Breaking Through
How the Polgar sisters changed the game of chess
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In a major event in chess publishing, Susan Polgar provides a candid inside view of the lives of the Polgar sisters, each with their own goals and aspirations.
She takes readers through the incredible development of the three sisters as they pursued their dreams: becoming chess prodigies, growing into contenders, winning World titles and Olympiad gold medals, ending the Soviet dominance in women’s chess, breaking through the gender and age barriers, and generally revolutionizing the game.
Readers will also be privy to the thoughts and feelings the sisters experienced during major triumphs and disappointments, as Susan shares their most joyous moments and biggest heartbreaks. Another important issue covered is the strict but ultimately successful training techniques used by the Polgar sisters in their chess evolution.
Finally the chess public will have a chance to find out how the sisters really feel about these controversial methods of studying the game. This volume wouldn’t be complete without a marvelous compilation of the Polgar sister most stunning chess games, providing a move-by-move explanation of their best and most memorable encounters.
Book Review:
http://chesscafe.com/text/review501.pdf
I read this book in September, and was wondering if you’d be able to say what the first half move of Sofia’s mate in 2 that she composed at age 7 is. I can’t seem to figure it out.
Own it! Cool book!
draw, we all know the Fool’s mate, but face it, none of us guys can EVER really figure women out.
Yes, ambidextrous, I know the fool’s mate quite well. It is part of my opening repertoire:
At chessgames.com you can read all about famous players . Someday they’ll feature me:
Drawinthree-
Openings most played:
With the white pieces:
Fool’s mate
With the black pieces:
Scholar’s mate. 🙂
GREAT BOOK!!!