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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 1,023  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. S Polgar vs E Mate 1-0 25 1979 Hungarian Championship (Women) B06 Robatsch 8. I Zsogony vs S Polgar   0-1 27 1979 HUN-ch sf (Women) A56 Benoni Defense 9. S Polgar vs J Kelemen 1-0 76 1980 Budapest E15 Queen's Indian 10. S Polgar vs Z Kiss 1-0 36 1980 Budapest E87 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox 11. S Polgar vs Koronghi   1-0 42 1980 HUN A42 Modern Defense, Averbakh System 12. S Polgar vs T Pfeifer   1-0 32 1980 HUN D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst 13. S Polgar vs S Horvath   1-0 40 1981 Budapest A87 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation 14. L Meyer vs S Polgar 0-1 19 1981 ENG C07 French, Tarrasch 15. J Horvath vs S Polgar 0-1 22 1981 HUN C00 French Defense 16. B Vujic vs S Polgar 0-1 36 1981 Panonija C00 French Defense 17. S Polgar vs Cirakov 1-0 21 1981 Targoviste A88 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6 18. Smirnov vs S Polgar 0-1 35 1981 Teteven A27 English, Three Knights System 19. S Polgar vs E Ivanov 1-0 15 1981 Varna Open A57 Benko Gambit 20. T Needham vs S Polgar 0-1 23 1981 Wch u16g B33 Sicilian 21. S Polgar vs J Harmsen   1-0 24 1981 Wch u16g A87 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation 22. S Polgar vs J Leszczynska   1-0 59 1981 Wch u16g D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst 23. S Lalic vs S Polgar   0-1 36 1981 Wch u16g C07 French, Tarrasch 24. G Czeripp vs S Polgar   ½-½ 39 1981 HUN-Open C07 French, Tarrasch 25. L Liptay vs S Polgar   0-1 48 1982 Balatonbereny E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto  page 1 of 41; games 1-25 of 1,023

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 263 OF 264 ·  Later Kibitzing> Jun-26-15    Olavi: In the bio, <Later that year, FIDE, in a controversial decision, granted 100 rating points to every female player except Zsuzsa.> is not correct. There were others, Cramling, Fischdick (I think) and a third one. They received 25-75 points, if memory serves me right. Besides, it's controversial whether the decision was controversial. Aug-12-15    WTHarvey: Here's a pamphlet of a couple dozen of Susan Polgar's brilliancies: https://www.scribd.com/doc/27421760... Aug-22-15    nilanjanasm: a game by polgar. W - Susan Polgar B - Bent Larsen Monte Carlo 1994 d4 c6 c4 d6 Nc3 e5 Nf3 Nd7 e4 Ngf6 Be2 Be7 0-0 0-0 Be3 a6 d5 cxd5 cxd5 Ng4 Bd2 Nb6?! h3 Nf6 Be3 Ne8 a4 Nd7 a5 g6 Nd2 Bg5 Bxg5 Qxg5 Nc4 Rb8 Qc1! Qf4 b4 h5 Ra2 b5 axb6 Nxb6 Na5! Kg7 Nc6 Ra8 Qxf4 exf4 Rc1 Nf6 Rca1! Re8 f3 Nfd7 Bxa6 Bxa6 Rxa6 Rac8 Nb5 Nc4 Nca7 Rb8 Nxd6 Nxd6 Rxd6 Ne5 b5 Rb7 Rda6 h4 Rc1 Nd7 Nc8! Rb8 Nd6 Rf8 Rc7 Ne5 b6 Ra8 Rxa8 1-0 One best game Jan-07-16    cro777: Susan Polgar's coaching philosophy: "Unlike some 'celebrity coaches' who go through the motion for the media or simply by lending their names, I actually spend a lot of time to dissect the strengths and weaknesses of each of my students. Then we work together to fix each weakness and enhancing their natural strengths." http://www.chessdom.com/interview-w... Apr-19-16    Fluffy: Happy Birthday to you, Zsuzsa. We have nearly the same birthdays although the same cannot be said for our chess playing abilities Heh Aug-28-16    Virgil A: Hopefully GM Susan Polgar will lend her interviews/commentaries at the Baku Olympiad. Feb-19-17    bengalcat47: Zsuzsu is very pretty! Feb-20-17    Dionysius1: I wouldn't say so, but beauty is in the eye of the beholder and all that. Without doubt though she has been one heck of a chess player. Oct-21-17    Dionysius1: A girl called Susan Polgar is the love interest in Newhart episode 95. Coincidence? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yL_... Dec-21-17    Joshka: <Susan Polgar> Hi Susan, thanks for speaking out against that horrible/offensive logo FIDE put out for their World Chess Championship plug. It's laughable, and disgusting indeed. Then again, why would I expect anything classy from the world chess organization. Thanks again, and what's the best way to protest for us amateur chess fans? Dec-21-17    WorstPlayerEver: It's pawn-o-graphic https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/5179... Dec-21-17    Chess Is More: I think the design was great. Nothing wrong about being a little provocative, is it? It's only a logo. An intriguing combination of chess and kama sutra-inspired physical intimacy. Fresh and exciting, if you ask me. Dec-21-17    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? Dec-22-17    offramp: <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?> The only time I've seen people playing chess outdoors in London was at the old club on Clapham Common. I used to play there with Andrew Horton-Kitchlew but it shut many years ago. I have never seen anyone playing chess in Trafalgar Square or any of the large parks in London, although it may be happening somewhere. The reason I mentioned that, was that the burghers of Gardens Mall in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, had corralled 326 chess players to take on Ms Polgar in a simultaneous display. I was wondering how good these players were. Dec-28-17    Joshka: <Chess Is More> <provocative> Why is it needed?? Guess todays players are so boring and lack any marketing skills that they decided to mix chess with porn?? The logo is disgusting and they should be ashamed for putting it out there. Suppose they had extra funds to hire some artist to draw up that horrible image seeing that they never put any substantial money into the prize fund!! 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 Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 264) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 263 OF 264 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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