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Judit Polgar
J Polgar 
Photo copyright © 2009 Jaksa Timea.  

Number of games in database: 1,809
Years covered: 1984 to 2022
Last FIDE rating: 2675 (2646 rapid, 2736 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2735
Overall record: +462 -268 =498 (57.9%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 581 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (341) 
    B90 B93 B33 B32 B30
 Ruy Lopez (203) 
    C67 C78 C89 C65 C92
 French Defense (114) 
    C11 C18 C10 C12 C15
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (98) 
    C89 C92 C95 C90 C84
 Sicilian Najdorf (89) 
    B90 B93 B92 B99 B94
 Caro-Kann (73) 
    B14 B17 B18 B13 B12
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (326) 
    B47 B90 B22 B40 B32
 King's Indian (171) 
    E97 E62 E81 E92 E73
 Sicilian Taimanov (72) 
    B47 B48 B46 B45 B49
 Queen's Indian (60) 
    E15 E12 E17 E16 E14
 Nimzo Indian (49) 
    E32 E21 E49 E53 E48
 Sicilian Najdorf (44) 
    B90 B92 B98 B99 B97
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   J Polgar vs F Berkes, 2003 1-0
   Shirov vs J Polgar, 1994 0-1
   J Polgar vs Anand, 1999 1-0
   J Polgar vs Mamedyarov, 2002 1-0
   J Polgar vs P Chilingirova, 1988 1-0
   J Polgar vs Karpov, 2003 1-0
   J Polgar vs Shirov, 1995 1-0
   J Polgar vs Kasparov, 2002 1-0
   J Polgar vs Kasimdzhanov, 2005 1-0
   Ljubojevic vs J Polgar, 1994 0-1

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: [what is this?]
   FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament (1999)
   FIDE World Championship Tournament (2005)

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Hastings Challengers 1988/89 (1988)
   Superstars Hotel Bali (2002)
   Villa de Canada de Calatrava (2007)
   Aruba (1992)
   Thessaloniki Olympiad (Women) (1988)
   Hastings 1992/93 (1992)
   Istanbul Olympiad (2000)
   99th US Open (1998)
   Novi Sad Olympiad (Women) (1990)
   European Championship (2011)
   Amsterdam OHRA (1989)
   European Championship (2001)
   SKA-Mephisto Tournament (1991)
   FIDE Moscow Grand Prix (2002)
   World Cup (2011)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   Polgars Powers Originally Compiled by wanabe2000 by fredthebear
   Polgars Powers Originally Compiled by wanabe2000 by enog
   Polgars Powers Originally Compiled by Okavango
   Polgar Power Originally Compiled by wanabe2000 by rpn4
   Polgar Power Originally Compiled by wanabe2000 by Patca63
   Zsuzsa (Susan), Zsofia, and Judit Polgar by wanabe2000
   The Princess of Chess - Judit Polgar by rpn4
   The Princess of Chess - Judit Polgar by Resignation Trap
   The Princess of Chess - Judit Polgar by rpn4
   0ZeR0's collected games volume 95 by 0ZeR0
   0ZeR0's collected games volume 94 by 0ZeR0
   JUDIT AND SUSAN POLGAR by rpn4
   JUDIT AND SUSAN POLGAR by vaskolon
   JUDIT AND SUSAN POLGAR by rpn4

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   J Polgar vs H Nguyen (Aug-08-14) 1-0
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JUDIT POLGAR
(born Jul-23-1976, 48 years old) Hungary
PRONUNCIATION:
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Judit Polgar is universally considered the strongest woman chess player ever. She was #1 woman player in the world for an unbroken period of over 26 years starting from the age of 12 in 1989 when she burst into the world's top 100 until her retirement from competitive chess in August 2014, aged 38, and into 2015 while her rating was still active.

She was born in Hungary in 1976. Her childhood included an extensive chess education from her father, Laszlo, and her sisters. Beginning international competition as early as 1984, Polgar first defeated an International Master in Adelaide in 1986, when she beat Dolfi Drimer, and a year later the then 11 year old girl defeated her first grandmaster, Lev Gutman. In 1988 she won the U12 Boys World Championship, and in 1990, the U14 Boys World Championship. In 1991 she became an International Grandmaster by winning the "men's" Hungarian championship and at the age of fifteen years and five months, she was the youngest grandmaster in history, breaking a record that Robert James Fischer had held for over 30 years. She has been the highest-rated woman ever since FIDE's January 1990 list, and in 2003 she entered the overall top ten. In 2005, she became the first woman to take part in the final of an open world championship cycle when she participated in the FIDE World Championship Tournament (2005). Although she finished last, her participation in this event seeded her into the 2007 Candidates playoff for the World Championship Tournament in Mexico City, but she bowed out in the Candidates Match: Polgar - Bareev (2007) by 3.5-2.5.

Polgar's career-best tournament performances include four victories at Essent (twice shared), first in London 1988, first in Varna 1988, equal first with Bareev in Hastings 1992/93, clear first at Madrid 1994, first at the Isle of Lewis 1995 (1), equal first in the 1998 US Open, first at the VAM Tournament in Hoogeveen in 1998, first at the category 16 Japfa Classic in Bali in 2000, first at the the Sigeman & Company International Tournament in Malmo, equal first at the Najdorf Chess Festival 2000, fourth in the 2001 European Championship which fielded 143 GMs in a 13-round Swiss-system tournament, first at Superstars Hotel Bali (2002), clear second at Corus at Corus Group A (2003) and equal first at the European Championship (2011), the first time a woman has stood on the podium in this immensely competitive tournament that on this occasion attracted 167 grandmasters; her result also qualified her for participation in the World Cup (2011), where she defeated Cuban GM Fidel Corrales Jimenez, Armenian GM Sergei Movsesian, and Russian GM Sergey Karjakin and Cuban GM, Leinier Dominguez Perez in the first four rounds, but lost her quarter final match against the eventual winner, Russian GM Peter Svidler, to exit the contest. She was one of the President's nominees to play in the World Cup (2013), where she faced Cuban #4 player, GM Isan Reynaldo Ortiz Suarez in the first round, losing the first game and drawing the second.

Polgar represented Hungary at the (open) Olympiads in 1994, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2008, 2010, 2012 and 2014. During that time she won two team silver medals, and an individual bronze medal, both occurring at the 2002 Olympiad and the second team silver in 2014. During the Istanbul Olympiad (2012) held in Istanbul, she played on board 3 scoring 7.5/10 which yielded a TPR of 2744, her best result since the Istanbul Olympiad of 2000. Her overall game results from her participation in Olympiads now amounts to 85 games (+35 =35 -15) with a winning percentage of 61.8%. She represented Hungary twice in the European Team Championships, once in 1989 and then again in 1999, on the latter occasion helping her team to its best result, a silver medal, and also winning an individual silver medal for her result on board 2.

In rapids, Polgar's best results include equal first with Viswanathan Anand in the Wydra rapid in Israel in 1998, defeating David Navara 6-2 in a rapid match in the Czech Republic in 2010, and defeating Vassily Ivanchuk 2.5-1.5 and Veselin Topalov 3.5-0.5 to win the rapid Ajedrez UNAM Quadrangular (2010). She won an invitational rapid tournament, Festa da Uva (Grape Celebration), in Caxias do Sul in Brazil in early 2012, ahead of Henrique Mecking, Gilberto Milos and Andres Rodriguez Vila the contest was a round robin featuring 2 game mini-matches between each player, with one rapid and one blitz game in each match. (2) She played in the European Championship (2014) but only scored 6.5/11, losing a couple of games in the last few rounds of the tournament and failing to qualify for the World Cup 2015.

Polgar first entered the top 100 in January 1989 at the age of 12 when her rating skyrocketed to 2555 and number 55 in the world, and she has remained in the top 100 since then. She remains the youngest player by far to enter the top 100. Her standard rating as of 1 February 2015 is 2675 making her the world's top rated woman, Hungary's #4 player, and world #66; her peak rating was 2735 in 2005, when she was ranked #8 in the world. She is rated 2646 in rapid (world #100 and Women's world #1) and 2736 (world #30 & women's world #1) in blitz.

She lives in Budapest with her husband, veterinarian Gusztav Font, and their two children, Oliver and Hanna who were born in 2004 and 2006 respectively. In late 2012, she released her autobiography "How I Beat Fischer's Record". (3) In August 2014, she announced her retirement from competitive chess after 25 years as the top rated woman in chess. (4)

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(1) 365chess: http://www.365chess.com/tournaments...
(2) Chessbase "Grape Celebration with Judit Polgar" http://chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp...
(3) Chessbase "Judit Polgar: How I beat Fischer's record" http://chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp...
(4) Chessbase "Judit Polgar to retire from competitive chess" http://en.chessbase.com/post/judit-...

- Article in the Independent dated 24 November 2012: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/p...
- Personal website: http://www.polgarjudit.com/index_en...
- Psychology Today article titled "The Grandmaster Experiment" http://www.psychologytoday.com/arti...
- John Miller's (User: wanabe2000) collection of games and tournaments of the Polgar sisters: Game Collection: Zsuzsa (Susan), Zsofia, and Judit Polgar
- Live rating: http://www.2700chess.com/women
- Polgar's Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/GMJuditPolgar
- Q & A between Polgar and fans: http://www.crestbook.com/en/node/1668
- https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast... (2017 podcast interview with Ben Johnson of Perpetual Chess)
- Audio-visual collage of Polgar Chessday 2009: http://www.timeapictures.com/en/jud... (link in print underneath photo array)
- Wikipedia article: Judit Polgar

Last updated: 2021-07-23 08:34:41

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 page 1 of 73; games 1-25 of 1,809  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. J Polgar vs Szendrei 1-0211984BudapestB90 Sicilian, Najdorf
2. I Balogh vs J Polgar 0-1281984BudapestB30 Sicilian
3. J Polgar vs H Grooten 1-0221984Blindfold gameB83 Sicilian
4. J Polgar vs T Halasz 1-0261985Training gameB01 Scandinavian
5. J Polgar vs T Hutters 1-0411986CopenhagenB32 Sicilian
6. J Polgar vs Z Simic  1-0421986New York Open Section VIIC10 French
7. J Polgar vs S Villegas  1-0451986Wch U16 GirlsC30 King's Gambit Declined
8. V Alvarez vs J Polgar  0-1371986Wch U16 GirlsB20 Sicilian
9. J Polgar vs O Capo Iturrieta 0-1591986Wch U16 GirlsB83 Sicilian
10. J Polgar vs N Bojkovic 1-0711986Wch U16 GirlsB30 Sicilian
11. J Polgar vs S Nagabhusanam  1-0491986Wch U16 GirlsB53 Sicilian
12. I Majul vs J Polgar 0-1641986Wch U16 GirlsA37 English, Symmetrical
13. J Polgar vs I Kientzler-Guerlain 1-0341986Wch U16 GirlsB90 Sicilian, Najdorf
14. M Riofrio Palma vs J Polgar  0-1231986Wch U16 GirlsA46 Queen's Pawn Game
15. A Hernandez Bonilla vs J Polgar 0-1361986Wch U16 GirlsA36 English
16. J Polgar vs S Djuric 0-1451986Australian Open 1986/87C30 King's Gambit Declined
17. J Polgar vs E Mednis 0-1441987Australian Open 1986/87C15 French, Winawer
18. J Polgar vs D Drimer 1-0621987Australian Open 1986/87B45 Sicilian, Taimanov
19. J Polgar vs K Hornung 1-0541987Australian Open 1986/87C31 King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit
20. T Hay vs J Polgar 1-0311987Australian Open 1986/87B83 Sicilian
21. B Leverett vs J Polgar 0-1301987New York Open U-2400A57 Benko Gambit
22. J Polgar vs A Huss 0-1521987Biel MixC15 French, Winawer
23. J Costa vs J Polgar 0-1221987Biel MixA31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation
24. C Landenbergue vs J Polgar  0-1441987Biel MixA04 Reti Opening
25. J Polgar vs J Costa 1-0321987Biel MixC33 King's Gambit Accepted
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Mar-16-06  Jim Bartle: Correct. It should be Augean stables.
Mar-16-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: <Jim> I believe the stables referred to herein were the Augean stables- it's been many years since I last read about all that, so I could esily be incorrect!

Ah, for the advantages of a 'classical' education- mine was anything but. From seventh grade onwards, major in chess, minor in chess and so was everything in between.

Mar-16-06  Jim Bartle: I never think or try to remember anything anymore. With the internet, I just google or wiki.

As Martin Mull used to say, "Why think when you can look it up?"

Mar-16-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  tamar: Digging giant trenches and filling it with waste. The Augean Stables job was the first CAFO!
Mar-16-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  WTHarvey: Here is a collection of Judit's winning combinations: http://www.wtharvey.com/polg.html
Mar-16-06  MoonlitKnight: Judit won the Reykjavik blitz qualification tournament with 8/8 ahead of 195 players, among them Anand, Mamedyarov and Carlsen. There is currently an ongoing knockout cup with 64 players.
Mar-16-06  17.Bxg7: <MoonlitKnight:> Where can we find more information about this (some web link)? Thanks for the good news.
Mar-16-06  Halldor: There are some links for this tournament on the homepage of Magnus Carlsen
Mar-16-06  Halldor: Here is also a videoclip including fine interview with Judit: http://dagskra.ruv.is/streaming/sjo...

Choose "22.20 Skákkvöld" and scroll into it a bit.
This link will be active for the next 3 weeks.

Mar-16-06  drnooo: Before Fischer completely unraveled, was it not the Polgars whom he stayed with and played a lot of blitz chess. And from what I heard, was even beating them, no. Or was that just a rumor.
Mar-23-06  LluviaSean: that is a nice picture of judit. and look!! she's got a strong pawn centre!!!
Mar-24-06  DutchDunce: Yes, but her king and nearest knight are facing each other instead of forward. They must be engaged in a stimulating conversation of some sort, with the poor bishop in the middle.
Mar-28-06  alexandrovm: where is Polgar this days? Any tournaments for her coming soon?
Apr-05-06  EmperorAtahualpa: "JUDIT POLGAR"

MIT ZWÖLF SCHON NUMMER 1 DER SCHACHFRAUEN

Als beste Schachspielerin in der Weltrangliste der Damen sorgte die Ungarin Judit Polgar bereits im kindlichen Alter von zwölf Jahren für großes Aufsehen. Drei Jahre später wurde sie als 15-Jährige der jüngste Großmeister (GM) der Herren. Den Traum, auch Weltmeisterin bei den Männern zu werden, konnte sie allerdings bisher noch nicht verwirklichen.

Judit Polgar kam am 23. Juli 1976 als dritte Tochter des Professors Laszlo Polgar und der Mathematikerin Klara Polgar in der ungarischen Hauptstadt Budapest zur Welt. Sie wuchs zusammen mit ihren zwei älteren Schwestern Zsuzsa (geb. 1969) und Zsofia (geb. 1974) auf. Judit lernte schon mit fünf Jahren das Schachspiel von ihrem Vater. Dieser vertritt die Auffassung, herausragende Erfolge seien nicht in den Genen angeboren, sondern im wesentlichen erlernbar

Die drei Geschwister waren vom Schulbesuch befreit und wurden zu Hause von ihren Eltern unterrichtet. Lediglich die Prüfungen mussten sie in der Schule ablegen. Der Vater wollte auch beweisen, dass Mädchen auf jedem beliebigen Feld so viel wie Jungen erreichen können. Über seine Lehrmethode schrieb er das Buch „Wie erziehe ich ein Genie?“ .

Im Alter von sechs Jahren fiel Judit erstmals in der Öffentlichkeit auf, als sie in Ungarn an der Landesmeisterschaft der unter Elfjährigen teilnahm und den zweiten Platz erreichte. Als Kind kam es ihr komisch vor, gegen Mädchen zu spielen. Mit neun Jahren beteiligte sie sich in Kopenhagen am „Politiken-Cup“ und erzielte die Hälfte der erreichbaren Punkte. Bald folgte der dritte Rang bei der Weltmeisterschaft der bis zu 16-Jährigen.

1988 erwies sich für Judit Polgar als besonders erfolgreiches Jahr. Damals tauchte ihr Name in der Damenweltrangliste mit 2360 Elo-Punkten auf, was Platz 25 bis 27 entsprach. In der zweiten Hälfte jenes Jahres kämpfte sie sich auf 2365 Elo-Punkte und somit auf Platz 14 bis 16 vor. Bei der

„28. Schacholympiade“ in Saloniki (Griechenland) wurde die zwölfjährige Judit mit 12,5 auf 13 der Star des Turniers. Das entsprach 2694 Elo-Punkten. Bei der Veranstaltung wurde ihr beim Kongress der „Fédération Internationale des Echecs“ (FIDE) der IM-Titel der Männer verliehen."

<to be continued>

Apr-05-06  EmperorAtahualpa: <continued>

"Judit, ihre Schwestern Zsofia und Zsuzsa sowie Ildiko Mado holten sich 1988 den Olympiasieg vor der sowjetischen Mannschaft. Dieses Ereignis wurde von dem deutschen Nationaltrainer Klaus Darga mit den Worten kommentiert, Judit sei das größte Schachtalent, das es jemals mit zwölf Jahren gegeben habe.

Im Januar 1989 eroberte die zwölfjährige Judit Polgar mit 2555 Elo-Punkten die Spitze der Weltrangliste der Damen. Weil keine Frau der Welt mit ihr am Schachbrett mithalten konnte, wollte Judit nur noch gegen Männer spielen. Mit einer Sondergenehmigung nahm sie 1990 bei den Weltmeisterschaften der Jungen unter 14 teil und wurde mit neun von elf Punkten Weltmeister.

Fast schon legendär empfand man in der Schachwelt die 1990 ausgetragene Fernsehpartie von Judit Polgar gegen den Großmeister aus der ehemaligen Deutschen Demokratischen Republik (DDR), Rainer Knaak. Die Partie war mit einer Stunde Bedenkzeit für jeden angesetzt und wurde live kommentiert. Das Spiel entwickelte sich sehr dramatisch und die kommentierenden Großmeister wurden mehrfach von Judit überrascht.

Mitunter kämpften die Polgar-Schwestern bei Turnieren auch gegeneinander. Als ein Beispiel für ihre besonderes Fairness gilt das 1991 ausgetragene Turnier der „Schweizerischen Kreditanstalt“ (SKA) in München: Dabei hätte Judith bei einem Sieg gegen ihre Schwester Zsuzsa den Großmeistertitel der Männer erreicht, doch Zsuzsa spielte Remis.

Vor harter Konkurrenz wurde Judit Polgar 1992 „Ungarischer Landes-meister“ und mit 15 Jahren der jüngste Großmeister der Herren. Eine vergleichbare Leistung mit 15 hatte nur Robert James Fischer, der Weltmeister von 1972, vorzuweisen.

1994 spielte Judit Polgar erstmals gegen den amtierenden Schachweltmeister Garri Kasparov, der die Partie für sich entschied, aber großen Wirbel auslöste, weil er gegen die Regel

„berührt-geführt“ verstieß. Doch Judit war nicht geistesgegenwärtig genug, um deswegen sofort zu reklamieren."

<to be continued>

Apr-05-06  EmperorAtahualpa: <continued>

"1994 bekam Judit eine „wild card“ für „Intels Schnellschach-Grand Prix“. In der ersten Runde spielte sie gegen Nigel Short, der bereits mit Garri Kasparov um die Weltmeisterschaft kämpfte. Sie besiegte ihn souverän, unterlag aber in der nächsten Runde dem Russen Wladimir Kramnik. Zunächst stand es 1:1, aber im Tiebreak schlug Kramnik sie wie alle anderen und wurde Turniersieger.

Beim Großmeisterturnier in Limares (Spanien) 1997 nahm Judit Polgar bis zur sechsten Runde die „Pole Position“ ein, indem sie gegen Predag Nikolic aus Bosnien-Herzegowina, Vassily Iwantschuk aus der Ukraine und Alexej Drejew aus Russland gewann. Aber Kasparov konterte stark und gewann den direkten Vergleich sowie seine zwei restlichen Partien.

Judit Polgar träumt davon, Weltmeisterin bei den Männern zu werden. Die größten Probleme auf dem Weg dorthin bereiten ihr die Schachspieler Wladimir Kramnik, Viswanathan Anand und Garri Kasparov, deren spielerisches Niveau sie offenbar noch nicht ganz erreicht hat. Judit gilt als angriffslustig wie kaum ein anderer Schachspieler, besitzt große taktische Fähigkeiten und ist im Schnellschach sehr stark. Verbesserungsfähig wären jedoch ihre positionellen Qualitäten und dass sie manchmal aus Ehrgeiz eine Partie überzieht.

Auch Judit Polgars Schwestern gelten als starke Schachspielerinnen: Zsuzsa wurde 1996 Damen-Weltmeisterin und Zsofia ist unter den zehn weltbesten Damen vertreten."

Source: http://www.beepworld.de/members79/i...

Apr-05-06  pazzed paun: lovely... could we have an English translation please?
Apr-06-06  alexandrovm: <pazzed paun: lovely... could we have an English translation please? Apr-05-06
Premium Chessgames Member EmperorAtahualpa: <continued>

"1994 bekam Judit eine „wild card“ für „Intels> hmmm, I would love to learn german...

Apr-06-06  RodSerling: Is there another way to get the interview? The Norse link doesn't seem to work (see above).
Apr-06-06  s4life: <drnooo: Before Fischer completely unraveled, was it not the Polgars whom he stayed with and played a lot of blitz chess. And from what I heard, was even beating them, no. Or was that just a rumor.>

Yes, and then Sofia said in an interview afterwards that she wished she'd never meet Fischer in person... I guess Fischer was already a complete nutcase at the time.

Apr-06-06  The Bloop: <pazzed paun: lovely... could we have an English translation please?>

The following was generated from copying and pasting the German post into a translation web site.

The translation is crude of course, but I'm not going to go through it all and correct grammar, etc., or try to figure out what any of the unclear translations were really trying to tell us...

This will at least give us a sense of what that article was all about...

EmperorAtahualpa: "JUDIT POLGAR"

WITH TWELVE ALREADY NUMBERS 1 OF THE CHESS WOMEN

As the best chess player in the world rankings of the ladies Hungarian Judit Polgar already provided at the childish age of twelve years for big sensation. Three years later she became as 15-year-old the latest Grand Master (GM) of men. To become the dream, also world champion with the men, however, she could not realize up to now yet.

Judit Polgar came into the world on the 23rd July, 1976 as the third daughter of professor Laszlo Polgar and the mathematician Klara Polgar in the Hungarian capital of Budapest. She grew up together with her two older sisters Zsuzsa (born in 1969) and Zsofia (born in 1974). Judit already learned at the age of five years the chess of her father. This represents the view, prominent success is innate not in the genes, but can be learnt basically

Three brothers and sisters were released from the school visit and were informed at home of her parents. Merely the check had to file them at school. The father also wanted to prove that girls on any field can reach so many like boys. About his teaching method he wrote the book „ How I educate a genius? “

At the age of six years Judit struck for the first time in the general public when it took part in Hungary in the land mastery among 11-year-old and reached the second place. As a child it happened to her funnily to play against girl. At the age of nine years she taken part in Copenhagen in the "policy cup" and achieved half of the accessible points. The third rank soon followed with the world championship up to 16-year-old.

In 1988 turned out for Judit Polgar especially successful year. At that time her name appeared in the ladies ranking list with 2360 Elo points what corresponded to place 25 to 27. In the second half of that year she struggled on 2365 Elo points and therefore on place 14 to 16 before. With that

„ 28 chess Olympic Games “ in Salonika (Greece) became the 12-year-old Judit with 12.5 on 13 the star of the tournament. This corresponded to 2694 Elo points. In the arrangement it was lent her with the congress of the " Fédération international of the Echecs “ (FIDE) of the IM titles of the men. "

Next group of paragraphs:

" Judit, her sisters Zsofia and Zsuzsa as well as Ildiko Mado got in 1988 the Olympic victory before the Soviet team. This event was commented by German national coach Klaus Darga with the words, Judit is the biggest chess talent which there has one day been at the age of twelve years.

In January, 1989 the 12-year-old Judit Polgar with 2555 Elo points conquered the point of the world rankings of the ladies. Because no woman of the world with her in the chess board could keep up, Judit wanted to play only against men. With a special approval she took part in 1990 with the world championships of the boys under 14 and became with nine of eleven points World champion.

Almost quite legendary one felt in the chess world the television part delivered in 1990 of Judit Polgar against the Grand Master from the former German democratic republic (GDR), Rainer Knaak. The part was attached with one-hour time to reflect for everybody and was commented live. The play developed very dramatically and the commenting Grand Masters were surprised several times by Judit.

Apr-06-06  The Bloop: Every now and then the Polgar sisters fought with tournaments also mutually. As an example of her special fairness counts the tournament delivered in 1991 of the " Swiss loan corporation “ (SKA) in Munich: Besides, Judith would have reached the Grand Master's title of the men in a victory against her sister Zsuzsa, however, Zsuzsa played draw.

Before hard competition Judit Polgar became in 1992 the latest Grand Master of men „ of Hungarian land masters “ and at the age of 15 years. A comparable achievement with 15 had to show only Robert James Fischer, the world champion of 1972.

In 1994 Judit Polgar played for the first time against acting chess world champion Garri Kasparov who decided the part for himself, but released big whirl, because he against the rule

"berührt-controlled" offended. However, Judit was not alert enough to complain, so, immediately. "

(LAST GROUP OF PARAGRAPHS)

In 1994 Judit „ wildly agreed card “ for " Intel of quick chess-Grand Hotel Prix “. In the first round she played against Nigel Short who already fought with Garri Kasparov for the world championship. She defeated him masterfully, however, was defeated in the next round by the Russian Vladimir Kramnik. At first it stood 1:1, but in the Tiebreak Kramnik hit them like all the others and became a winner of the tournament.

In the Grand Master's tournament in Limares (Spain) in 1997 Judit Polgar took the " poles of position “ up to the sixth round, while she won against Predag Nikolic from Bosnia-Herzegovina, Vassily Iwantschuk from the Ukraine and Alexej Drejew from Russia. But Kasparov countered strongly and won the direct comparison as well as his two remaining parts.

Judit Polgar dreams of becoming a world champion with the men. The biggest problems on the way there prepare for her chess player Vladimir Kramnik, Viswanathan Anand and Garri Kasparov whose playful level she has not completely reached apparently yet. Judit counts as aggressive like no other chess player, owns big tactical abilities and is very strong in the quick chess. Nevertheless, her positionellen qualities would be able of improvement and that it covers a part sometimes from ambition.

Also Judit Polgars sisters count as strong chess players: Zsuzsa will represent in 1996 lady's world champion and Zsofia is among ten world-best ladies. "

Apr-06-06  Jim Bartle: Well, we might talk about the relative weakness of (some) computers at chess, but the above translation (while clearly understandable) demonstrates that even Sargon III was better than computer translation programs.
Apr-10-06  alexandrovm: <...but the above translation (while clearly understandable) demonstrates that even Sargon III was better than computer translation programs.> with better neural network programms, translations will be so easy to make with that type of programms.
Apr-10-06  Marmot PFL: Doesn't any literate person proofread these articles first? It's like the old Japanese product instructions which said "assembly require great patience" (not to mention sense of humor).
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