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Susan Polgar

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SUSAN POLGAR (born Apr-19-1969, 56 years old) Hungary PRONUNCIATION: [what is this?] GM (and WIM) Zsuzsa (Susan) Polgár was born in Budapest, Hungary, and along with her two younger sisters, Judit Polgar and Sofia Polgar, she was taught chess by her father, Laszlo Polgár. By 1984 she became the top-rated woman chess player in the world. Later that year, FIDE, in a controversial decision, granted 100 rating points to every female player except Zsuzsa. In 1991, Susan achieved the men's grandmaster title, and later that year, her sister Judit Polgar earned the title as well. She is a FIDE Senior Trainer. In 1996, Susan won the Women's World Championship, but refused to defend her title in 1999 against Jun Xie, because she believed the conditions were unfair. In 2004 she competed in the 36th Chess Olympiad, winning gold medals for points and for the highest performance rating. In total, she has won ten Olympiad medals during her career, and has never lost a single game in any Olympiad. Her highest-ever FIDE rating (2577) was achieved on the January 2005 list. This list also returned her to her position as the number one active female player in the world. In 2005, she broke Andrew D Martin 's 2004 world record by playing 326 opponents in a simultaneous exhibition, with a 309 wins, 14 draws and 3 losses for a 96.93% result.* This record stood for 5 years before being broken by Kiril Georgiev. Susan lived for many years in New York City, where she ran the Polgár Chess Center (http://www.polgarchess.com). She also resided in Lubbock, Texas, where she served as coach to the Texas Tech University chess team - but has since moved to the suburbs of St. Louis, Missouri. She is one of the best-selling chess authors worldwide, and she speaks seven languages fluently. She posts at Chessgames as User: Susan Polgar. She is the mother of National Master Tom Polgar-Shutzman. * http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail... Wikipedia article: Susan Polgar Last updated: 2023-01-17 21:09:36

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page 1 of 41; games 1-25 of 1,017  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. NN vs S Polgar   0-1 9 1976 Budapest C20 King's Pawn Game 2. J Gruz vs S Polgar 0-1 31 1977 Budapest C02 French, Advance 3. S Polgar vs Endrody 1-0 25 1977 Budapest B08 Pirc, Classical 4. S Polgar vs Sirko 1-0 28 1977 Budapest B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 5. I Pataky vs S Polgar 0-1 19 1978 corr A02 Bird's Opening 6. G Mathe vs S Polgar 0-1 23 1979 HUN A58 Benko Gambit 7. I Zsogony vs S Polgar   0-1 27 1979 HUN-ch sf (Women) A56 Benoni Defense 8. S Polgar vs E Mate 1-0 25 1979 Hungarian Championship (Women) B06 Robatsch 9. S Polgar vs Koronghi   1-0 42 1980 HUN A42 Modern Defense, Averbakh System 10. S Polgar vs J Kelemen 1-0 76 1980 Budapest E15 Queen's Indian 11. S Polgar vs Z Kiss 1-0 36 1980 Budapest E87 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox 12. S Polgar vs T Pfeifer   1-0 32 1980 HUN D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst 13. Smirnov vs S Polgar 0-1 35 1981 Teteven A27 English, Three Knights System 14. S Polgar vs Cirakov 1-0 21 1981 Targoviste A88 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6 15. L Meyer vs S Polgar 0-1 19 1981 ENG C07 French, Tarrasch 16. B Vujic vs S Polgar 0-1 36 1981 Panonija C00 French Defense 17. J Horvath vs S Polgar 0-1 22 1981 HUN C00 French Defense 18. S Polgar vs S Horvath   1-0 40 1981 Budapest A87 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation 19. S Polgar vs E Ivanov 1-0 15 1981 Varna Open A57 Benko Gambit 20. S Lalic vs S Polgar   0-1 36 1981 Wch u16g C07 French, Tarrasch 21. T Needham vs S Polgar 0-1 23 1981 Wch u16g B33 Sicilian 22. S Polgar vs J Harmsen   1-0 24 1981 Wch u16g A87 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation 23. S Polgar vs J Leszczynska   1-0 59 1981 Wch u16g D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst 24. G Czeripp vs S Polgar   ½-½ 39 1981 HUN-Open C07 French, Tarrasch 25. Le Clercq vs S Polgar 0-1 13 1982 London B22 Sicilian, Alapin  page 1 of 41; games 1-25 of 1,017

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 264 OF 264 ·  Later Kibitzing> Dec-28-17    PhilFeeley: <HeMateMe: <offramp: I live in London, there are 10,000,000 people living here but I don't think I could get more than 50.> Really? If you walk through Trafalgar Square or Hyde Park on the weekend couldn't you find 50 chessplayers? Aren't there stone chess tables and people setting up roll out latex boards on any surface, in the larger London Parks, as it is in NYC?> There's also a great bookshop devoted to everything chess. It's out near the place they celebrate as the residence of Sherlock Holmes. I went there once and they have a great selection of books, DVDs and chess sets. Online presence, too, I think. Surely there's more than 50 people who shop there. Dec-28-17    HeMateMe: 221 Baker Street has a chess shoppe? I bet you can find 'elementary' mates there... Dec-29-17    PhilFeeley: No. The chess shop is a few blocks away. It's 221b, and curiously, it's incorrect according to the addresses around it. Feb-16-18    tgyuid: totally serious Feb-17-18    colinb8: <HeMateMe> Its address is 44 Baker Street, and it's a chess & bridge shop! http://shop.chess.co.uk/Visit-Shop-... Mar-10-18    tgyuid: so there i was face to face with japan; give me one good reason why i shouldnt kill you, he said Mar-10-18    tgyuid: hes an admiral now Mar-10-18    tgyuid: anyway the gossip is my new mothership has a flash input output system.... Mar-10-18    tgyuid: thats going to make upgrades a complete laugh.... Mar-10-18    tgyuid: well, for many people prog-rok is peter gabriel's fault Apr-19-18    Marmot PFL: Happy birthday, u don't look a day over 30. Jun-30-18    tpstar: <Susan Polgar> Your friend <Joerg> has announced his departure, so maybe someday you will return. Best wishes. Kibitzer's Café (kibitz #233136) Mar-01-19    Penguincw: Polgar is inspiring more girls to go into chess. http://www.wfmz.com/features/life-l... Mar-14-19    ketchuplover: Shame on the U.S. Chess HOF for Miss Polgar's upcoming induction. Apr-19-19    spingo: She is 50 today, I believe. Happy birthday, if you're watching! Oct-20-19    waustad: I saw in the transfers that she has gone back to the Hungarian federation. Apr-19-20    Sally Simpson: *** Happy Birthday to you and Antoaneta Stefanova *** Jan-25-21    oolalimk1: I bought a copy of Queen of the Kings Game in a second hand bookshop in London about fifteen years ago. It has an inscription inside signed Laszlo Munster den 27.06.2001. her father ?? Jan-25-21    offramp: < oolalimk1: ...an inscription inside signed Laszlo Munster den 27.06.2001.> If the signature can be proved to be by the real Laszlo Munster then the book could be worth about 108 million stotinki. Jan-30-21    oolalimk1: I thought his name would be Laszlo Polgar. I thought Munster was an area. Of course I dont know what a stotinki is either ! May-03-21    cro777: Susan Polgar will retain the title of emeritus director of the Susan Polgar Institute for Chess Excellence (SPICE) which will remain at Webster University. Her role as chess coach will be filled by Webster alumnus GM Liem Quang Le. Her last day at Webster will be May 31. Polgar: "I am so touched today! About 40 past and current SPICE students, their spouses, children, and guests (some from as far as NY, Arizona, Texas, etc.) came to my retirement party." https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E0a4vpq... Sep-12-23    Caissanist: Currently living in Orlando and working on her autobiography, which she says is almost finished. Should make for interesting reading. Jun-07-24    perfidious: The earliest reference to the future GM I have come across can be found at page 369 herein: https://uscf1-nyc1.aodhosting.com/C... Jun-07-24    Sally Simpson: Good spot Perfidious, however the game given in the article S. Polgar v E. Mate is not in the database. I have submitted it. I did have a half hearted attempt at trying to find the first name of Mrs/Miss E. Mate. But googling 'E.Mate + female chess player ' was, as you guess with 'Mate' in the search, pretty fruitless. Apr-25-25    Albertan: Susan Polgar Memoir:Rebel Queen recounts struggles with Sexism,Antisemitism,Cold War: https://www.chess.com/article/view/... Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 264) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 264 OF 264 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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