Born on July 23, 1976, into a Jewish-Hungarian household as the youngest of three girls, Judit Polgár was merely 5 years old when she became part of an experiment carefully concocted by her father.
Today’s journey takes place on the Netherlands’ Intercity Direct, running from Breda to Amsterdam via the country’s only high-speed rail line, HSL-Zuid. Covering just over 71 miles in about 1 hour and ...