This picture was taken at NY Governor Pataki’s office after the 2004 Olympiad Debate Should Women’s Events be Separate from Men’s?Yes by GM Susan PolgarThis was originally published in Chess Life Should there be separate events and titles for women? The answer is YES. While many people fully support all-girls’ events, some adamantly oppose this […]
Chimi vs. Anna Zatonskih
This picture was taken at the Polgar Chess Center after Anna won the US Women’s Championship Chimi vs. Zatonskih National or world championships can be pressure hothouses. One tiny positional shift can mean the difference between finishing in first place or out of the money. When I competed in the world championship match in 1996 […]
Top women players
Top 5 active women players in the world 1 Polgar, Judit g HUN 27272 Koneru, Humpy g IND 2567 (my pick)3 Cramling, Pia g SWE 25304 Zhu, Chen g QAT 25185 Xu, Yuhua wg CHN 2517 Inactive: Polgar, Susan g USA 2577Xie, Jun g CHN 2573 Up and coming stars: 8 Hou, Yifan wf CHN […]
Next women to become GM?
2 additional women players have fulfilled their GM norms requirement and will get their GM titles IF they can meet the 2500 rating requirement: IM Hoang, Thanh Trang (Originally from Vietnam, now playing for Hungary) 2470IM Zhukova, Nathalia (Ukraine) 2456 Women who earned their GM titles with 3 norms and 2500 ratingPolgar, S (WC)Polgar, JCramling, […]
2006 SP National Invitational for Girls
2006 Susan Polgar National Invitational for GirlsDoubletree Oak Brook1909 Spring Road Oak Brook, IL 60523Free parking – Phone: 630-472-6000HR: $89, single/quadThe opening ceremony will take place at 9 AM sharp on August 6. The closing ceremony will take place at approximately at 5 PM on August 11. The rounds will be at 11 AM each […]