Laszlo Polgar

Laszlo Polgar set out to manufacture geniuses, raised 3 chess champions

The next 'How to Take Over the World' subject is Laszlo Polgar, who claimed a foolproof method to raise a genius. He applied it to his three daughters, who became three of the greatest women's chess players of all time.

“And so this guy, Laszlo Polgar, claimed, claimed that he came up with a strategy, a technique by which you could— a foolproof way to raise a genius, right? So he had 3 kids. He's like, I'm going to raise them all to be geniuses. And he had 3 daughters and they were the 3 greatest women's chess players of all time.”