Legend
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1986
New York Open, USA
Unrated section, 1st place
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1988
U12 Boys World Champion, Timisoara, Romania
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1988
Women’s Chess Olympiad Thessaloniki, Greece
Gold medal
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1988
Reykjavik, Iceland
1st place
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1988
Rapid World Junior Champion Mazatlan, Mexico
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1988/89
Hastings, England
1st place
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1989
Leading the world rankings of women chess players for more than 25 years.
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1990
Amsterdam, Holland
1st - 2nd place
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1990
Polgar Sisters defeating the Greek national team. Corfu, Greece
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1990
Hungarian Rapid Champion. Ajka, Hungary
1st place
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1990
U14 Boys World Champion. Fond du Lac, USA
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1990
Women’s Chess Olympiad. Novi Sad, Yugoslavia
Gold medal
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1991
Hungarian Super Championship. Budapest, Hungary
1st place
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1991
Became Chess Grandmaster, breaking Bobby Fischer’s record as youngest grandmaster in history at the time.
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1992
Women’s World Team defeated the Men’s Veteran World Team Aruba, Dutch Antilles
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1992/93
Hastings, England
1st - 2nd place
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1993
Grandmaster Tournament. Dos Hermanas, Spain
2nd place
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1993
Defeating world champion Boris Spassky. Budapest, Hungary.
5,5-4,5
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1993
Open Rapid Event, Oviedo, Spain.
1st place
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1994
Super Tournament, Madrid, Spain
1st place
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1994
Buenos Aires, Argentina
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1995
Unofficial 2 minutes Blitz World Champion. Alma Ata, Kazakhstan
1st place
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1996
Defeating Gilberto Milos in a rapid match. Sao Paulo, Brazil.
2,5-1,5
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1996
Defeating world champion chess program Junior. Budapest, Hungary
4-2
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1996
Leon, Spain
1st-2nd place
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1998
US Open Champion. Kona, Hawaii
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1998
Hoogeveen, Holland
1st place
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1998
Defeating world champion Anatoly Karpov in a rapid match Budapest, Hungary
5-3
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1999
World Championship, Las Vegas, USA
quarter-finalist
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1999
European Chess Team Championship. Batumi, Georgia
Men's team silver medal and individual gold medal
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1999
Hoogeveen, Holland
1st-2nd place
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2000
Bali, Indonesia
1st place
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2000
Getting married with dr. Gustav Font
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2000
34th Chess Olympiad
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2000
Najdorf Memorial, Buanos Aires, Argentina
1st place
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2001
European Championship, Ohrid, Macedonia
3rd-4th place
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2001
Hoogeveen, Holland
1st-2nd place
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2001
Linares, Spain
shared 2nd place
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2002
Chess Olympiad with Men’s Team. Bled, Slovenia.
Silver medal in team, Bronze medal for individual performance.
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2002
European Cup
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2002
Victory over Kasparov at the Russia vs World Team. Moscow, Russia.
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2003
Hoogeveen, Holland
1st place
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2003
Wijk aan Zee, Holland
2nd place
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2004
Son, Oliver is born
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2005
FIDE Men’s World Championship. San Luis, Argentina
8th place
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2005
Blitz World Championship, Rishon le Zion, Israel.
5th place
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2005
World ranking No.8 with 2735 rating. The first and only female player in the top ten.
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2006
Hoogeveen, Holland
1st-2nd place
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2006
Daughter, Hanna is born
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2010
Rapid Super Tournament, Mexico City
1st place
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2011
European Championship, Aix-les-Bains, France
1-4th place, bronze medal.
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2011
World Cup, Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia
1/4 finalist
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2012
Rapid Tournament, Caxias do Sul
1st place
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2012
Founder of Judit Polgar Chess Foundation
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2012
Awarded the 2012 FIDE Caissa award for the 8th time: Oscar of Chess
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2013
Developing the Judit Polgar Chess Palace innovative educational program
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2014
Chess Olympiad Silver medalist for the Hungarian Men’s National Team. Tromso, Norway
silver medal
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2014
Guinness recorder for leading the world rankings for more than 25 years
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2014
Completed the Judit Polgar Teaches Chess Trilogy
Book of the year
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2014. 08. 09.
Announced retirement from competitive chess
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2015
Simultaneous games at the Expo in Milan, Italy
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2015
Motivational Talk at Google Ground in Budapest, Hungary
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2015
Speaker at the International Creativity Conference in Sapienza University. Roma, Italy
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2015
Organizes the first Global Chess Festival
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2015
TEDx Talk, Budapest, Hungary
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2015
Best European Learning Materials Awards for Chess Palace textbooks at the Frankfurt Book Fair.
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2015
European Team Championship as Captain of the Hungarian Men’s National Team. Reykjavik, Iceland
bronze medal
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2016
Ted Talk in Vancouver
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2016
Speaker at IBM Business Connect conference in Budapest
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2016
Organizes the 2nd Global Chess Festival
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2016
Official commentator of the World Chess Championship in New York
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