Congratulations and happy birthday, Judit!
24.07.2006
– Goodness, how time flies! Seems like yesterday we were playing table-tennis with the pre-teen Judit Polgar, and now she has turned thirty and given birth to her second child Hanna, who entered the world at 3.5 kilos two weeks ago. Judit remains by far the strongest female player in the history of the game. Portrait and pictures.
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Nigel Davies:
A busy person’s opening system
Players with interests and commitments away from the chess board often find it difficult to compete against those with more study time. Their opponents come to the board armed with the latest theory and can bash out moves well into the middle game. On this DVD Nigel Davies addresses this issue by demonstrating a simple and easy to learn opening system designed for the busy person.
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Judit Polgar, born on July 23, 1976, is certainly the the strongest female
chessplayer of all time. She has always insisted on playing in men's (actually:
unrestricted) events, with the clear goal of going for the World Championship
title, and never tried for the Women's world title (her sister Zsuzsa won that).
Judit achieved the GM title in 1991 at the age of 15 years and 5 months, beating
the previous record
for youngest Grandmaster, set by Bobby Fischer in 1958.
Pictures of Judit taken from the ChessBase Players Encyclopedia.
They are dated 1988, 1989, 1993, 1996, 1996 (the famous hat picture) and 2002.
All the world's leading players have suffered losses to Judit Polgar, including
former world champion Garry Kasparov. In 2003 she came clear second in the
Category 19 Corus chess tournament in Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands, undefeated
and just a half-point behind Viswanathan Anand, and a full point ahead of classical
chess world champion Vladimir Kramnik.
On the current FIDE rating list Judit is ranked 17th in the world, with a
rating of 2710. Her highest rating was achieved in the July and October FIDE
lists, with 2735. In both lists she appeared on place eight of all chess players
in the world.
The above graphic shows Judit Polgar's current and her highest rating (light
area on top),
compared to the top female players in the world today.
On August 10th, 2004, Judit give birth to her
son Olivér. She returned to chess at the Wijk
aan Zee chess tournament in January 15 2005, where she scored 7/13 for
a shared 4th place. In May 2005 she shared 4th at the category 20 Mtel
Masters. In September 2005 Judit became the first female player in history
to play for for the World Chess Championship title. Her performance was disappointing
performance, and she came last out of the eight competitors.
On July 6th, 2006, Judit's second child was born: baby Hanna entered the world
at 3.5 kilos.
Judit in her study in Budapest
Giving son Oliver a first (modestly successful) lesson in chess
With Oliver and husband Gusztav ("Guszti") Font
A family outing in the park
Judit, Oliver and Guszti when they were still just three
Sister Susan (Zsuzsa), father Lászlo, mother Clara, Judit and Oliver
 All
of the above pictures were provided to us by Tímea
Jaksa, 32, who studied Human Resource Management but has turned
semi-professionally to photography. The picture of Tímea herself (right) was
taken by her eight-year-old son Áron. Tímea Jaksa can be contacted under the
email address jaksa01 (at) axelero.hu.
Many more pictures of Judit
and her family are available at Tímea's
web site. See also: Happy
Birthday Judit! – a personal portrait of the world's strongest
female player, written by Frederic Friedel on her 27th birthday in 2003.
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