was Judit Polgár when she learned to play chess?
ThreadText: # How old was Judit Polgár when she learned to play chess?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2020-11-02)
  
  I found a few publicly accessible biographies of [Judit Polgár](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judit_Polg%C3%A1r), including details of her early life. According to the [biography on her website](https://www.juditpolgar.com/bio), she was 9 when she first won an international chess tournament. According to [this SuccessStory article](https://successstory.com/people/judit-polgar), she began participating in tournaments at the age of 6. According to [this article from “All That’s Interesting”](https://allthatsinteresting.com/judit-polgar), she was able to beat her father by the age of 5.
  
  But how old was she when she learned how to play?
  
  **Tags:** learning, history, famous-players, women, children
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: I'd be skeptical of her being able to beat her father at age 5, at least consistently. He was a chess player/teacher himself.  
  > **username_0**: @InertialIgnorance Perhaps she wasn't beating him consistently. The source just says that she was "able to" beat her father.  
  > **username_0**: @Rewan Demontay Thanks for the edit. I happen to use US spelling, so you are right, "learnt" would be incorrect. However, please note that "learnt" is correct as the past tense of "learn" in UK English, so this correction might not be necessary for other people.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2020-11-05. Score: 7 | Accepted answer
  
  In her TED talk *Giving checkmate is always fun*, Judit Polgar says ([t=0:59](https://youtu.be/z-ttu7dyBCU?t=59)):
  
  > My mother taught me the first moves when I was about five years old...
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: It's interesting that she says that she was about 5 when her mother taught her the first moves. One source I quoted in my question claims that she was able to beat her father by the age of 5. The TED talk is probably more accurate since the info is coming from Polgar herself.  
  > **username_0**: In this video, Judit mentions again that she started playing chess when she was 5: https://edition.cnn.com/videos/tv/2020/11/17/chess-queens-gambit-amanpour-garry-kasparov-judit-polgar.cnn/video/playlists/amanpour/  
  > **username_3**: This agrees with the Cathy Forbes book, The Polgar Sisters, Training or Genius?  
  
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