Being a Grandmaster and a Chess Mom can be tricky sometimes. After a lot of dedication and hard work, my elder son Tommy finally broke through and won the National 2nd Grade Championship in December 2006. He also became...
Big special day for Elina Kats!
Elina Kats on her wedding day Elina Kats was the first ever member of the Polgar Chess Center in Forest Hills, NY in 1997, when she was barely 6 years old. Her Grandfather helped me open my Chess Center....
A special 21st birthday for a chess phenom
Many moons ago on May 30th, 1998, a young 5 year old boy walked into my Chess Club in Queens, New York, with his father for his first ever rated tournament. He lost his 1st rated game and scored...
One game for the GM norm / title
IM Milman (2472) – GM Yudasin (2638) [B43]NY International (9), 23.06.2009 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 Nf6 7.0–0 d6 8.f4 Nc6 9.Be3 Be7 10.Qe1 0–0 11.Rd1 Re8 12.Qg3 Bf8 13.Kh1 Kh8 14.a3 d5...
Fabiano taking down another super GM
Young Parker Zhao vs. Young Fabiano Caruana (with Jimmy Zhang looking on) at the Polgar Chess Center in Forest Hills, NY (July 2004) GM Rublevsky (2702) – GM Caruana (2649) [B40]Russian Club Cup (2), 05.04.2009 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6...
$5,000 Staunton Original
Playing Blitz with NM Jon Crumiller using an original Staunton set. Jon is an avid chess collector and you can check out some of his collections here. Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Everyone is a winner
Thanks to the generous sponsorship of Jeff Smith and Jon Crumiller, every player got either a chess book ($18-$30 each) or chess DVD and 10 lucky randomly selected players got an additional complete chess kit (special bag, board set,...
Our special sponsors and supporters
On my right is Mr. Jeff Smith from South Carolina and on my left is Mr. Jon Crumiller from NJ. They are the two main sponsors and supporters of the events at the Polgar Chess Center today. Thank you...
Polgar Chess Center
There is a special event at the Polgar Chess Center today. The early session (1 pm) is for young players (between 40-50 youngsters). They will have a chance to ask questions and play in a simul against me. The...