Judit Polgar

Born July 23, 1976 in Budapest.

The winner of international tournaments Hastings 1992, Hoogeven 1998, Najdorf Memorial 2001.
Grandmaster since 1991.

Professional rating on July 1, 2001. - 2631
FIDE rating of 1 July 2001. - 2686

About Judit Polgar is impossible not to talk in superlatives. It is styled as nothing but the strongest chess player of all time. Indeed, none of the women before her could not fight on equal terms with the best male grandmasters. It seems that only three chess player knows how to play with Polgar - the first three numbers of world chess Kasparov, Kramnik and Anand. They have really Judith account, simply catastrophic. And who can boast of decent results with this trinity? But with others, even a very strong GM Polgar played quite well. The victims of its rapid attacks are almost all the leading chess players of the world. The most talented of the three sisters, Judith from the outset took the course to play exclusively with men. It is in competition with the best grandmasters in chess crepe her exceptional talent

. In fifteen years and five months, having won the men's championship in his native Hungary's Judit Polgar became a grandmaster! In women's competition, she played only three times, twice out of a sense of patriotism - to support women's national team of Hungary
. Of course, performances Polgar special evenness did not differ - Judith can speak brilliantly in one tournament and then 'fill up' the next. However, this does not detract from either its chess strength or popularity. Speech Polgar in any tournament automatically guarantees increased interest in this competition. By the way, Judith, and has proved an excellent command fighter. Playing on the second or third board at the Olympiad in Istanbul, she 'knocked out' +7! Had her team mates as much pryti - Hungarians have at least medal. In Linares 2001 Polgar made a more than worthy, after dividing the second place in more than predstvitelnoy Company. And at the European championship Hungarian Amazon all the time kept a group of leaders, and only a failure at the finish line threw it in the division of the 3-4 places. The result, which for many strong men grandmasters - the ultimate dream. Keep, Judith!