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| RookFile: Yeah, Fischer beating Larsen 6-0 pales in comparison. |
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| Oct-25-07 |
| CapAnson: Yeah but keep in mind A) Sofia was underrated at the time and B) only 3 of her opponents were in the top 100 players in the world at the time (according to chessmetrics). Karpov at Linares 94 was a much bigger accomplishment. 11/13 against that competition is just stupid. Sofia's result might be the greatest rating/performance difference in history though. At least in international chess. |
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Jun-30-08
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| Caissanist: <Why isn't she playing anymore?> Yes, she is raising a family, but so are Susan and Judit, and they still play. Sofia touched on this in the abovementioned interview: <I didn't stop playing chess completely," Sofia explains. "The professional retirement was an admission that there are other things that are equally important - love, family, children. "It was nice, but at a certain stage I understood that there are other things besides chess and that I will not be the world champion. I understood that the time had come to learn something more. When my husband was appointed an army physician in the north, we spent two years in Kiryat Shmona, and I started to study art, sculpting and painting at Tel Hai College." > |
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Nov-02-08
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| karnak64: Happy birthday, Sofia! Have a special day!. |
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Nov-02-08
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| Billy Vaughan: Happy birthday! |
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Nov-03-08
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| Travis Bickle: [Chopin: <schnarre> <May have been simply burnout.> Or maybe she has a life.] I had the experience of having several lessons by phone with Sofia from her home in Toronto studying a mutual board on the net. She is a very nice person, and is fun to learn with. She told me she played Bobby Fischer at chess back in 1992 when he stayed at the Polgars guesthome in Hungary. Sofi told me there are other things in life besides chess, and she has married a Dr. and has two male children. She loves art and sketches and paints, and her favorite artist is Van Gogh. |
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Nov-19-08
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| Eyal: http://www.chessninja.com/dailydirt... http://www.sofiapolgar.com/ |
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Nov-19-08
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| Karpova: Thanks for the links, <Eyal>! I saw her at kasparovchess.com and she was very nice and always helpful! |
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| Dec-24-08 |
| GrahamClayton: Zsofia Polgar moved to Canada due to her husband's career. She is apparently a fully qualified interior decorator. |
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| Dec-24-08 |
| walker: http://www.sofiapolgar.com/Polgar-C... |
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| Dec-24-08 |
| slomarko: interior decorator? what is that? |
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| Mar-11-09 |
| Katu: @slomarko: you know, the one who designs all the interior of a house. From lighting to furniture. @the topic: She began playing again, gave a simul with her sisters... she beat me in 28 moves. |
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| Apr-07-09 |
| Dredge Rivers: At least she's never sued the USCF, unlike her sister! |
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| Apr-07-09 |
| MaxxLange: the oldest Polgar sister
interesting that Judit, the youngest, became the strongest player, reaching the top ten rated list in the '90s |
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Apr-09-09
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| HeMateMe: <whatthefat>
Wasn't Sigmoidal one of the Three Stooges? Or am I thinking of Marx Brothers....? |
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| May-02-09 |
| Raisin Death Ray: Sofie made the wrong choice when she left chess. COME BACK, PLEASE! |
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Jul-28-09
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| Boomie: <Sofie made the wrong choice when she left chess> There are no wrong choices. She is doing good work in art and seems happy. How many of us can say that? Here's a collection of art by Sofia.
I rather like her bold use of color and van Goghish brush strokes. A post impressionist Fauvist kinda thing. Like I have any idea what that means. But it does maintain the illusion that I actually know something. http://www.sofiapolgar.com/Painting... |
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| Jul-29-09 |
| AnalyzeThis: Somebody said that the secret of a winner is to quit when you're ahead. Sofia is that. |
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Jul-29-09
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| WannaBe: Holy guacamole, that is a very different (profile) picture than the one before! |
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Jul-29-09
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| Open Defence: the bugs bunny version....... I can see why it got your attention <Wannabe> ... do rabbits actually go "check out the teeth on that one!" ?? |
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Jul-31-09
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| Boomie: <WannaBe: Holy guacamole> Is that a carrot in your pocket or... |
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Aug-01-09
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| moroloser: <Boomie> I'm not really sure... First of all, I find extremely in poor taste the "Olimpic champion and artist" claim. Second, her art it's a couple of little steps ahead of cats and clowns. But I like your "I rather like her bold use of color and van Goghish brush strokes. A post impressionist Fauvist kinda thing." Actually it does mantain the illusion that you know something! Said that, I totally agree with you, there are not wrong choices. ;-) |
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Aug-01-09
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| Travis Bickle: Ah <moroloser> you're still pis#@$ Sofia beat you at blitz! ; P http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Txei... |
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Aug-01-09
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| moroloser: <Travis Bickle:> Ok, killer, you got me there... She left chess for painting and I will never have the occasion to have my revenge. |
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| Nov-13-09 |
| TheFocus: I swear, even if I was drunk, I could not stand looking across my beer stein at that smile. Bugsy Polgar, indeed!! |
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