Records and Results

Records

Leading the world rankings of women chess players since 1989
Best Woman Chess Player of the 20th Century
Became Chess Grandmaster, breaking Bobby Fischer’s record as youngest grandmaster in history at the time
Awarded the Chess Oscar seven times
The first girl, who won the boys’ World Youth Chess tournament two times
The first woman at the best ten places of the world list
The first woman who won European Championship medal

Defeated World Chess Champions:

Kasparov, Karpov, Anand, Spassky, Topalov, Khalifman, Kasimdzhanov, Ponomariov, Smyslov

Individual Chess Highlights

2012	Caxias do Sul, Rapid Invitational Tournament, 1st place
2011	Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, World Cup 1/4 finalist
2011	Aix-les-Bains, France, European Championship 1-4th place bronze medal
2010	Rapid tournament, Rocca di Papa, Italy, 1st place
2010	Rapid super tournament, Mexico city, 1st place
2007	Vitoria, Spain, Champions League 3rd-4th place
2006	Hoogeveen, Holland, 1st-2nd place
2006	Zurich, Switzerland, Blitz tournament, 3rd place
2005	Rishon le Zion, Israel, Blitz World Championship, 5th place
2005	San Luis, Mexico, FIDE World Championship, 8th place
2005	Sofia, Bulgaria, 3rd-4th place
2003	Wijk aan Zee, Holland, 2nd place
2003	Benidorm, Spain, Rapid tournament, 1st place
2003	Hoogeveen, Holland, 1st place
2001	Linares, Spain, 2nd-6th place
2001	Hoogeveen, Holland, 1st-2nd place
2001	Ohrid, Macedonia, European Championship, 3rd-4th place
2000	Merida, Mexico, 2nd place
2000	Buenos Aires, Argentina Najdorf Memorial, 1st place
2000	Malmo, Sweden, 1st place
2000	Bali, Indonesia, 1st place
1999	Hoogeveen, Holland, 1st-2nd place
1999	Las Vegas, USA, World Championship, quarter-finalist
1998	Hoogeveen, Holland, 1st place
1998	Kona, Hawaii, Us Open 1st place
1996	Leon, Spain, 1st-2nd place
1996	Vienna, Austria, 2nd place
1995	Kazakhstan, Unofficial 2 minutes World Championship, 1st place
1995	Isle of Lewis, Scotland, 1st place
1994	Madrid, Spain, Super Tournament, 1st place
1993	Oviedo, Spain, Open Rapid Event, 1st place
1993	Dos Hermanas, Spain, 2nd place
1992/93	Hastings, England, 1st-2nd place
1992	New York,USA, Reshevsky Memorial, 2nd place
1991	Budapest, Hungary, Super Championship, 1st place
1990	Fond du Lac, USA, (Boys) World Under – 14 Championship, 1st place
1990	Ajka, Hungary, Rapid Hungarian Championship, 1st place
1990	Amsterdam, Holland, 1st place (shared)
1988/89	Hastings, England, 1st place
1989	Egilsstadir, Iceland, 1st place (shared)
1989	Amsterdam, Holland, 3-4rd place
1988	Varna, Bulgaria, 1st place
1988	Mazatlan, Mexico, Rapid World Junior Championship 1st place
1988	London, England, 1st place
1988	Timisoara, Romania (Boys) World Under – 12 Championship, 1st place
1986	New York Open, USA (unrated section), 1st place

Team competition

2011	Greek Team Champion, Perizterioy Team
2011	Hungarian Team Champion, Aquaprofit Nagykanizsa Team
2010	Khanty-Mansik, Russia Chess Olympiad 3rd-4th place with the Hungarian national "men's" team
2010	Hungarian Team Champion, Aquaprofit Nagykanizsa Team
2009	Hungarian Team Champion, Aquaprofit Nagykanizsa Team
2008	Italian Team Champion, Chienti Team
2007	Hungarian Team Champion, Aquaprofit Nagykanizsa Team
2006	English Team Champion, Wood Green Team
2002	Polish Team Champion, Polonia Team
2002	Bled, Slovenia, Chess Olympiad, Winning silver medal with the Hungarian "men's" team. Bronze medal for individual performance on board two.
2002	Moscow, Russia, Member of the victorious team Russia vs. Rest of the World, defeating Garry Kasparov
1999	Batumi, Georgia, European Chess Team Championship silver medal with the Hungarian "men's" team and gold medal for the individual performance.
1995	Prague, Czech Republic, Women vs. Veterans, Defeating the greatest veterans of the world
1992	Aruba, the Women's World Team defeats the Men's Veteran World Team
1990	Novi Sad, Yugoslavia, Women's Chess Olympiad Winning individual and team gold medals for Hungary.
1988	Thessaloniki, Greece, Women's Chess Olympiad. At age 12, winning 1 team, and 2 individual gold medals with the Hungarian Women's team. Additional gold medal for best overall performance at the Olympiad.

Exhibition matches

2010	Prague, Czech Republic, Defeating David Navara – 6-2
2003	Shanghai, China, Defeating Bu Xianghzi in a blitz match 5-1
1998	Budapest, Hungary, Defeating world champion Anatoly Karpov in a rapid match 5-3
1996	Sao Paulo, Brazil, Defeating Gilberto Milos in a rapid match 2,5-1,5
1996	Budapest, Hungary, Defeating world champion chess program Junior 4-2
1995	Aruba, Defeating Dutch champion Jeroen Piket 6-2
1993	Budapest, Hungary, Defeating world champion Boris Spassky 5,5-4,5
1990	Corfu, Polgar Sisters defeating the Greek national team