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    Susan Polgar (born April 19, 1969, as Polgár Zsuzsanna and often known as Zsuzsa Polgár) is a Hungarian-American chess grandmaster. Polgár was Women's...
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    László Polgár (born 11 May 1946) is a Hungarian chess teacher and educational psychologist. He is the father of the famous Polgár sisters: Zsuzsa, Zsófia...
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    Judit Polgár (born 23 July 1976) is a Hungarian chess grandmaster, widely regarded as the strongest female chess player of all time. In 1991, Polgár achieved...
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    Sofia Polgar (Hungarian: Polgár Zsófia, pronounced [ˈpolɡaːr ˈʒoːfiɒ]; born November 2, 1974) is a Hungarian and Israeli chess player, teacher, and artist...
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    Viswanathan Anand, and Judit Polgar. Kramnik, the reigning classical world champion and tournament's No. 1 seed, dispatched Polgár and Grischuk with little...
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    Budapest, Hungary. Both Rapid and Blitz Championships were won by Susan Polgar. The 2001 victory by Garry Kasparov in the FIDE World Cup of Rapid Chess...
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     Bibisara Assaubayeva (KAZ) 2021, 2022 Valentina Gunina (RUS / FIDE) 2012, 2023 1  Zsuzsa Polgár (HUN) 1992  Nana Dzagnidze (GEO) 2017  Ju Wenjun (CHN) 2024...
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  • 2 individual gold medals. Zsuzsa Polgár played three Olympiads for Hungary, and one for the United States (as Susan Polgar). She won another one individual...
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    Susan Polgar had already become the top-rated female chess player in 1984 at age 15. Between 1988 and 1989, all three of Susan, Sofia, and Judit Polgár earned...
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    Xie Jun and Zsuzsa Polgar for November 1998. However, Polgar said that she could not play at that time because she was pregnant. After Polgar had given...
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    Nijboer (Netherlands) 2555 -7 =43 -52 -50 =18 -47 =45 =54 +51 -41 =48 3½ 54  Zsuzsa Polgár (Hungary) 2545 =15 -25 =47 =49 =35 -41 -50 =53 -52 =51 -45 3...
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  • medalist sprint canoeist Judit Polgár (born 1976), chess player Zsófia Polgár (born 1974), chess player Zsuzsa Polgár (born 1969), chess player Imre Polyák...
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    in the Tilburg Candidates tournament of 1994, losing the playoff to Zsuzsa Polgár by 5½–1½. Subsequently, despite not approving of the knockout format...
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    Ketevan Arakhamia 2935 Board 1: Zsuzsa Polgár 11½ / 14 = 82.1% Board 2: Judit Polgár 10 / 13 = 76.9% Board 3: Zsófia Polgár 11½ / 13 = 88.5% Reserve: Ketevan...
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    Garry Kasparov (ranked 1st in the world), Gata Kamsky (ranked 7th), and Zsuzsa Polgar (Women's world champion) declined participation in advance. Karpov as...
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    second of GM Zoltán Ribli, between 1980–1994 as one of the coaches of Zsuzsa Polgár and in 2005, was appointed a FIDE Senior Trainer (the highest trainer...
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    Hungarian teenage team featuring 19-year-old Mádl as well as all three Polgár sisters: Zsuzsa (also 19), Zsófia (14), and Judit (12). The biggest star of the...
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  • title. Hungary returned to the medal ranks due to the return of Zsuzsa and Zsófia Polgár. Meanwhile, little sister Judit played first board for the Hungarian...
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  • 1992–93 Shanghai, China ? Nana Ioseliani Zsuzsa Polgar Maia Chiburdanidze 1994–95 Tilburg, Netherlands ? Zsuzsa Polgar° Maia Chiburdanidze Pia Cramling 1997...
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    after 41 years. It was during this time that the three Polgar sisters Susan (also known as Zsuzsa), Sofia (Zsófia), and Judit emerged as dominant players...
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  • Championship was won by Hungarian Zsuzsa Polgar, who defeated the incumbent champion Xie Jun in the title match. Polgar was seeking American Citizenship...
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  • beat many strong players with it, however, including Bobby Fischer, Zsuzsa Polgar, and a famous brilliancy against Bronstein himself. In 2012, an April...
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  • Giulio Polerio (Italy, 1548–1612) Judit Polgár (Hungary, born 1976) Zsuzsa Polgar (Hungary, US, born 1969) Zsofia Polgar (Hungary, Israel, born 1974) Elisabeta...
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  • start of the match in Monaco in February 1993, Polgár outrated her opponent by 100 points. After Polgár won the first two games and drew the next three...
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    Ulibin. Slightly off the pace were Alexei Shirov (1 point behind) and Zsuzsa Polgar (2 points behind). Boys/Open U-20 – 1. Vasil Spasov (BUL), 9.5/13 2...
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  • Karpov (URS)  Nona Gaprindashvili (URS) 2485 2675  Jan Timman (NED)  Zsuzsa Polgar (HUN) 2475 2645  Alexander Beliavsky (URS)  Nana Ioseliani (URS) 2455...
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  • playing the match in Baghdad is dropped after protests are lodged. Zsuzsa Polgar defeats Xie Jun 8½-4½ in Spain, to win the Women's World Chess Championship...
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  • Korchnoi, Candidates Semifinal (1977), Évian-les-Bains". Chessgames.com. "Zsuzsa Polgar vs. Jonathan Speelman, Nederland 57/53 (1993)". Chessgames.com. Archived...
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    exhibition given by Polgár. She later became good friends with Polgár, helping to promote the annual Global Chess Festival started by Polgár, and the two commentated...
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    The 1993 Women's Candidates Tournament won by Hungarian Grandmaster Zsuzsa Polgar was played in China. In recent years, were the S T Lee Beijing International...
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