'I do not feel enough strength within me to take on the historic responsibility of uniting a divided nation,' Polgár said. The largely ceremonial post has been left vacant amid Prime Minister Péter Magyar's efforts to dismantle former premier Viktor Orbán's bastions of power

“Judit Polgár's name has been synonymous with talent and perseverance for decades,” Prime Minister Magyar wrote, adding that it would be a personal honor if she accepted the…

Peter Magyar says the celebrated grandmaster could serve as a unifying national figure after President Tamas Sulyok signed a constitutional amendment ending his own term amid a…