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Pic related is the Polgar sisters from Hungaria. Their father wanted to prove a point, and that is if you train children to play chess from a young age they will become chess grandmasters.

He was right. Susan & Judit Polgar are both chess grandmasters with FIDE rating of 2577 and 2735.
Sofia is an International Master with FIDE rating of 2405.
>their father László Polgár, who sought to prove that children could make exceptional achievements if trained in a specialized subject from a very early age. "Geniuses are made, not born," was László's thesis.

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