 |
Biography
GM Susan Polgar 
Winner of 4 Women’s World
Championships
♦ The only World Champion in history (male
or female) to win the Triple-Crown
(Rapid, Blitz and Classical World
Championships)
♦ 5-time Olympic Champion with 10 overall
medals. Never been defeated in Olympiad
competition (5 Gold, 4 Silver, and 1
Bronze)
♦ Currently holds a record 56 consecutive
Olympiad game scoring streak without a
loss
♦ Broke 4 World Records on August 2
2005 by playing 326 opponents
simultaneously, winning 309 (drawing 14)
with a winning percentage of 96.93% as
well as playing 1,131 consecutive games,
winning 1,112 (drawing 16)
FIRST WOMAN EVER IN HISTORY TO
♦ Break the gender barrier to qualify for the Men’s World Championship (1986)
♦ Earn the Men’s Grandmaster title (1991)
♦ Receive the Grandmaster of the Year Award (2003)
♦ Win the U.S. Open Blitz Championship (2003 and 2005)
♦ #1 ranked woman chess player in the world
at the age of 15 (Ranked in the top 3 in the
world for 20 straight years)
♦ Currently ranked #1 in the United States
♦ 3-time winner of the Chess Oscar
♦ Won the Budapest Championship for Girls
under 11 at age of 4 with the score of 10-0!
♦ Award-winning and best-selling chess author
in numerous languages
♦ Winner of the prestigious Cramer Award for"Best Chess Column of the Year" (2003)
♦ 3-time winner of the Chess Journalists of
America Award for Best Magazine Column
(2003) & Best Endgame Analysis (2003-2004)
♦ First ever recipient of the “Chess Educator of
the Year” award (2003)
♦ First chess professional to receive the very
prestigious Tree of Life Award (2005)
♦ A pioneer in women’s chess, an ambassador
and a true role model to millions of young
people worldwide
♦ Founder of the Susan Polgar Foundation (A
non-profit 501(c)(3) organization to promote
chess, with all its social, educational and
competitive benefits throughout the United
States, for young people of all ages, especially
girls)
♦ Sponsor and organizer of the prestigious
annual Susan Polgar National Invitational
for Girls Championship (held annually for
the top girl under 19 years old from each state)
♦ Sponsor and organizer of two other
prestigious annual events: The Susan Polgar
World Open Chess Championship for Girls
(u/21) and the Susan Polgar National Open
Chess Championship for Girls (u/21)
♦ Member of the Chess for Peace initiative with
former USSR President Mikhail Gorbachev
and 7-time World Champion A. Karpov
v   
   
I Winning Chess the Easy Way Dvd set
|
