JUDIT POLGAR (born Jul-23-1976, 48 years old) Hungary PRONUNCIATION: [what is this?] 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) *** (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  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. J Polgar vs Szendrei 1-0 21 1984 Budapest B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 2. I Balogh vs J Polgar 0-1 28 1984 Budapest B30 Sicilian 3. J Polgar vs H Grooten 1-0 22 1984 Blindfold game B83 Sicilian 4. J Polgar vs T Halasz 1-0 26 1985 Training game B01 Scandinavian 5. J Polgar vs T Hutters 1-0 41 1986 Copenhagen B32 Sicilian 6. J Polgar vs Z Simic   1-0 42 1986 New York Open Section VII C10 French 7. J Polgar vs S Villegas   1-0 45 1986 Wch U16 Girls C30 King's Gambit Declined 8. V Alvarez vs J Polgar   0-1 37 1986 Wch U16 Girls B20 Sicilian 9. J Polgar vs O Capo Iturrieta 0-1 59 1986 Wch U16 Girls B83 Sicilian 10. J Polgar vs N Bojkovic 1-0 71 1986 Wch U16 Girls B30 Sicilian 11. J Polgar vs S Nagabhusanam   1-0 49 1986 Wch U16 Girls B53 Sicilian 12. I Majul vs J Polgar 0-1 64 1986 Wch U16 Girls A37 English, Symmetrical 13. J Polgar vs I Kientzler-Guerlain 1-0 34 1986 Wch U16 Girls B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 14. M Riofrio Palma vs J Polgar   0-1 23 1986 Wch U16 Girls A46 Queen's Pawn Game 15. A Hernandez Bonilla vs J Polgar 0-1 36 1986 Wch U16 Girls A36 English 16. J Polgar vs S Djuric 0-1 45 1986 Australian Open 1986/87 C30 King's Gambit Declined 17. J Polgar vs E Mednis 0-1 44 1987 Australian Open 1986/87 C15 French, Winawer 18. J Polgar vs D Drimer 1-0 62 1987 Australian Open 1986/87 B45 Sicilian, Taimanov 19. J Polgar vs K Hornung 1-0 54 1987 Australian Open 1986/87 C31 King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit 20. T Hay vs J Polgar 1-0 31 1987 Australian Open 1986/87 B83 Sicilian 21. B Leverett vs J Polgar 0-1 30 1987 New York Open U-2400 A57 Benko Gambit 22. J Polgar vs A Huss 0-1 52 1987 Biel Mix C15 French, Winawer 23. J Costa vs J Polgar 0-1 22 1987 Biel Mix A31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation 24. C Landenbergue vs J Polgar   0-1 44 1987 Biel Mix A04 Reti Opening 25. J Polgar vs J Costa 1-0 32 1987 Biel Mix C33 King's Gambit Accepted  page 1 of 73; games 1-25 of 1,809

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 6 OF 77 ·  Later Kibitzing> Jan-07-04    Benjamin Lau: Marnoff, this is sad. Since you know you can't win any debate concerning the Holocaust's existence because you know little more than what Fischer spoon feeds you, you have just decided to simply belittle the person who disagrees with you. Just sad. It's quite obvious that you were using an expression, the point however is that the expression is an exaggeration at best, one that may be deadly in that those who deny previous horrors in history can often repeat the tragedy. About Polgar, she's still relatively young square dance and I think that she hasn't quite reached her peak so I think she has a decent chance of becoming champ. Not a very high one with all the competition running around, but no one should rule her out. Jan-07-04    Bitzovich: I'd very much like to see a march J. Polgar -Lahno, although right now Kateryna hasn't hit her prime, hopefully... Jan-08-04    gkilaza: wow! she is beautiful! Jan-08-04    Taidanii: She has an attractive sentiment about her, but I wouldn't dub it "beautiful". She's not ugly, but she isnt special. She, honestly, looks like a zombie in this photo. Jan-08-04    Marnoff Mirlony: Exactly, I can't win a debate on this because when it is mentioned, everyone bursts out wildly against it without reading anything about it. How does Fischer spoon feed me evidence? Either way, consider this conversation dealt with, Benjamin Lau. Jan-08-04    azi: This is a couple of days off topic (Capa vs Fischer) but I wanted to add the following thoughts. First, Capa learned the moves as a boy simply by watching his father play other chess players. Bobby learned the moves from his sister (not an experienced player). One can explore the plusses and minuses of the different effects these first exposures and introductions had on the chess devlopment of these 2 great world champions. Second, Bobby studied chess voraciously while Capa did not study or prepare at all (or not very much?). Thirdly, while Bobby was credited with the win of the century vs Donald Byrne, Capa's demolishment of Frank Marshall's cooked pawn sac in the Ruy Lopez is also an incredible performance of chess intuition, mental lucidity and insight into the ability to apply the deep strategic principals of attack and defence simultaneously and spontaneously. I can't imagine what the patterns of lost games would be for both players given their mutual dislike of allowing draws when playing with the black pieces. N'est pas? Jan-08-04    Giancarlo: <azi> some people consider Fischer's game vs Byrne to be the game of the century, but have many people forgot about this one?: [Event "DSB Kongress XVIII"] [Site "Breslau"] [Date "1912.07.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "06"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Stephan Levitsky"] [Black "Frank Marshall"] [ECO "C10"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "46"] 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nc3 c5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.exd5 exd5 6.Be2 Nf6 7.O-O Be7 8.Bg5 O-O 9.dxc5 Be6 10.Nd4 Bxc5 11.Nxe6 fxe6 12.Bg4 Qd6 13.Bh3 Rae8 14.Qd2 Bb4 15.Bxf6 Rxf6 16.Rad1 Qc5 17.Qe2 Bxc3 18.bxc3 Qxc3 19.Rxd5 Nd4 20.Qh5 Ref8 21.Re5 Rh6 22.Qg5 Rxh3 23.Rc5 Qg3 0-1 It's not so much 23..Qg3 that is so amusing, but the moves that lead up to it. Jan-08-04    bilikidder: OK guys, I just want to remind everyone that this is Judit Polgar's page, not the Marshall, Capablanca, Fischer, Holocaust page. Judit's not playing at Wijk aan Zee or Linares. Has anyone heard how long of a break she's taking? One scenario I can imagine about her break is that she and her husband might want to start a family. Jan-09-04    Calli: Everytime she needs a rest, the rumors fly about a pregnancy. Another bit of sexism. Here is an interview she did about it. http://www.coruschess.com/article.p... Jan-09-04    bilikidder: <Calli> I read that article last year, at the time of the Benidorm tournament. I don't think speculating on whether she and her husband might want to start a family is "sexist". Jan-09-04    PinkPanther: <I read that article last year, at the time of the Benidorm tournament. I don't think speculating on whether she and her husband might want to start a family is "sexist".> Neither do I. Jan-09-04    technical draw: Me neither. Jan-09-04    Calli: Sure it is. Garry Kasparov is not at this tournament. Are you "speculating" about his personal life. Did you post something about him maybe getting married, divorced, having a new baby. No, you didn't. You only posted because Judit happens to be a woman and therefore she must be doing some womanly thing to explain the absence. Thats sexism. Jan-09-04    bilikidder: <Calli> As far as Kasparov is concerned, I've wondered how his divorce, custody battles, and his subsequent second marriage have affected his chess in the last few years, although these are things I have not posted about yet. Svidler had a good year in 2003 and has recently had twins in his family. He made a phenomenal leap in the ratings. I've wondered if there was a relationship between the two, even though I haven't posted. So don't go accuse me of being sexist after making a very innocuous post! You don't know anything about me and should not make assumptions about me. BTW, I don't see you making a ruckus on the Rybenko page. If I were to use your "logic", I could make the same case about you; because you haven't posted on the Rybenko page, you must then be sexist yourself. But I would not make such a ridiculous breach of logic. Jan-10-04    square dance: <calli> you seem hyper-sensative. judit was recently married, so it is logical to think she and her husband may want children soon. since her body would be affected she would have to take a different approach to that situation than a male player would. this situation is likely to come up at some point so i think it is natural to speculate about it until it does. in fact it is just as natural as speculating about kasparov slipping because of his, which will happen at some point. is that being age-ist? Jan-10-04    Calli: I don't post on some page, therefore that categorizes me as something or other. Okay, whatever. Otherwise, you are just reinforcing the main point that women, of course, can't possible have a career and a family, Her rating will suffer etc. Of course, if Svidler has twins his rating goes up! Jan-10-04    square dance: <in fact it is just as natural as speculating about kasparov slipping because of his AGE, which will happen at some point. is that being age-ist?> that might make more sense than leaving out the word age, which is what i did in my last post. Jan-10-04    bilikidder: Calli, you’re being ridiculous again! I’m glad I came back to check this site before I went to bed. Your “logic” was that since I did not post X about Kasparov, therefore I am sexist. Thus I copied your “logic”, since you did not post an objection X on Rybenko’s page, you are sexist. UTTERLY FOOLISH! Neither did I say anything about a woman being unable to have a career and a family. It’s you who bring that up. And what’s to say that if Svidler is happy in his domestic life, it doesn’t help him in his chess competitions? Stick to chess analysis and keep out of trying to make logical arguments, you seem to be inadequate in that area. I’m going to bed. If you want to continue making foolish, spurious arguments, you are free to do so! Jan-17-04    Marnoff Mirlony: Calli, you're not making sense. What does a woman getting pregnant have to do with sexism? Obviously being pregnant will affect her Chess. Sounds to me like you're trying to start an argument more than anything. Either way, if you want to call me sexist, go for it. Jan-17-04    sleepkid: Judit Polgar sure can play chess, but in every photo I've ever seen of her, she's needed the services of a good hairstylist. Jan-18-04    Calli: "Obviously being pregnant will affect her Chess" Why? And would that be positive or negative? Jan-18-04    platonov: Don't forget that her sister, Susan Polgar was woman world-champion and had to postpone her match because her baby. Fide did not accepted postponing that time and she was disqualified just as Fischer or Kasparov. So i think that having a baby has effect on you and your play. Another hungarian GM, Zoltan Gyimesi was at 2600 level some time ago, and now he has about 2500... because he started a family. Maybe Svidler is exception only because he has not got to be all-day and all-night with his twins. Anyway that is obvious that becoming a mother is a much more hard task than becoming a father. Jan-18-04    Calli: <Platonov> You bring up good points. A man and a woman who were affected by family matters. Another who was not. This is exactly the point. I have worked with many women who work right up to the last week of pregnancy and whose work is not affected by it. I have also worked with men and women who are greatly affected. For some reason, though, Judit, by her celebrity status, seems to be "speculated" on much more often. Somehow, it is assumed that there will be a great change in her chess. Jan-18-04    bilikidder: <<Calli> For some reason, though, Judit, by her celebrity status, seems to be "speculated" on much more often. Somehow, it is assumed that there will be a great change in her chess.> So who is making assumptions about the effect of a possible pregnancy on Polgar's chess? Certainly not me, since I never mentioned anything about it. The only reason I brought up the possible scenario of Judit and her husband having a child is because I wondered how long of a break she's taking. Period. I did not make any any statements at all about how it might affect her chess. I was offended when you, with very poor reasoning, decided that the only reason I posted such a speculation was because Judit is a woman and thus accused me of sexism. It's you who are making assumptions about me, not me making assumptions about Polgar. On the kibitzer page, I posted a question about Ponomariov (which no one has answered) asking if anyone had heard about him. The reason I posted was because I wanted to know what events he might be playing in 2004. I can imagine a scenario where he might be laying low for awhile after having gone through a few scandals last year. It's the same with Polgar. All I want to know if she's playing in any 2004 events (prior to her planned 2005 return to Wijk aan Zee). I don't need a sermon from you on the evils of sexism. And you might benefit from the logic course that patzer2 once posted about: http://www2.sjsu.edu/depts/itl/ so you don't make such egregious errors in reasoning when you post in the future. Jan-21-04    zorro: I hope Judith will play in that knock-out tourney they'll hold as championship (whenever and if they will) but I must admit that though I'd like it to see her a Champion she's not going to be one. She'd never beat Kramnik nor Kasparov. As for the others, she could have a great match with many. Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 77) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 6 OF 77 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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