Composer
Zsuzsa PolgárSource unknown, 1973
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Solution: 1. Kd1 Kf1 2. Qe1 mate
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Susan Polgar composed her first chess problem (see diagram) at the age of four. She is considered the youngest composer of a published chess problem. Formerly, the record was held by Elliot Franklin Eichholtz.
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