[blind-chess] Chess Article #38 Judit Polgar, #1 Woman Chess Player

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Date: Mon, 31 May 2010 19:28:07 -1000 (HST)

Chess Article #38
Judit Polgar - No. 1 Woman Chess Player
From: http://www.playe4.com/index.html

Judit Polgar is the number 1 female chess player in the world.
Polgar was the first, and so far the only woman to smash chess'
glass ceiling by competing for the World Chess Championship title
and entering the FIDE's Top 100 Players list, even to the top 10,
with 2735 rating and the number 8 position. However, not all of
Polgar's records are gender related. The Hungarian Princess of
Chess was also the youngest International Master, claiming the
title at the age of 12 and at 15 the youngest Grandmaster in
history of chess.

Polgar Sisters

The story of Judit Polgar is not complete without mentioning her
father's parenting mission: to breed wunderkinds. Laszlo Polgar, an
educational psychologist and a mediocre chess players who, in order
to prove his point that "geniuses are made, not born", excluded his
three daughters from the school system and instead put them in a
homemade chess training program, which included 8 hours of chess a
day and some Esperanto.

The results were not delayed for long: Susan, the older sister, won
her first chess tournament, the Budapest Girl's Under-11
Championship, when she was 4 years old, and was later ranked at
number 1 on FIDE's rating list for women chess players when she was
only 15. Sofia, the middle sister, amazed the chess world
outplaying several chess grandmasters at the Rome 1989 chess
tournament that became known as the "sack of Rome" at the age of
14.

Judit Polgar, the youngest prodigy, rose above the record-breaking
achievements of her elder sisters, as she became the first woman
chess player to enter FIDE Top 10 at 19. But even before, Polgar
had intentionally avoided the Women's World Chess Championship and
focused on getting into the regular, male dominated World Chess
Championships.

Judit Polgar at the World Chess Championship 2005

The events that preceded Judit Polgar groundbreaking participation
at the World Chess Championship 2005 included strong performances
at the Chorus chess tournament and finishing third at the 2005
Sofia chess event, which together bounced her rating points to
their 2735 peak. Nevertheless, her highly anticipated performance
at the World Chess Championship 2005 in Potrero de los Funes,
Argentina had disappointed her fans, as she finished at last with
4.5/14 score.

Judit Polgar Chess Playing Style

Judit Polgar is known for her aggressive playing style and her
tendency to track the opponents' weaker points and attack them. In
more than one interview, she emphasized the psychological aspect of
the game saying she prefers learning the opponent's playing style
so she can play intentionally against him, then playing chess in an
objective manner.
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