Overview
- The 93–94 minute documentary began streaming globally on Netflix on Feb. 6.
- Directed by Rory Kennedy, the film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on Jan. 27 before its wider release.
- It weaves tournament archives and family footage with new interviews, revisiting the 1994 Linares touch-move incident involving Garry Kasparov.
- The story charts milestones including Polgár becoming the top-rated female player at 12, the youngest grandmaster at 15, and the only woman to reach the world top 10, with retirement from standard play in 2014.
- Initial reception leans positive—RogerEbert.com 3/4, Collider 7/10, The Guardian 3/5—while some critics want deeper probing of discrimination, and Susan Polgar has publicly praised the film.