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Judit News 2000199919981997 and earlier
Judit Polgar Chess GM Judit Polgar . . . Early History
     •  She won the Japfa Classic over 2 world champions! View 2 of her wins.
        -- greatest victory ever by a woman until that time.
     •  She won a match against former Champion Karpov w/ no losses.
     •  Beat world #2 Viswanathan Anand with a brilliant combination,
        using multiple sacrifices to win on move 35! View the game in Chessviewer.
     •  Beat Fischer's record by becoming youngest GM - 15 yrs, 4 mos. old.
     •  FIDE World Championship semifinalist (see games).
     •  1998 U.S. Open Champion - the only woman to ever win it.
     •  Won Hoogeveen '99 (category XV). View games and results from the tournament.
     •  When she was 12 Judit & her sisters near singlehandedly defeated the Soviets.
     •  Once rated in the top ten worldwide - as high as 2670. See Judit's current statistics.
 


             
 
Paul Keres Memorial 1th International Rapid Chess Tournament
 
  5-7 JAN  

Swiss system 7 rounds. Judit's participation not yet confirmed.

  2001  
   
   
             
 
KasparovChess online simul
 
  11-DEC  

Judit wins fourteen games, draws two, gets disconnected in four!

  2000  
   
   
             
 
KasparovChess GM Blitz Tournament
 
  7-DEC  

Judit scores 5.5/10. Tournament winner Deep Junior computer scores 7.5

  2000  
   
All games in PGN
   
             
V Festival de Xadrez of the Games of Lisbon
  19-NOV  

Judit played a simultaneous exhibition at the festival on Nov 19,
and held a press conference on the 18th.

  2000  
   
Official site
   
             
 
34th Chess Olympiad - Istanbul, Turkey
 
  12-NOV  


Judit played third board for the Hungarian MEN'S TEAM and scored 10.5/13 , playing 13 out of 14 rounds - no one on the team played more rounds than her - she only sat out once, in the fifth round against India.

Play over her quick win against Smirin - one of the quickest defeats of top Grandmaster in years - despite being rated over 2670 he only got to make 21 moves!

  2000  
   
Play the games or view PGN here    •  Official site  •  Team Standings
   
             
     
Hoogeveen Essent 2000 (Category 16)
     
  21-OCT  


Final round: Grandmaster draws among all players. Khalifman was so far ahead in the previous round he had already won the tournament.

While this was one of Judit's poorest results in some time, she was seconded by her new husband (Gustav Fonts, a veterinarian) for part of this tournament, perhaps not the best strategy from a competitive standpoint.

Plus, she had to risk losing her second game against Khalifman, and had little reason to do anything but draw in the last round. I have no doubt she'll bounce back in the Olympiad and Lisbon. View Judit's games.

  2000  
   
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Najdorf Chess Festival Super Final 2000 (Category 16)
     
  27-SEP  
Judit wins again with 6.5/9 points (the same as GM Victor Bologan of Moldavia who had worse tie-break criteria). With a performance rating near 2740, this tournament should bring her FIDE rating up nicely. View crosstable and games.

  2000  
   
Official site: Results by round: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
   
             
     
Merida 2000 (Category 17)
     
  19-JUN  
Judit finishes only 1/2 point behind winner, world #6 Shirov, taking second place. Play over her win against Hernandez in the Java Chessplayer.

  2000  
   
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Ciudad de Leon (Advanced Chess)
 
  5-JUN  
Anand (Winner), Shirov, Judith Polgar and Illescas

  2000  
   
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Japfa Classic 2000 (Category 16)
 
 
  2-JUN  
Strongest chess tournament victory ever achieved by a woman (clear first)! Judit surpasses famous FIDE World Champion Anatoly Karpov and current champion Aleksandr Khalifman (who gave Judit her only loss in the 1999 FIDE Championship), both of Russia, in winning this International Tournament in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia. Play over two of her wins from the tournament in the Java Chessplayer.

  2000  
   
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3-MAY
 
"Judit unsure of pro career after marriage" (SUARA MERDEKA)
 
             
 
 
Internet Blitz with Kasparov (HUNGEXPO 2000)
 
 
  MAY  
Kasparov over Polgar 1.5 – 0.5. In Game 1, Judit drew with white against Kasparov, who played a Breyer variation. In Game 2, Kasparov played a neo-Grunfeld opening to win.

  2000  
   
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Sigeman & Co International
 
 
  29-MAY  
Judit wins again: Her third-round win over Jan Timman of the Netherlands was the decisive moment at the Tournament in Malmo, Sweden, May 23 to May 29.

  2000  
   
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Wijk-aan-Zee (Category 18)
   
  1-FEB  
Judit plays the best in the world, finishing with 5 points, putting her ahead of Korchnoi (5); Lputian (4-1/2) and Van Wely (4). (This was touted as the strongest tournament of 2000.) Play over the game in the Java Chessplayer where she played a TN (theoretical novelty) against Kasparov or play over her win over Piket.

  2000  
   
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European Teams Championship
   
  15-JAN  
Judit earns the gold medal
on board 2 in Batumi, Georgia, with a score of 6½-2½.

  2000  
   
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Hoogeveen VAM (category 15)
   
  24-OCT  
Judit wins, tying for first with Jan Timman of the Netherlands. Play over games and results from the tournament.

  1999  
   
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FIDE world championship
   
  AUG  
Judit reaches the quarterfinals! Her only loss is to Khalifman - who goes on to win the tournament! Could Judit have been champion had she not met Khalifman? Play over all her games from the tournament.

  1999  
   
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EuroTel Trophy Match (v. Shirov)
   
  JUL  
Judit plays a $65,000 challenge match against Shirov. Play over her draw in game 4.

  1999  
   
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Dos Hermanos
   
  17-APR  
Judit finishes last in this tough tournament.

  1999  
   
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Quickplay Match (v. Fritz 5.32 Computer)
   
  MAY  
Judit achieves a quick win against one of the world's toughest computers - Fritz 5.32 - on the 23rd move in her ninth game.

  1999  
   
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Hoogeveen (Category 14)
   
  OCT  
Judit wins ahead of Timman, Spassky and Shaked.

  1998  
   
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United States Open (9/11)
   
  9-AUG  
Judit makes history again as the first woman player to win the United States Open.

  1998  
   
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Quickplay Match (v. Karpov)
   
  JUL  
Judit defeats FIDE World Champion Karpov
in an exhibition match without losing a game! Click here for PGN/.zip file of games

  1998  
   
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Hoogeveen VAM
   
  OCT  
Judit Earns Brilliancy Prize
for victory over Van Wely in 5th round.

  1997  
   
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Tilburg
   
  9-OCT  
Tilburg 1997
(12 rounds) - Judit finishes with 6 points.

  1997  
   
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Dortmund International (Major article in NY Times)
   
  AUG  
Judit finishes 5th
, ahead of Karpov and the New York Times Article trumpets: "Who's the best female player ever? A hint: she's 21, she's Hungarian and she's beating up the elite."

  1997  
   
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1997 Chess Oscar
   
  FEB  
Judit wins the 1997 Chess Oscar
.

  1997  
   
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Madrid 1997
   
  1997  
Judit loses to Shirov for the first time.
Read GM Seriawan's notes to the game.

  1997  
   
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Millennium Grandmaster Tournament (Category 18)
   
  17-AUG  
Judit finishes 1/2 point behind winner
in this tough tournament in Vienna, Austria.

  1996  
   
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Women's World Championship (Acting as second for Zsusa Polgar)
   
  FEB  
Judit acts as a second
to her sister Zsuzsa and helps her win the women's World Championship.

  1996  
         
             
   
Leon (Category 17)
   
   
Judit ties for first
- strongest tournament every won by a woman.

  1996  
         
       
   
Match (v. Piket)
   
  1995  
Judit wins 6-2 over Dutch star Jeroen Piket
- a humiliating losing score for Piket.

  1995  
       
             
   
IBM Deep Blue computer prototype exhibition
   
  Aug  
Game/30: Judit loses .5 - 1.5

  1993  
       
 
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Madrid (Category 15)
   
  1993  
Judit finishes 5th.
Click here for PGN/.zip of games from tournament. (Kramnik, Anand and Topalov tie for first.)

  1993  
       
             
   
$120,000 10-game exhibition match (v. Spassky)
   
  31-JAN  
Judit wins 5.5 - 4.5 and takes home $120,000
(Budapest). Click here for PGN .zip file of all games of the match

  1993  
       
           
   
Hungarian Championship (Youngest GM in History)
   
  1991  
Judit becomes the youngest Grandmaster in History
at age 15 yrs, 4 months, beating Fischer's record in December '91. She wins the Hungarian Championship earlier this same year - the tournament that gave her the final GM norm (see her games from Championship in PGN/.zip format here).

  1991  
       
 
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Pamploma, Spain
   
  1991  
Click here for PGN .zip file of all games of the tournament.

  1991  
       
           
   
World Chess Olympiad
   
  1988  
At 12 years old, Judit and her sisters almost singlehandedly defeat the Soviet team.

  1988  
   
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Brilliancy Game
   
  1985  
Judit plays a brilliant master-level sacrifice at the age of 9, according to Sam Sloan. Read Sam's article about this. Email me if you find a score of the game! [ Or search the PGN files (.zip format) and see if you can find the game! ]

  1985  
       
       
   
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