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| Apr-20-06 | | brankat: <Susan> Best wishes for Your Birthday! May You win the big double RR event in June, and of course the World Cup in July. Cheers! |
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Apr-20-06
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May You win the big double RR event in June, and of course the World Cup in July. Cheers!> Thanks! That will be a tough task. My 5 opponents in the double RR is 2690 :) Of course I will try my best :) Best wishes,
Susan Polgar
www.PolgarChess.com
www.SusanPolgar.com
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Apr-20-06
 | | WannaBe: I hope y'all know that currently, only 15 people have signed up for the simul with Zsuzsa Polgar !!!! (http://www.lvchessfestival.com/) What is wrong with you people!!!! Come on!!!! (I'm already signed up... so I, personally can't wait to meet her!!) |
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| Apr-20-06 | | iron maiden: What is this 2690-average double round-robin that you're playing, Susan? |
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| Apr-20-06 | | brankat: <WannaBe> 15 people is actually a lot, considering there is still 2 months to go. I suspect by the time the simul is up, there will be too many candidates. Btw, when the simul starts, You should let Susan know who You are. Who knows, You may get a Draw :) |
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Apr-20-06
| | Susan Polgar: <iron maiden: What is this 2690-average double round-robin that you're playing, Susan?> I will be playing in a 6 person double round robin event in NY, an event sponsored by the Susan Polgar Foundation, the Mayor of NY and the Sports Commissioner of NY. The average USCF rating of my 5 opponents is about 2690. Best wishes,
Susan Polgar
www.PolgarChess.com
www.SusanPolgar.com |
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| Apr-20-06 | | Helios727: Where and when will the simul take place? |
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| Apr-20-06 | | iron maiden: Thanks Susan. Do you know who the other five participants are? Also, what will the time controls be? |
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| Apr-20-06 | | RodSerling: Hi Susan, I saw part of the news story about your club from a link on another site, very nice story. Good luck in the round robin event. |
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Apr-20-06
| | Susan Polgar: <iron maiden: Thanks Susan. Do you know who the other five participants are? Also, what will the time controls be?> Once all the contracts are signed, I will make an official announcement. <RodSerling: Hi Susan, I saw part of the news story about your club from a link on another site, very nice story.> Thank you.
Best wishes,
Susan Polgar
www.PolgarChess.com
www.SusanPolgar.com
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Apr-20-06
| | WannaBe: <Helios727> go to the link I gave above. |
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| Apr-21-06 | | Topzilla: <Susan> what do you think of the stupid idea of playing rapid chess in the remote case of a draw between Topalov and kramnik?? |
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| Apr-21-06 | | whiskeyrebel: I'm registered to play against Susan at her adult simul in Austin Texas on 4/28. I'm excited. I watched her and her Sisters simul at the last National open. I later wished I had played. I'm playing in this years event..but likely won't be there early enough to enter the simul. I'm glad to get a chance near home. I just hope I don't embarrass myself too badly. |
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| Apr-24-06 | | notyetagm: Any Polgar fan have the PGN for the game Torma-Polgar, Budapest 1982, which ends with the shattering blow 1 ... ♖xg2+!. The position can be found in Laszlo Polgar's big book on chess, in the section containing combinations played by the Polgar sisters. I think it is problem 5285(?). |
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| Apr-25-06 | | hellopolgar: please let us know why your sister has always been refusing to participate in women championships? seeing how players with 200 less points claim the female world champion title makes me sad. i, as everyone who loves the Polgar sisters, would love to see Judit claim next women's title!
ps: it's better to be remembered as a female champion AND a first class(2700+) world chess player than just the latter. |
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Apr-26-06
| | Susan Polgar: <hellopolgar: please let us know why your sister has always been refusing to participate in women championships?> If FIDE gives equal money for the women's championship, I think you will see the top 3 rated female players compete. Otherwise, there's no real incentive for JP, SP and XJ. <Topzilla: <Susan> what do you think of the stupid idea of playing rapid chess in the remote case of a draw between Topalov and kramnik??> At this rate, we may see bullet games to decide the winner. What happen to those historic WC matches? Best wishes,
Susan Polgar
www.PolgarChess.com
www.SusanPolgar.blogspot.com |
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| Apr-26-06 | | hellopolgar: Thank you very, very much for your reply, I am honored. But to be honest, I don't quite fully understand the reason you gave me. I believe that females players like Maia/Xie Jun/yourself will be remembered, forever, as "the female world champion that reigned from year 19** to year 19**". I really doubt that a hundred years from now, if people will be concerned about "how much US $ she made by winning/defending the title". maybe I am missing something here, maybe there is just more than an *incentive issue* in this case---I understand if you had your reasons to not mention about it. I have always had great respect for the Polgar sisters and will always do. As I stated earlier, seeing players that have a much lower rank than you gals claim the official *female world champion title* makes me awfully sad. I have never been a professional chess player and I have no idea how everything in the pro world works, what I have been saying might be very rude/childish/unreasonable, if that's the case, I sinecerely apologize. |
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Apr-26-06
| | Susan Polgar: <hellopolgar: Thank you very, very much for your reply, I am honored. But to be honest, I don't quite fully understand the reason you gave me. I believe that females players like Maia/Xie Jun/yourself will be remembered, forever, as "the female world champion that reigned from year 19** to year 19**".> Sorry but I disagree. Judit will always be remembered as the strongest female player unless someone can surpass her. She does not need to prove to anyone. Her ELO speaks for itself. Let me also share with you the reality of the chess world for a female player. It costs a lot of money to train in chess. No serious player would enter in any world championship without proper preparation. I devoted many months and probably around $50,000 to prepare for the rematch with Xie Jun in 1999, a match which never took place. FIDE offered $100,000 total, which was against their own policy. So even if I win, I would lose money since I would have to pay for travelling expenses for my seconds, my family and me in addition to all the training costs. This is the point. Judit, Xie Jun and I have nothing left to prove. FIDE has no problem putting up $1,000,000 - $5,000,000 for a men's match. My match in 1996 had the biggest prize funds ever and it was $200,000. That is a big insult to me and to some. You should address your frustration with FIDE. I asked the same question to Mr. Ilyumzhinov and Mr. Kok. They promised to respond shortly. You can read their answers on my blog www.SusanPolgar.blogspot.com. Best wishes,
Susan Polgar
www.SusanPolgar.blogspot.com
www.PolgarChess.com |
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| Apr-26-06 | | DP12: Ms. Polgar with all due respect, the men's matches are of a much higher level and consequently demand more money. 2500-2600 male players can only dream about the chance to split a $200,000 pot Women must be economical to do less training or else face the loss of money. I suppose that to some degree can explain the success of the Chinese in Women's Chess, who presumably have a lot of state support to this day. |
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Apr-26-06
| | Susan Polgar: <DP12: Ms. Polgar with all due respect, the men's matches are of a much higher level and consequently demand more money.> I am sorry to disagree. Playing level has nothing to do with the ability to attract the audience or media = pay scale. Just look at women's tennis. My events usually outdraw 99% of top male grandmasters. Last year, I was featured in a chess event where about 30,000 people showed up over the weekend. My matches with Karpov filled the theatre. So do most of my events when the world championships have problems attracting an audience. I also receive many more times in literary advances or appearance fees than most male GMs. This is about the mentality of FIDE. I have very little interest in competing for the women's world championship again. I am fighting this issue just as many others for the female of the next generation. As I mentioned above, I asked Mr. Bessel Kok and Mr. Kirsan Ilyumzhinov about this issue. They promised to give me a full response in the next few days. Best wishes,
Susan Polgar
www.SusanPolgar.blogspot.com
www.PolgarChess.com |
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| Apr-26-06 | | Chopin: <<pkjohn146: <Susan> Haappy Birrthday to youuu...
Haappy Birrthday to youuu...
Haaaaappyyyy Birrrrthdayyy
deeear Susannnn... >
Happy Birthday tooo youuu!!! >
As Simon Cowell would say, " You're going to Hollywood " :) |
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Apr-26-06
| | Susan Polgar: Thank you! I am just a fraction over 22 :)
Best wishes,
Susan Polgar
www.SusanPolgar.blogspot.com
www.PolgarChess.com
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| Apr-26-06 | | Chopin: <Susan Polgar> <Thank you! I am just a fraction over 22 :)> Must be the Oil of Olay. :) |
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| Apr-26-06 | | Dionyseus: I agree with Susan that Judit Polgar's impressive elo is far more important than any women's title. Judit managed something never before achieved by women, the title of Super Grandmaster (rating of 2700 or higher). There have only ever been 39 Super Grandmasters. |
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| Apr-27-06 | | TIMER: <Dionyseus> You should count top ten as supergrandmasters, rating should not come into it as then you exclude players like Lasker or Smyslov but include players like Nisipeanu. |
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