Susan Polgar
Zsuzsa (actually Zsuzsanna ) Polgár [ ʒuʒɒ Polga ː r] ( born April 19, 1969 in Budapest), or Susan Polgar, a Hungarian- American chess player. It is regarded as one of the strongest chess players in the game 's history.
Life
Zsuzsa Polgár learned very early the game of chess and, like her younger sisters Zsófia and Judit, from their father László Polgár trained. In 1973 she won a four- year-old girl the Budapest Championship for under- 11- year-old with ten to zero points. In the same year she composed her first chess problem. 1991, she was awarded by the World Chess Federation FIDE title of Grandmaster of men.
In 1993 they failed in the Candidates Tournament against the Georgian grandmaster Nana Iosseliani after drawing of lots. But from 1996 to 1999 she was World Chess Champion. She won the title with a race victory with 8,5:4,5 against Xie Jun. to title defense they did not occur, because she had just become a mother and had asked for a postponement. The World Chess Federation FIDE did not accept this claim and recognized her from the title. In a trial before the International Court of Sport her $ 25,000 damages were awarded for it.
Polgár operates a chess school ( Polgar Chess Center ) in New York and in 2002 founded the Susan Polgar Foundation, which is dedicated to the promotion of youth chess. Since 2007 head of the Susan Polgar Institute for Chess Excellence ( SPICE), which has been relocated in 2012 from Texas Tech University at the Webster University. She has published several textbooks and videos about chess.
At the Chess Olympiad 2004 in Calvia led the U.S. team to the silver medal and won a gold medal for the best individual result. At the Chess Olympiad 1988 in Thessaloniki, as well as at the Olympic Games in 1990 and 1994, she played for the Hungarian women in 1988 and 1990, each won gold and silver in 1994 with her.
On 1 August 2005, she set a world record for simultaneous chess in Palm Beach Gardens. She played simultaneously against 326 players and won in 16.5 hours 309 games with 3 losses and 14 draws. The record was indeed outbid now 2009 by Kiril Georgiev the men in February and Morteza Mahjoob in August, but it remains the woman with the most simultaneous games.
Your last Elo rating comes from the January 2005 and is 2577th Since then, she has not played a game more valued and therefore is currently considered inactive. In the current world rankings, led by her sister Judith, so they would be at # 4 (November 2013) of the ladies. Since 2004, she has the title FIDE Senior Trainer.
Polgár married in late 1994 Jacob Shutzman and has two children with him. His second wife is married to Paul Truong since May 2007.