‘Don’t have next generation’: Polgár, Rapport and changing faces of Hungarian chess

Hungary’s rich chess legacy, built by legends like Lajos Portisch, Judit Polgár and Peter Lékó, has thinned in recent years. Country’s top-ranked player Richárd Rapport remains the lone elite standard-bearer after the 2014 Olympiad silver. He cites a lack of institutional support and fading continuity, but hopes leadership and reform can revive Hungarian chess’s former glory.