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💢 Judit Polgár
💢 Hungarian chess Grandmaster

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🅾️ #about_Judit_Polgar

💢 Judit Polgár
💢 Hungarian chess Grandmaster

🔰 Judit Polgár is a Hungarian chess grandmaster. She is generally considered the strongest female chess player of all time.

Full name: Polgár Judit
Country: Hungary
Born: 23 July 1976 (age 42)
Budapest, Hungary
Title: Grandmaster (1991)
FIDE rating: 2675 (July 2018) [inactive since September 2015]
Peak rating: 2735
(No. 8 player and No. 1 woman in the July 2005 FIDE World Rankings)
Peak ranking: No. 8 (July 2005)

🔰 In 1991, Polgár achieved the title of Grandmaster at the age of 15 years and 4 months, at the time the youngest to have done so, breaking the record previously held by former World Champion Bobby Fischer. She was the youngest ever player to break into the FIDE Top 100 players rating list, ranking No. 55 in the January 1989 rating list, at the age of 12. She is the only woman to qualify for a World Championship tournament, having done so in 2005. She is the first, and to date only, woman to have surpassed 2700 Elo, reaching a career peak rating of 2735 and peak world ranking of No. 8, both achieved in 2005. She was the No. 1 rated woman in the world from January 1989 until the March 2015 rating list, when she was overtaken by Chinese player Hou Yifan; she was the No. 1 again in the August 2015 women's rating list, in her last appearance in the FIDE World Rankings.

🔰 She has won or shared first in the chess tournaments of Hastings 1993, Madrid 1994, León 1996, U.S. Open 1998, Hoogeveen 1999, Sigeman & Co 2000, Japfa 2000, and the Najdorf Memorial 2000.

⚛️ At Linares 1994, Polgár lost a controversial game to the World Champion Garry Kasparov. The tournament marked the first time the 17-year-old Polgár was invited to compete with the world's strongest players. After four games she had two points. During her game with Kasparov in the fifth round, Kasparov gradually outplayed her and had a clear advantage after 35 moves.[93] On his 36th move, the World Champion reportedly changed his mind about the move of a knight, and moved the piece to a different square. According to chess rules, once a player has released a piece, the move must stand, so if Kasparov did remove his hand, he should have been required to play his original move. Polgár did not challenge Kasparov, in the moment, because, she stated, "I was playing the World Champion and didn't want to cause unpleasantness during my first invitation to such an important event. I was also afraid that if my complaint was overruled I would be penalized on the clock when we were in time pressure." She did however look questioningly at the arbiter, Carlos Falcon, who witnessed the incident and took no action.

♦️ A memorable game by Judit Polgar👇
🔻 Judit Polgar vs Levon Aronian
🔻 2nd IECC Ohrid MKD 2001, rd 2, June-02
🔻 Closed Ruy Lopez (C87)

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