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Visit sponsor : Chess Banner Network or HIDE ADS sl="1.3" Judit Polgar: Greatest Woman Chessplayer ever. Comprehensive news games biography and links Best book of 1999 (British Chess Assoc.) Strategy Advances Since Nimzowitsch Judit Photo Gallery Judit on the web Latest News Hot100 Books ... Non-english sites Last update GMT+6 Deutsch Españole Portuguêse Français Italiano Norsk More Free Translation.com Quote of the month: New! "(Judit's) attacks are the ultimate in terms of viciousness ... surviving her attack is almost impossible. Her aggressive style is so intimidating that the most important thing is to remain calm ... the worst part is that she exploits every tiny mistake you make." GM Schwartzman The four ESSENTIAL chess books: 300 Most Important Positions and Ideas Essential for all players see more like this Complete Chess Mastery Course Essential for better players see more like this 5334 Combinations,

3. LAS VEGAS RJ:NEWS: Player To Sue Chess Group Ciudad de Leon (Advanced chess). 5JUN. Anand (Winner), Shirov, Judith polgar and Illescas acts as a second to her sister zsuzsa and helps her win the women's World http://www.lvrj.com/lvrj_home/1999/Aug-25-Wed-1999/news/11818279.html

HOME PAGE HEADLINES SECTIONS NEWS SPORTS Betting Line BUSINESS ... Archive Fun Stuff Crosswords Kids Area Gallery Extras Newspaper Subscription Contact Us Wednesday, August 25, 1999 Player to sue chess group Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary Zsuzsa Polgar, the former women's world chess champion, will sue the International Chess Federation to protest the removal of her title, her father said Tuesday. E-mail this story to a friend: Your friend's e-mail address: Your e-mail address: Give us your FEEDBACK on this or any story. 1999 BEST OF LAS VEGAS RESULTS Fill out our Online Readers' Poll Printable version of this story News Sports ... HOME [an error occurred while processing this directive]

4. Susan Polgar On Chess In a way, it helped shape my chess career and my future. It resulted in headlinesin many newspapers in the West. The name zsuzsa polgar would now be a name to http://www.chesscafe.com/polgar/polgar.htm

Susan Polgar on Chess Susan Polgar Order Curse of Kirsan by Sarah Hurst at the special pre-publication price of My Top 10 Most Memorable Moments in Chess (Part 2) I have experienced hundreds if not thousands of exciting, wonderful and memorable moments during my chess career, a career that has spanned almost 30 years. It was not easy, but I have narrowed these moments down to the top 10. This is a short preview of the book I am working on right now titled My Top 10 Most Memorable Moments in Chess . This is part of the new chess book series of the same name. I hope you enjoy it. David Letterman, the top 10 countdown is in your honor. 10. Meeting Bobby Fischer 9. Scoring 10-0 at the 1973 Budapest Championship for girls under 11 at the age of 4! 8. Winning 1981 World Junior Championship for girls under 16 7. Winning the gold medal at the 1990 Olympiad 6. Becoming the first woman ever to break the gender barrier, qualifying for the Men’s World Championship Zonal Tournament. 5. Becoming the #1 ranked woman player in the world at age 15

5. Zsuzsa Polgar, Woman's World Chess Champion, Gives Birth To Child zsuzsa polgar, Woman's World chess Champion, gives birth to child. zsuzsapolgar, Woman's World chess Champion. Questions arise from this. http://www.ishipress.com/zsuzsabb.htm

Zsuzsa Polgar, Woman's World Chess Champion, gives birth to child On Saturday, March 6, 1999 at 11:11 AM, Susan Polgar gave birth to a baby boy, 6 pounds 5 ounces, 19 inches long, at Beth Israel Hospital in New York City. Both baby and mother are home and doing fine. The name of the baby is Tom. Zsuzsa Polgar, Woman's World Chess Champion Questions arise from this. There have been seven woman's world chess champions, plus Vera Menchik was regarded as the champion before the title existed. Several of them never married. Has any of them produced a child, either ever or while world champion? Nona Gaprindashvili reportedly has a son. Was he born while she was world champion? Zsuzsa Polgar is due to defend her world title against challenger Xie Jun of China in June, although a sponsor has not yet been found. Zsuzsa Polgar has requested a postponement of the match, but if it is not postponed, she says that she will nurse her child while the world chess championship match is taking place. Zsuzsa says that making her child into a world chess prodigy like she was is not on her agenda. Zsuzsa has other aspirations for her child.

6. Garry Kasparov And Zsuzsa Polgar I took this photo during the 1988 World chess Olympiad in Thessaloniki, Greece.zsuzsa's father, Laszlo polgar, had sent zsuzsa to negotiate some kind of http://www.ishipress.com/kasp-zsu.htm

Garry Kasparov talks turkey with Zsuzsa Polgár Woman's Chess Grandmaster is Ildikó Mádl, is to the left of Zsuzsa. Ildiko Madl played fourth board for the Hungarian Woman's Chess Team and delivered the decisive point which won the world championship by defeating her Soviet opponent, after Sofia Polgár got benched for losing to an unknown and unrated Chinese girl named Peng ZhaoQin. I do not know who the man at the far left is. If anybody knows, please e-mail me. I took this photo during the 1988 World Chess Olympiad in Thessaloniki, Greece. Zsuzsa's father, Laszlo Polgar, had sent Zsuzsa to negotiate some kind of business deal with Kasparov. Zsuzsa speaks Russian fluently and thus was a suitable person to negotiate with Kasparov. Zsuzsa is now the Woman's World Chess Champion. Garry Kasparov talks turkey with Zsuzsa Polgár Here are links: Zsuzsa Polgar's web site Three Polgar Sisters plus Shamema Garry Kasparov talks turkey with Zsuzsa Polgar Polgar Sisters Defeat Soviets in World Chess Olympiad ... My Home Page Contact address - please send e-mail to the following address: Sloan@ishipress.com

7. Tasc ChessSystem - Women World Championship 1996 by Tasc chessSystem. zsuzsa polgar is the new Women World chess Champion! http://www.tasc.nl/wwc

Women World Chess Championship 1996 by Tasc ChessSystem Zsuzsa Polgar is the new Women World Chess Champion! On this page, Tasc Final standings (after 13 games) Zsuzsa Polgar Xie Jun To view a game, select it from the table below. Results Game 1 Tuesday, January 30 Zsuzsa Polgar - Xie Jun Game 2 Wednesday, January 31 Xie Jun - Zsuzsa Polgar Game 3 Friday, February 2 Zsuzsa Polgar - Xie Jun Game 4 Saturday, February 3 Xie Jun - Zsuzsa Polgar Game 5 Tuesday, February 6 Zsuzsa Polgar - Xie Jun Game 6 Wednesday, February 7 Xie Jun - Zsuzsa Polgar Game 7 Friday, February 9 Zsuzsa Polgar - Xie Jun Game 8 Sunday, February 11 Xie Jun - Zsuzsa Polgar Game 9 Tuesday, February 13 Zsuzsa Polgar - Xie Jun Game 10 Wednesday, February 14 Xie Jun - Zsuzsa Polgar Game 11 Friday February 16 Zsuzsa Polgar - Xie Jun Game 12 Saturday, February 17 Xie Jun - Zsuzsa Polgar Game 13 Tuesday, February 20 Zsuzsa Polgar - Xie Jun The games in PGN text format: Game 1-13 info@tasc.nl Mail comments or suggestions about these pages to: mderksen@tasc.nl

8. Sofia Polgar Marries Yona Kosashvili grandmaster or the international master title. zsuzsa polgar, 29,the Woman's World chess Champion, is expecting a baby in March. http://www.anusha.com/sofiawed.htm

Sofia Polgar marries Yona Kosashvili Chess Players around the world have abandoned all hope as International Chess Master Sofia Polgar has wed Grandmaster Yona Kosashvili. The wedding took place on February 7, 1999 in Rishon, Israel. Shamema Honzagool Sloan plays Sofia Polgar during the 1988 World Chess Olympiad in Thessaloniki, Greece Sofia Polgar is ranked number six in the world among women and has a FIDE rating of 2505 on the new rating list. Her husband is a grandmaster and is rated 2585 by the World Chess Council. He is not a professional chess player but rather is a practicing medical doctor. He is ranked number 57 in the world on the new World Chess Council rating list. The couple will live in Israel. Sofia Polgar shocked the world in 1989 when in Rome at the age of 14 she defeated a string of Soviet Grandmasters and achieved the highest performance rating of any chess player, male or female, in any open tournament in chess history. This result has since become known as "The Sac of Rome". However, Sofia never achieved another result like that and, in spite of her rating of 2505, which is generally sufficient for the male grandmaster title, she is the only one of the three Polgar sisters who is not yet a grandmaster. Sofia holds the International Master title. Sofia Polgar is regarded as the most beautiful of the three Polgar sisters. There are constant requests for her appearance in chess tournaments around the world.

9. Exeter Chess Club: Trawled From The 'Net Exeter chess Club Trawled from the 'Net not for- mail Mon Feb 12 101742 GMT 1996 Article 7099 of rec.games.chess.misc Path info! permission from the Hungarian chess Federation.) When zsuzsa polgar was finally allowed to play chess, she defeated 13 http://www.ex.ac.uk/~dregis/DR/Trawl/Polgar.html

Exeter Chess Club: Trawled from the 'Net From info!strath-cs!peer-news.britain.eu.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail Mon Feb 12 10:17:42 GMT 1996 Article: 7099 of rec.games.chess.misc Path: info!strath-cs!peer-news.britain.eu.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: vanupp@aol.com (VanUpp) Newsgroups: rec.games.chess.misc Subject: Kasparov's Boycott Against Judit Polgar Date: 9 Feb 1996 03:34:08 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 133 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: Back to Chess Coaching Page This document (.html) was last modified on by Dr. Dave

10. Woman's World Chess Championship Competition Tainted By Favoritism Now that zsuzsa polgar is the Woman's World chess Champion, everyone seems to haveforgotten the long years when the polgar sisters were banned and blacklisted http://www.anusha.com/tainted.htm

WOMAN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP COMPETITION TAINTED BY FAVORITISM BY FIDE The official report on the Woman's World Chess Championship Candidates Tournament by Willy Iclicki contains the following intriguing statement: "Nino Gureli from Georgia was called in at the last minute to replace Mrs. Basagic from Bosnia who was unable to accept her invitation for personal reasons." Why, I ask, was Nino Gureli, of all people, called in as a substitute? The answer is obvious to anyone who has been following woman's chess: They called in Nino Gureli, who has been around since the Coons Age, because they knew she was a relatively weak player whom the other women could beat. There were several young girls, much stronger that Gureli, who were prevented by circumstances from competing in the Woman's World Championship cycle, who could and should have been called in when a vacancy developed. These included: 7 Zhu, Chen g CHN 2515 10 Matveeva, Svetlana g RUS 2470 11 Stefanova, Antoaneta (IM) g BUL 2450 17 Peptan, Corina g ROM 2460

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13. Judit Polgar - Chess News And Pictures Of The Greatest Woman Chessplayer! FEB, Judit wins the 1997 chess Oscar Women's World Championship (Acting as secondfor Zsusa polgar), FEB, Judit acts as a second to her sister zsuzsa and helps her http://www.controltheweb.com/polgar/news.htm

Visit sponsor : Chess Banner Network or HIDE ADS Home Photos Games ... Messages Deutsch Españole Portuguêse Français Italiano Norsk by FreeTranslation.com Judit News 2000 Future 1997 and earlier GM Judit Polgar . . . sl="1.3"   • She won the Japfa Classic over 2 world champions! View 2 of her wins greatest victory ever by a woman. Even more recently won Hoogeveen '00 She won a match against former Champion Karpov w/ no losses. Beat world #2 Viswanathan Anand with a brilliant combination, using multiple sacrifices to win on move 35! View the game in Chessviewer. Beat Fischer's record by becoming youngest GM - 15 yrs, 4 mos. old. FIDE World Championship semifinalist see games 1998 U.S. Open Champion - the only woman to ever win it. Won Hoogeveen '99 ( category XV ). View games and results from the tournament. her sisters near singlehandedly defeated the Soviets  •  Once rated in the top ten worldwide - as high as 2670. See Judit's

14. SPORTS HERO: JUDIT POLGAR Judit polgar was born into a family of chess players. Her oldest sister zsuzsa hadalready been playing for three years, and her sister Zsofi was destined to http://myhero.com/hero.asp?hero=j_polgar

15. Polgar Lecture March 19, 1997. Woman's World Champion GM Susan (zsuzsa) polgar Delights All at BostonUniversity by Jack Litwinsky, 3/27/97 From chess Horizons, MayJuly, 1997 http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/4925/polgar.html

GM Zsuzsa Polgar Lecture March 19, 1997 Woman's World Champion GM Susan (Zsuzsa) Polgar Delights All at Boston University by Jack Litwinsky, 3/27/97 From Chess Horizons , May-July, 1997 In a rare Boston appearance (she was in Boston in 1993 and 1985 at the BCC), Grandmaster Susan Polgar gave a free lecture to the students and friends of Boston University. Invited by the Boston University Chess Club to give a talk, GM Polgar chose to present favorite games from each of the Polgar sisters, highlighting differences in their playing styles. Allan Ong, president of the BU Chess Club, introduced the Champion. The talk would not have happened without Allan's hard work and that of other club members and club advisor Assistant Dean Robert Oresick. Many members of the Boston chess community joined the students for this wonderful event. Susan first went over a famous game of her sister Judit which Judit played when she was only 14 years old. The game was played on national television in the then East Germany. We learned from this game that Judit's secret move is a well-timed g4! Well, I think the secret is out, but she still loves to play this move according to Susan. Susan then went over one of her sister Szofia's games. We learned that perhaps Szofia's rating could be higher, but she likes to let her creative nature take over and will play for a beautiful game whenever she can, even passing up more obvious, practical and mundane wins.

16. Best Lady Players One of three amazing chessplaying sisters of the Laszlo polgar family.Hungarian ( The other two sisters being zsuzsa {Susan} and Zsofia. http://www.geocities.com/lifemasteraj/best_lady_players.html

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17. Zsuzsa Polgar - Wikipedia zsuzsa polgar. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. zsuzsa polgar (born1968 (?)) is among the strongest female chess players in history. http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zsuzsa_Polgar

Main Page Recent changes Edit this page Older versions Special pages Set my user preferences My watchlist Recently updated pages Upload image files Image list Registered users Site statistics Random article Orphaned articles Orphaned images Popular articles Most wanted articles Short articles Long articles Newly created articles Interlanguage links All pages by title Blocked IP addresses Maintenance page External book sources Printable version Talk Log in Help Zsuzsa Polgar From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Zsuzsa Polgar (born (?)) is among the strongest female chess players in history. Along with her two younger sisters, she was coached in chess by her father, Laszlo Polgar. She was the first woman to achieve the men's grandmaster (GM) title (in 1991.) Unlike her sister Judit, Zsuzsa has participated in woman's events, and achieved the Women's World Championship in 1996. Following that, FIDE did a couple of unusual things in the women's chess scene that had a dramatically negative effect on Zsuzsa. 1) She was denied the right to defend her title under FIDE auspices, 2) All active women players were given 100 bonus elo rating points except her (since Zsuzsa has played in many mixed men-women events her playing strength can be considered comparable to a male player of similar elo rating, but most of the other "strong" women players tend to play more exclusively in women's events, thus continuing to carry forward this arbitrary 100 point rating inflation.) Throughout most of her career, Zsuzsa has been either the best or second best woman chess player (behind her sister

18. List Of Chess Players - Wikipedia Female players Maya Chiburdanidze; Irina Krush; Judit polgar; zsuzsa polgar; JunXie; Zu Chen; Alexandra Kosteniuk. Famous people who were avid chess players The http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_famous_chess_players

Main Page Recent changes Edit this page Older versions Special pages Set my user preferences My watchlist Recently updated pages Upload image files Image list Registered users Site statistics Random article Orphaned articles Orphaned images Popular articles Most wanted articles Short articles Long articles Newly created articles Interlanguage links All pages by title Blocked IP addresses Maintenance page External book sources Printable version Talk Log in Help List of chess players (Redirected from List of famous chess players There have been a number of famous chess players; matches between some of these are famous even outside of the chess world. See also World chess champions Male players Adams, Michael Alekhine, Alexandre Anand, Viswanathan Adolf Anderssen ... Milan Vidmar Female players Maya Chiburdanidze Irina Krush Judit Polgar Zsuzsa Polgar ... Alexandra Kosteniuk Famous people who were/are avid chess players The people in this list are famous in other areas of activity, but are known to have played chess or maintain a current interest in chess. Allen, Woody

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20. Www.chesscafe.com/text/queen.txt favorite twentyfive zsuzsa polgar - Peter Hardicsay Hungary, 1985 The next gameis one of my-all time favorites. In the Hungarian chess magazine Sakkelet http://www.chesscafe.com/text/queen.txt

year."Queen of the Kings Game" by Women's World Champion GM Zsuzsa Polgar and Jacob Shutzman, 1997 CompChess, Softcover, Figurine Algebraic Notation, 352pp., $24.95 Is there a chessplayer in the world today who is not familiar with the Sisters Polgar? The three geniuses making their marks in the male dominated world of world-class chess are unlike any previously. And, lest you have forgotten, it was a team composed of the three sisters, Zsuzsa (then age 19), Sophia (14) and Judith (12) who won the Women's Olympiad in 1988 in Thessaloniki, much to the consternation of the Soviets. Although we have heard of the protective intensity of the parents in the raising of their daughters, there has not been an in-depth biographical look at any one (or all) of them. This book, by the reigning Women's World Champion Zsusza Polgar, the oldest sister, attempts to change that. The book is essentially divided into two sections: The first sixty percent or so of the book may be characterized as biographical/anecdotal, while the remaining forty percent contains forty-nine annotated games, including all thirteen from Zsuzsa's successful bid to become world champion. As might be expected, the first part of the book deals with the early development of Zsuzsa and her sisters, with some insight into the unique educational perspective brought to bear by her father. There are even a few pages written by Laszlo himself. Zsuzsa's husband, Jacob Shutzman, is the one to whom most of the text is attributed, and, it is complemented nicely by many interesting photographs. The many trials and tribulations of the Polgars are described as Zsuzsa's career becomes more and more successful. The battles with the government, the prejudice against women and Jews and the corrupt ineptitude of FIDE all presented substantial obstacles, according to the authors. There is no doubt, to some extent, that all this was (and is) true. Zsuzsa Polgar, one of the strongest grandmasters of our time and the current women's titleholder, should have a great and fascinating story to tell. The unfortunate problem is the WAYthis story is told. This manuscript was and is badly in need of a competent editor. It jumps from topic to topic without regard to chronology or theme, it is occasionally difficult to follow who is narrating, Zsuzsa or her husband, and it pursues the random subject without properly finishing it, leaving the reader dangling. We have already seen a review or two of this book. We wonder if we were reading the same book. It is very disappointing; her compelling story could have been delivered so much more effectively and coherently... One of the world champion's "favorite twenty-five..." Zsuzsa Polgar - Peter Hardicsay Hungary, 1985 The next game is one of my-all time favorites. In the Hungarian Chess magazine "Sakkelet" it was declared one of the most brilliant games of the year by Grandmaster Istvan Bilek. 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 This is the Benoni Defense, known as one of the sharpest openings. 6.Nf3 g6 7.Bf4 a6 8.e4 Instead of Black's next move, 8...b5 would be more advisable and consistent with his plans. 8...Bg7 9.Qa4+ Bd7 The only move, except moving the King. On either 9...b5 or 9...Qd7, 10.Bb5 would be possible thanks to the pinned a6 pawn. 10.Qb3 Bg4 Probably the best is 10...Bc8, but somehow it does not look too appetizing ... 11.Qxb7 Bxf3 12.Qxa8 A few months prior to this game, my opponent won a game with this very same line (so far), which continued 12.gxf3 Nh5. Then, after the Bishop retreats from attacking the d6 pawn by 13.Be3 (or 13.Bg3 Nxg3 14.hxg3 Nd7), 13...Nd7 is already possible, with good compensation. 12...Nxe4 This was so far all planned by Hardicsay, and he was very pleased with his position. I guess he assumed that I had fallen into his "home cooked" variation. 13.Rc1! Somehow this simple move had eluded all the analysts before; they had considered Black's position to be better, for example after 13.Nxe4 Bxe4. 13...Bd4 Black's Bishop would not have a good retreat after 13...Nxc3 14.bxc3 Be4 15.f3 Bf5 16.g4. 14.Rc2 Defending the "cheap" mate threat on f2. 14...Nxf2 On the more natural 14...Nxc3, the best answer is 15.gxf3, also with a winning position. 15.Rxf2 Bxf2+ 16.Kxf2 Bg4 (See Diagram) I now convert my material advantage into a powerful attack against the Black King. 17.Bb5+! This is the beginning of a Paul Morphy-style combination. (Morphy was a legendary American chess player who lived in the 19th century and played in a sensational style.) 17...axb5 18.Rel+ Kf8 There is no escape on the other side either: if 18...Kd7, 19.Qb7+ Qc7 20.Re7+! wins the Queen. 19.Bh6+ Kg8 20.Re7! It's obviously a matter of taste, but I loved this move. Black becomes paralyzed. It stops Qh4+, which could give Black some "breathing space". At the same time it threatens 21.Rb7 (later). My Bishop on the corner (h6) is extremely powerful. 20...Bd7 Although I had calculated my next move long before this point, I paused for couple of seconds, took a deep breath, and then played: 21.Qxb8! After this move, my opponent almost fell off his chair. To play this move was a great aesthetic pleasure for me. Although I must admit it's not the only win in the position, it is the most majestic one! The other win was 21.Ne4 Qxe7 22.Qxb8+ Be8 23.Qxe8+! Qxe8 24.Nf6 mate. 21...Qxb8 22.Ne4 Yes, ending the combination with an unexpectedly quiet move ... and there is an inevitable mate in one (23.Nf6). 1-0 This book, in spite of its poor style, probably deserves to be read, because it is by and about one of the most unique personalities in the game today. But her story deserved much better. A steady, guiding editorial hand could have turned this into one of the great books of the

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