At the FIDE Interzonal tournament, Amsterdam 1964. 15th round, 8th June. Boris Spassky (USSR) faces István Bilek (Hungary).
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💢 Susan Polgar
💢 American-Hungarian Chess Grandmaster and Chess Writer
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💢 Susan Polgar
💢 American-Hungarian Chess Grandmaster and Chess Writer
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💢 Susan Polgar
💢 American-Hungarian Chess Grandmaster and Chess Writer
♦️ Susan Polgar is a Hungarian-born American chess Grandmaster. She is famous for having been a child prodigy at chess, for being a pioneer for women in chess, and for being an advocate for chess in education.
🔸 Full name: Polgár Zsuzsanna
🔸 Country: Hungary & United States
🔸 Born: April 19, 1969 (age 48)
Budapest, Hungary
🔸 Title: Grandmaster
🔸 Women's World Champion: 1996–99
🔸 FIDE rating: 2577 (April 2018)
🔸 Peak rating: 2577 (January 2005)
♦️ Susan Polgar ( Polgár Zsuzsanna and often known as Zsuzsa Polgár) is a Hungarian-born American chess Grandmaster.
She is an Olympic and World chess champion, a chess teacher, coach, writer and promoter and the head of the Susan Polgar Institute for Chess Excellence (SPICE) at Webster University as well as the head coach for the 2011 and 2012 National Championship college chess teams at Texas Tech University and the 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 National Championship teams at Webster University. The U.S. Collegiate championship has been contested each year since 2001 at the Final Four of College Chess, also known as the President's Cup. She is the oldest of the famous "Polgár sisters": Zsuzsa, Zsófia, and Judit. She was the first woman to earn the grandmaster title through tournament play, and is credited with breaking a number of gender barriers in chess.
♦️ On the July 1984 FIDE Rating List, at the age of 15, she became the top-ranked woman player in the world, and remained ranked in the top three for the next 23 years. She was also the first woman in history to break the gender barrier by qualifying for the 1986 "Men's" World Championship. She was the Women's World Chess Champion from 1996 to 1999 (in Classical time control). She won the World Blitz and Rapid Championships in 1992. In October 2005, Polgar had an Elo rating of 2577, making her the second-ranked woman in the world at the time, after her sister Judit. Polgar went on to win ten Olympic medals (5 gold, 4 silver and 1 bronze) and four Women's World Championships. She has not played in official competition since 2006.
♦️ A memorable game by Susan polgar👇🏼
🔹 Susan Polgar vs Krstiu Krstev Dimitrov
🔹 Targoviste (1984)
🔹 Queen's Indian Defense: Spassky System (E14)
♦️ Review and download PGN file👇🏼
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💢 Susan Polgar
💢 American-Hungarian Chess Grandmaster and Chess Writer
♦️ Susan Polgar is a Hungarian-born American chess Grandmaster. She is famous for having been a child prodigy at chess, for being a pioneer for women in chess, and for being an advocate for chess in education.
🔸 Full name: Polgár Zsuzsanna
🔸 Country: Hungary & United States
🔸 Born: April 19, 1969 (age 48)
Budapest, Hungary
🔸 Title: Grandmaster
🔸 Women's World Champion: 1996–99
🔸 FIDE rating: 2577 (April 2018)
🔸 Peak rating: 2577 (January 2005)
♦️ Susan Polgar ( Polgár Zsuzsanna and often known as Zsuzsa Polgár) is a Hungarian-born American chess Grandmaster.
She is an Olympic and World chess champion, a chess teacher, coach, writer and promoter and the head of the Susan Polgar Institute for Chess Excellence (SPICE) at Webster University as well as the head coach for the 2011 and 2012 National Championship college chess teams at Texas Tech University and the 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 National Championship teams at Webster University. The U.S. Collegiate championship has been contested each year since 2001 at the Final Four of College Chess, also known as the President's Cup. She is the oldest of the famous "Polgár sisters": Zsuzsa, Zsófia, and Judit. She was the first woman to earn the grandmaster title through tournament play, and is credited with breaking a number of gender barriers in chess.
♦️ On the July 1984 FIDE Rating List, at the age of 15, she became the top-ranked woman player in the world, and remained ranked in the top three for the next 23 years. She was also the first woman in history to break the gender barrier by qualifying for the 1986 "Men's" World Championship. She was the Women's World Chess Champion from 1996 to 1999 (in Classical time control). She won the World Blitz and Rapid Championships in 1992. In October 2005, Polgar had an Elo rating of 2577, making her the second-ranked woman in the world at the time, after her sister Judit. Polgar went on to win ten Olympic medals (5 gold, 4 silver and 1 bronze) and four Women's World Championships. She has not played in official competition since 2006.
♦️ A memorable game by Susan polgar👇🏼
🔹 Susan Polgar vs Krstiu Krstev Dimitrov
🔹 Targoviste (1984)
🔹 Queen's Indian Defense: Spassky System (E14)
♦️ Review and download PGN file👇🏼
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📘 49. Ke3?
Ding Liren has missed an opportunity to win the game. Now, The white king cannot escape the checks of the black queen.
49. Ke2! Qc8 50. Qxb7 Qg4+ 51. Kd2 Qf4+ 52. Kc2 exd3+ 53. Kxd3+-
49... Qd8 50. Bxb7
50. Qxb7 Qg5+ 51. Ke2 Qg2+ 52. Kd1 Qf1+ 53. Kc2 Qe2+ 54. Kc1 =
50... Qg5+ 51. Kxe4 Qf4+ 52. Kd5 Qf3+ 53. Kxd6 Qf6+ 54. Kd5 Qf3+
55. Kxe5 Qg3+ 56. Kf5 Qh3+ 57. Kf4 Qh4+ 58. Kf3 Qf6+ 59. Ke2 Qb2+ 1/2-1/2
Ding Liren has missed an opportunity to win the game. Now, The white king cannot escape the checks of the black queen.
49. Ke2! Qc8 50. Qxb7 Qg4+ 51. Kd2 Qf4+ 52. Kc2 exd3+ 53. Kxd3+-
49... Qd8 50. Bxb7
50. Qxb7 Qg5+ 51. Ke2 Qg2+ 52. Kd1 Qf1+ 53. Kc2 Qe2+ 54. Kc1 =
50... Qg5+ 51. Kxe4 Qf4+ 52. Kd5 Qf3+ 53. Kxd6 Qf6+ 54. Kd5 Qf3+
55. Kxe5 Qg3+ 56. Kf5 Qh3+ 57. Kf4 Qh4+ 58. Kf3 Qf6+ 59. Ke2 Qb2+ 1/2-1/2
📘 21...Nc5!
Radjabov deploys his forces to prevent White from playing f4-f5.
21...c5 22.Nc5 +-
21...g6?? 22.Bf6 Rg8 23.Nb5!! c×b5 24.Red1+-
22.Rc3 Na4 23.Rg3 c5 24.N×e6 f×e6 25 f5 Kf7 =
Radjabov deploys his forces to prevent White from playing f4-f5.
21...c5 22.Nc5 +-
21...g6?? 22.Bf6 Rg8 23.Nb5!! c×b5 24.Red1+-
22.Rc3 Na4 23.Rg3 c5 24.N×e6 f×e6 25 f5 Kf7 =