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As an ambassador of Chess in School around the world Judit Polgar was invited to promote the ancient game for kids in Corsica. The great sport, educational and social event was organized by Leo Battesti, politician, journalist, and chess enthusiast, whose work was awarded by the spectacular success of chess in Corsica. Mr Battesti has been organizing his program for 15 years. The Chess in School program was launched in 1997 with more than 200 schools being involved, and by now more than 50... more
As is the tradition, high-rank awards were presented to outstanding personalities on March 15 in Hungary. Judit Polgar was presented with the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary - Commander's Cross with Star, the second largest state award that can be given to a civilian, as part of the celebration of Hungary’s national holiday, National Day. As the official announcement said she was honored for her worldwide acknowledged life achievement as an athlete, for promoting the game of... more
The Hungarian Institute for Educational Research and Development has released a supplement to the National Curriculum, and made Judit Polgar’s ”Skill-building Chess” subject available for elementary schools from September 2013.
The Judit Polgar Chess Foundation for Educational Benefits has been working on the „Chess Palace” program for more than a year, running pilot projects in several schools from September 2012. The program proved to be very successful with children, teachers, parents... more
As a new step in the Chess in Eduction efforts Judit Polgar, Garry Kasparov and President of the European Chess Union, Silvio Danailov met with the EU Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth, Mrs. Androulla Vassiliou, in Brussels.During the meeting Mrs. Vassiliou expressed her satisfaction with the big progress of the European Chess Union concerning the project “Chess in school” and the big support which the Written Declaration 50/2011 had received by the MEPs in the EU... more
Judit appeared as a star guest at the Skavlan Show, the biggest Norwegian-Swedish television talk show, which is on air on air prime time every Friday. At the beginning of the conversation the host, Fredrik Skavlan said, he had asked Carlsen to describe Judit, and Magnus said „She is very aggressive, and she is very dangerous!” Obviously, he referred to her personality at the chessboard, as during the show Judit proved just again how nice and charming she is as she did a very good job... more
More than 600 teachers gathered around to listen to Judit Polgar’s presentation on introducing chess into the elementary education on Hungary. ”Plans – Boards – Games” IV. Mathematics Conference was held in Budapest, and invited mainly teachers of math to learn about the program developed by Judit’s foundation. JP talked about Skill Developing Chess as part of the new National Curriculum as an optional subject from 2013, the series of student’s and teacher’s books and the accredited courses... more
Judit Polgar: Skill Development with Cutting-Edge Technology“Be a winner in the future! Learn from the most successful female chess player of all time.”Judit Polgar, the best female chess player in the world, has launched her new skill-building application with this slogan. This unique animated series has just appeared in the appstore for iPhone and iPad, under the title Judit Polgar’s ChessPlayground.“Future winners in our knowledge-based society will be those who can think strategically and... more
The 4th London Chess Classic runs from 1-10 December 2012 at the Olympia Conference Centre, Kensington London W14 8UX. This year’s line-up is stronger than ever, with an average rating higher than any previous chess tournament held in the UK. Heading the list are world champion Vishy Anand, former world champion Vladimir Kramnik, and the top two players on the world rating list, Magnus Carlsen and Levon Aronian. Playing for the first time is the world’s best ever woman player Judit Polgar.... more
The 2nd Gran Fiesta UNAM Chess festival took place from 16-25 November in Mexico City. The festival comprised of a number of competitions, but the highlight was the involvement of the clash of the female and the male world #1 Judit Polgar and Magnus Carlsen.Carlsen and Polgar had eliminated Lazaro Bruzon and Manuel Leon Hoyos in the qualifying rounds en-route to the final, but the world #1 didn't have things all his own way. Judit Polgar won the first game, beating Magnus Carlsen with black in... more
Judit will be a guest at the Grand Fiesta UNAM in Mexico City. She will take part in several interesting events, including the two top rated players in the world, multiple open events, simuls, chess-dance-and-music programs, lectures, conferences, and much more, is to be played in Mexico City.Full program of events can be found here: http://ajedrezunam.mx/In 2010 Judit was the winner at the first UNAM chess festival in Mexico where she overcame two of the greats; Vasily Ivanchuk and world title... more
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