Archive for Judit Polgar
Monday, December 03, 2012 23:24
It was the game between the winners of 2011 and 2010, and the one between the leaders of the 2012 tournament. Vladimir Kramnik was a pawn up against Magnus Carlsen for a long time, but in the end the world's #1 held the draw. Mickey Adams won against Judit Polgar, Aronian escaped with a draw against Anand and Jones-Nakamura was drawn as well....
Sunday, December 02, 2012 23:17
Both Magnus Carlsen and Vladimir Kramnik also won their second game at the London Chess Classic on Sunday. The world #1 beat world #2 Levon Aronian, while the former World Champion won against Hikaru Nakamura.
Round 2 of the London Chess Classic in action | Photos © Ray Morris-Hill
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London Chess Classic | PGN via TWIC
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December 1st-...
Saturday, December 01, 2012 23:53
The London Chess Classic had a fantastic start on Saturday with all games in the first round ending decisively. The first winner was Vladimir Kramnik, who defeated Judit Polgar with White. Soon after Hikaru Nakamura followed, who beat Levon Aronian with Black. Magnus Carlsen then won with Black against Luke McShane and finally Michael Adams...
Tuesday, November 27, 2012 11:38
The 2nd UNAM Chess Festival, the largest festival of its kind in Mexico, took place from 16-25 November, in Mexico City at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
The university played host to myriad event events for all skill levels from beginners to supergrandmasters, during this extraordinary week of chess, including simuls, opens, vote...
Monday, November 19, 2012 16:33
For famous chess sisters, over four thousand enthusiastic visitors at the EU Polgar Chess Festival (16-17 of November).
Report and photos by Robert Szegfi courtesy of www.polgarjudit.com
Budapest - They are the most famous sisters in chess: Susan, former women's world champion, Judit, strongest female player that has ever lived, and Sofi, who has...
Thursday, November 08, 2012 14:16
Like last year, the drawing of lots for the London Chess Classic has been performed in advance and the full pairings are now available. This year, instead of involving the players themselves in the draw at the opening ceremony, the honour of conducting the draw was bestowed upon Liverpool’s Sacred Heart Primary School as a reward for the boom in...
Monday, October 15, 2012 16:49
When I first heard that Judit Polgar had published a new book in which she analyzes her early chess games (until 1991), I was more than just intrigued: I was thrilled.
Judit Polgar’s genius was at the heart of my early interest for chess, culminating in her visits to Amsterdam, in 1989 and 1990, to the OHRA chess tournaments, where she was hailed...
Tuesday, September 25, 2012 15:06
We received dozens and dozens of answers to our Judit Polgar book contest from last Saturday, and most of them were correct. However, only one reader gave the detail we were looking for, as part of a lengthy explanation, and so the winner had to be him!
Last Saturday we organized a contest related to Judit Polgar's first book: How I Beat Fischer's...
Saturday, September 22, 2012 15:15
Recently the world's strongest ever female chess player, Judit Polgar, published her first book: How I Beat Fischer's Record – Judit Polgar Teaches Chess 1. To celebrate this, we have one signed copy to give away to a lucky fan!
On what was her only rest day at the Istanbul Olympiad (during round 7), Judit Polgar did a book signing at the book...
Wednesday, July 25, 2012 14:54
İstanbul Beşiktaş Jimnastik Club won the Turkish Team Championship on Sunday in Konya with 12 victories and 1 tied match with İstanbul Teknik Univeristy Sport Club, who finished second. The Turkish league was quite strong this year with players like Adams, Kasimdzhanov, Mamedyarov and Polgar participating.
İstanbul Beşiktaş Jimnastik Club...
