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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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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)

***

(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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Sep-14-14
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  alexmagnus: <plang> the talk was abou Hou going to overtake Polgar's <current> rating, not some historical figure. As for a historical figure, that's far yet - Polgar's highest was 2735.

But it's also wrong to say top 10 is comparable to top 10. The meaning of top 10 through times changed not less than that of rating.

Sep-14-14  nok: At least everyone understands what it means.
Sep-14-14
Premium Chessgames Member
  plang: <But it's also wrong to say top 10 is comparable to top 10.>

I admit it is not ideal but I would hardly call it meaningless. Comparing ratings, however, would just be wrong.

Sep-14-14
Premium Chessgames Member
  HeMateMe: why is the top ten any more or less significant than it was 15 years ago, when Polgar got there? The true playing strength of ratings changes over time, but not your place in the picking order.
Oct-12-14
Premium Chessgames Member
  ketchuplover: Kudos to Judit for her world record :)
Oct-12-14
Premium Chessgames Member
  Penguincw: Polgar sets a Guinness World Record. :o

http://en.chessbase.com/post/judit-...

Oct-12-14
Premium Chessgames Member
  MissScarlett: There used to be a time that had some kudos. Now it's just a transparent marketing ploy.
Oct-15-14  zanzibar: Here's an old article that might be worth recycling for another pass, now that Judit has announced her retirement:

http://en.chessbase.com/post/happy-...-

She had an impressive rating improvement in 1992 (at 16yr?):

http://en.chessbase.com/portals/4/f...

Maybe 90 rating points don't sound like much, but starting from 2550 it like squeezing water out rock. Plus the points were here to stay.

Oct-18-14
Premium Chessgames Member
  ketchuplover: Judit for FIDE president!
Oct-30-14
Premium Chessgames Member
  alexmagnus: <She had an impressive rating improvement in 1992 (at 16yr?):>

By the way, talking of JP at early ages:

Polgar's 2555 at the age of 12 is most probably the highest rating a 12-year-old ever had. Karjakin was "only" 2547 at his 12-year-old peak.

Nov-14-14  IoftheHungarianTiger: Bidding Ms. Judit Polgar a very fond farewell and wishing her all the best in whatever she pursues following her career as an active player. A little sad to see the early retirement of my favorite chess player of all time, but grateful for her remarkable legacy and the number of beautiful games she has provided myself and the rest of the chess world.

(And regarding the possibility of Hou's climbing rating being a factor: It may be that Ms. Polgar wanted to retire as the top female player in the world ... and if so, whatever. After 25 years at the top, reaching the Top 10, and now already being semi-retired as an active player for a number of years, I think she's earned that right.)

Dec-05-14  cro777: Judit Polgar has just received one of the most prestigious awards in Hungary, the Prima Primissima Award, under Sport category. Congratulations!!

Prima Primissima, the most respected Hungarian State award, aims to save the achievements of the Hungarian intellectuals and strengthen the development of the domestic science, arts, culture and sport.

Dec-06-14
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  HeMateMe: Judit in Disguise:

<http://files.chesscomfiles.com/imag...>

<https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/...>

<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Biu...>

Dec-06-14
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  alexmagnus: <<Octavia: In which profession do people retire aged 35?> In almost all professional sports>

And for this very reason we will probably never know whether my theory of two peaks holds. My theory is, a human has two peaks in his capablities, no matter if mental or physical - one between 25 and 30 and the other one between 35 and 40, with the time between the peaks being quite low-productive. In chess, we often see those aged between 35 and 40 "rise back to power" - in other sports they retire between 30 and 35 (during the "low-productive" time) and so we'd never know...

Dec-06-14
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  alexmagnus: By the way, I think that many retirees at the respective age retire not because they decline or feel to decline but because of psychological pressure to retire. Look at how Kasparov tries to "force" Anand to retire by his statements. In chess, it's only Kasparov. In other sports, it's everybody - "he is old, beyond his peak, he should retire".

But - since average human lifespan becomes longer and longer, I'd find it somewhat illogical if the average decline point didn't grow too...

Jan-20-15
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  HeMateMe: Judit has an interview appearing in an unusual place--a European edition of Playboy magazine. I ran it through it google translate, if anyone is interested. I might not even have the full article, feel free to improve upon my efforts (pt.1:

"2015-01-08 | 282 | 0 comments

Best female chess player in the history of chess, chess set 150 and has lots of awards and recognition holder - maybe he does not know how many. When in 2014 he was elected to the Immortal Hungarian athletes include at least half an hour were placed in the merits. 12 years of age, or over 25 years of leading the adult female rankings, and although today announced the retirement of the day could not prevent. The only woman among the world's ten most intelligent man, but this only Judit Polgar name. Why is that? This also told Playboy great interview.

PLAYBOY: Congratulations on your recent award, the Prima Primissimához. Can you even count how many different received recognition during his lifetime? Do you have any rankings?

Judit Polgar: It is true that many. For example, I received a lot of awards in the last few years. The first was when I was still 12 years old when he won the Olympics, it was all the team members. As a small child is not so caught up in the significance. I felt the specialty, but have not gotten the time. Now this is the Prima Primissima, I feel there is between the top award. The latest ones, it is also good to have a round thought I was worth it. Now quit racing, now retired, is quite emotionally touched.

PLAYBOY: It told The Times in an interview with the world. Due to the sad decision?

PJ: Because this decision was not one moment to the next born. My husband and I rágódtunk much, we thought we talked about this. It was a very deliberate decision, but anyway I'm so, who will consider the very things. So it's not talking about a Flare-ups to be good, now I stop for a month. But ... in order to be understood, I grew up with it. The language of chess almost learned the language subject at a time. 33 years of playing chess, played chess. In this respect, this state is a little weird now. But in recent years, also went in a different direction in my life, I became very active in education, professional chess books írtam.Emellett raced and trained, but is not as hard as ten years ago.

PLAYBOY: He took out a piece of paper and wrote that they look? Quarreled with her husband argued pro and con?

P. J .: The quarrel was not more analysis. Maybe it is incomprehensible to many people, but I really get up and lie on the chess since I live. I should not be evaluated to see if I stop, in what will be the consequences. Emotionally. Really I could live without it, or not. I had to take over, what are the plus that are stronger than to continue to compete.

PLAYBOY: Beside him about it? Give at least one each!

PJ: Definitely next to it is that it is on my tongue. I grew up, this is my life. But lately the defeat hurt a lot better than the taste of success. I can not train as much as you and they want to. Good felkészülésbõl it comes to good performances, which builds self-confidence. But if for some reason one begins lemorzsolódni, the other decreases. This is not a professional approach: so something must be carried out. Strengthened during the very foundation, also have to deal with a lot. Then there are the kids, of course, Hanna 8, 10-year-old Oliver. It is important that I look away from him was not to compete in 2-3 weeks. If my husband is not so with me for the past 15 years, does not take much work, I'd have quit chess. But otherwise it is no longer the need to work out in 8-10 hours a day. The races are at least 10-13 days and then I'm away from my family. For a time, the beginning was a big challenge for me, that after the arrival of the children that I can play to keep my level.

PLAYBOY: Right at the top to stop?

P. J .: On the one hand. For a long time I was playing next to the kids because it was challenging, interesting and exciting. But now things have been framed. I would not say never, but never again - maybe once I leave the veteránvébén. But if I'm going to play again, the first line will be myself.

PLAYBOY: Well you can search the chess?

Compared to P. J .: The what? Soccer or tennis is not measured. But basically, if a first or sport and you do well, you will do well to look for. No complaints, no problems with my livelihood. For example, take a fixed income, I'm Olympian. Then we won a couple of gold and silver, which also has annuity.

PLAYBOY: his father as a child often be lowered in the parks of older, mostly male sakkozókkal. Tell us about it!

Jan-20-15
Premium Chessgames Member
  HeMateMe: (judit interview, pt. 2)

PJ: I was about eight years old, it was summer, the then Kulich Gyula, today we lived near Calvary space. It started with my brothers were not at home Mom, Dad we ourselves are stuck at the chessboard, and we started to look for opponents. We constantly partner deficiency, so I was looking for opportunities to play, especially against someone that can play full games with. Do not just keep exert some parts. The local "old" when he saw me, of course, just be waved what you want this little girl. Then one of these times I won a few forints their way home from this example, we watermelons.

PLAYBOY: It also would deserve a book on how men behave when a woman defeated. He experienced this a couple of times.

PJ: You can not win against a healthy man. The early teens it was almost scripture, because if I won, there was always some excuse to just why you're so successful. The first Grandmaster man who beat him later learned that beating your head against the wall. Literally in the elevator. Of course they motivated me, took me in advance: I always say, the success of the largest drug.

PLAYBOY: The children compulsorily carry on the love of chess?

PJ: Chess players so that they know the steps. Not on me, but rather the school, but has also played in kindergarten - say there I took the table. Does not have a very high level, for example, but now there is a school sakkversenyük during the interview. Otherwise rarely compete, this is not the central theme here. I think in many respects a good game of chess to children. With them it is not like we did - you Dad was the theory that one thing to focus on what has become of chess. That's why we did not go to school, can not be examined. They are.

PLAYBOY: What do you say father? Have a say?

PJ: We used to talk about it, makes it complained that it would be ideal for them, as we were growing up. Do not go to school much more intensively learn chess. But this does not surprise me that so trying to shepherd. More or less success. A few years ago invented a new game of chess star, if we go to them for the whole family, you can play with the kids.

PLAYBOY: It's amazing that in all these years, never, never rebelled against the chess.

P. J .: And no. Sophie leglázadóbb the three of us all, the artist's soul. You're in the middle of her, Susie the eldest, he achieved the first success. Then when he also started the chess Sophie, were also hers. Then it was my turn, and as I was getting better, he was pushed into the background. Many people have said that Sophie is at least as talented as me, but was behind the shadows. I never said that it hurt, but I feel that if I had not, it would have been the great career for him. But I'm here and I have reached the age of nine has been an international success, everything that was overwritten.

Look for a continuation of the interview in January-February issue of Playboy!"

Gosh, maybe they'll be giving out secret decoder rings, too?

Jan-20-15
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  HeMateMe: <PJ: You can not win against a healthy man. The early teens it was almost scripture, because if I won, there was always some excuse to just why you're so successful. The first Grandmaster man who beat him later learned that beating your head against the wall. Literally in the elevator.>

The first GM she beat she later saw "beating his head against the wall, in the elevator"!

Best part of the chat! If only the GM had been identified?

Feb-02-15
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  HeMateMe: Chess variation, "Polgar Star Chess":

<http://en.chessbase.com/Portals/4/f...>

Feb-02-15  john barleycorn: <HeMateMe: ...

The first GM she beat she later saw "beating his head against the wall, in the elevator"! ...>

Could have been Chandler?

Judit Polgar vs Chandler, 1987

Mar-09-15
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  ketchuplover: www.juditpolgar.com is currently #405 on http://chess-links.org
May-01-15  TheFocus: <In chess the most unbelievable thing for me is that it’s a game for everybody: rich, poor, girl, boy, old, young. It’s a fantastic game which can unite people and generations! It’s a language which you’ll find people "speak" in every country. If you reach a certain level you find a very rich world! Art, sport, logic, psychology, a battlefield, imagination, creativity not only in practical games but don’t forget either how amazing a feeling it is to compose a study, for example (unfortunately that’s not appreciated these days but it’s a fantastic part of chess!)> - Judit Polgar.
May-03-15  TheFocus: <One can say that in the last decades chess has become more of a sport than of a science. I see it from an artistic point of view> - Judit Polgar.
May-03-15
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  MissScarlett: She's no oil painting.
May-03-15  1d410: The gap between women and men in chess has only become wider since the days of Judit Polgar
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