HATC SAMPLE EDITION:    Politics & Foreign Relations    Economic News    Business News    Other News of Interest    All stories	6th July, 2026 Polgár and Magyar play chess at US embassy Judit Polgár, the most successful female chess player of all time, played against Prime Minister Péter Magyar at the US embassy’s Independence Day reception in Budapest on Thursday, as inventor Ernő Rubik looked on. The US is celebrating the 250th anniversary of its declaration of independence this year and the embassy in Budapest hosted the Freedom 250 reception in that spirit. Polgár, the best female player in the history of chess, is the subject of a Netflix documentary entitled Queen of Chess first aired last February. The US embassy in Budapest also reported the reception on Facebook and thanked the prime minister for his presence. No official announcement was made about how the chess game ended. Sources regularly consulted, with abbreviations used in text: Népszabadság (N); Magyar Hírlap (MH); Világgazdaság (VG); Napi Gazdaság (NG); Magyar Nemzet (MN); Népszava (Nsz); Kossuth Rádió news (KR); nightly TV news (TV).
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