Queen of Chess (2026)

Name: Queen of Chess
Director: Rory Kennedy
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2026-01-27
Duration: 93 min
Cast: Judit Polgár, Garry Kasparov, László Polgár, Sofia Polgár, Klára Polgár

20261h 33mDocumentary

A Hungarian girl dreams of conquering international men’s chess. After a 15-year battle against world champion Garry Kasparov and her domineering father, Judit Polgár revolutionizes the sport’s patriarchal culture to become one of the greatest chess prodigies in history and the greatest woman chess player of all time.

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Cast

Judit PolgárSelf
Garry KasparovSelf
LLászló PolgárSelf
SSofia PolgárSelf
KKlára PolgárSelf
GGustáv FontSelf
Anna RudolfSelf
Jovanka HouskaSelf
Maurice AshleySelf
WWilliam HartstonSelf
DDirk Jan ten GeuzendamSelf
Bobby FischerSelf (archival footage)

Crew

Director: Rory Kennedy
Producers: Regina K. Scully Meryl Metni Stephen Nemeth Galen Walker Ariane Wu Mark Bailey
Cinematography: Imre Juhász
Editing: Jesse Overman Azin Samari

Details

Released: January 27, 2026
Language: English
Studio: Moxie Films
IMDb: tt39162904