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A Conversation with Richard Siken by Thomas Hobohm

— Nikita Gill

© Manoel T, 2024

Albert Aublet, "Selene", 1880

"Forgive me. But I don't feel like dying just yet."

CHANGE OR DIE

A Hungarian psychologist named Laszlo Polgar theorized that anyone could become a genius because geniuses were made and not born. To prove this, he used his own daughters as experiments and trained them to become great at chess. The three Polgar sisters then became chess prodigies, and the youngest, Judit Polgar, become a grand-master at just age 15.

Kasparov had once described Polgár as a "circus puppet" and asserted that women chess players should stick to having children. Polgár called the game, "One of the most remarkable moments of my career. Polgár thus became one of the players who have beaten Kasparov. The game was historic as it was the first time in chess history that a female player beat the world's No. 1 player in competitive play.