Polgár was ranked number 36 in the world on the July 2012 FIDE rating list with an Elo rating of 2709, the woman on FIDE's Top 100 Players list, and has been ranked as high as eighth ( in 2005 ).

In September 2005, Polgár once again made history as she became the first woman to play for a World Championship, at the FIDE World Chess Championship 2005.

In December 2006, Polgár played a six-game match of blindfold rapid chess against former FIDE world champion Veselin Topalov.

In November 2009, Polgár participated in the FIDE World Cup at Khanty Mansisyk in Siberia.

In September 2011, Polgár finally returned to " Super GM " status with a FIDE rating of 2701 and by November she had raised it to 2710 and ranked 35 in the world.

Her January 2010 FIDE Elo rating was 2614, placing her number two in the world for women's players ( behind Judit Polgár ).

He then started a series of resounding victories ( e. g. ), and finished the tournament with 9. 5 − 3. 5, along with future FIDE world champion Ruslan Ponomariov, and ahead of Judit Polgár, Nigel Short, and many other world-class players.

Their places were taken by the next two players on the FIDE rating list: Peter Svidler and Judit Polgár.

Polgár is the only woman to have won a game from a current world number one player, and has defeated nine current or former world champions in either rapid or classical chess: Anatoli Karpov, Garry Kasparov, Boris Spassky, Vasily Smyslov, Veselin Topalov, Viswanathan Anand, Ruslan Ponomariov, Alexander Khalifman, and Rustam Kasimdzhanov.

By now numerous books and articles had been written about the Polgár sisters making them famous even outside of the world of chess.

Russian GM Evgeny Bareev, at the time ranked eighth in the world, led going into tournament's last round, but was crushed by Polgár in their individual game allowing her to share first.

Eight grandmasters, all considered contenders for the world championship: Karpov, Anand, Salov, Ivanchuk, Kamsky, Shirov, Ljubojevic and Polgár.

By early 2003, Polgár had worked her way back into the top 10 rated players in the world.

" However, in her game against Veselin Topalov, Polgár pushed the eventual tournament winner and world champion to a seven-hour marathon before succumbing.

Despite being the highest-rated woman for twenty years, Polgár has never competed for the women's world championship and in a 2011 interview was asked about this possibility.

She has attempted to regain the world title but, with the rise of the Chinese women and the formidable Polgár sisters, this has proved difficult and her best performance since 1991 has been 1st in the Tilburg Candidates tournament of 1994, losing the playoff to Zsuzsa Polgár by 5½ – 1½.

Notable productions were Lulu ( 1962 ; conducted by Karl Böhm, staged by Otto Schenk, designed by Caspar Neher, starring Evelyn Lear ), Haydn's Orfeo ed Euridice ( 1967 ; conducted by Richard Bonynge, staged by Rudolf Hartmann, with Nicolai Gedda, Joan Sutherland ), Fidelio ( 1970 ; conducted by Leonard Bernstein, staged by Schenk, with Gwyneth Jones, James King ), Il ritorno d ' Ulisse in patria ( 1971 ; conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt, staged by Federik Mirdita ), L ' elisir d ' amore ( 1973 ; conducted by Silvio Varviso, staged by Schenk, with Nicolai Gedda, Reri Grist, Eberhard Wächter ), Die Fledermaus ( 1975 ; conducted by Mstislav Rostropovich, staged by Michael Kehlmann, with Wiesław Ochman, Reri Grist, Elizabeth Harwood, Waldemar Kmentt ), La clemenza di Tito ( 1976 ; conducted by Julius Rudel, staged by Mirdita, with Werner Hollweg, Teresa Berganza, Arleen Augér, Edda Moser ), Fierrabras ( 1988 ; conducted by Claudio Abbado, staged by Ruth Berghaus, with Thomas Hampson, Karita Mattila, László Polgár ), Die Entführung aus dem Serail ( 1989 ; conducted by Harnoncourt, staged by Ursel Herrmann, Karl-Ernst Herrmann ), Don Giovanni ( 1990 ; conducted by Abbado, staged by Luc Bondy, with Ruggero Raimondi, Karita Mattila, Marie McLaughlin, Cheryl Studer ), Le nozze di Figaro ( 1991 ; conducted by Abbado, staged by Jonathan Miller, with Ruggero Raimondi, Marie McLaughlin, Cheryl Studer ) and the world premiere of Adriana Hölszky's Die Wände ( 1995 ; conducted by Ulf Schirmer, staged by Hans Neuenfels ).

Lautier first received world attention in 1986 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, when at age 13, he defeated both Sofia Polgar and Judit Polgár to win the Under-14 World Championship.

The participation of Judit Polgár made her the first woman to compete for the world chess championship.

On the suggestion of a friend of Fischer, a match of blitz chess between Fischer and Polgár was arranged and announced to the press.

When still a youth, Der Spiegel wrote of Polgár, " her tactical thunderstorms during blitz games have confounded many opponents, who are rated higher.

Polgár became the first woman ever to finish in the top three of the male championship.

In September 1992, Polgár participated in a tournament held in Aruba in which a team of senior men's players competed against a team of top women players.

In September 1995, Polgár finished third in a tournament in the Donner Memorial in Amsterdam, behind Jan Timman and Julio Granda Zuniga who tied for first.

In September 2002, in the Russia versus the Rest of the World Match, Polgár finally defeated Garry Kasparov in a game.

In September and October 2010, Polgár played 3rd board for the Hungarian Men's team in the 39th Chess Olympiad in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia.

In September 2011, Polgár competed in the Chess World Cup, a 128-player tournament with a large prize fund and qualification to the top three for the World Championship cycle.

However, as of September 2010 Polgár remained the only woman in the top 100 and still the only woman to have ever made the top 10.

* September 9 – Judit Polgár beats Garry Kasparov at a game of speed chess.

In December 1991, Polgár qualified as a Grandmaster by winning the Hungarian National Championship, at the time the youngest ever at 15 years, 5 months to have achieved the title.

Polgár finished tied for fifth / sixth place, winning $ 5, 625 for the three-day tournament.

Polgár finished the 9 round tournament at 5 – 4 in a four-way tie for third to sixth place.

He followed this up with a one point victory (+ 4 = 5 − 1 ) at the M-Tel Masters 2005 tournament, ahead of Viswanathan Anand, Vladimir Kramnik, Ruslan Ponomariov, Michael Adams, and Judit Polgár.

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In October 2007, he won the Blindfold Chess World Cup in Bilbao by a 1. 5 point margin, defeating strong Grandmasters Veselin Topalov, Magnus Carlsen, Pendyala Harikrishna, Judit Polgár and Sergey Karjakin in the process.

In October 1988, Polgár finished first in a 10-player round-robin tournament in London, scoring 7 – 2, for a half point lead over Israeli GM Yair Kraidman.

The overall high scorer was Polugaevsky, 57 years old with Polgár, 16, finishing second with 7½ – 4½.

Polgár then tied for first in the Hastings tournament held over New Years, 1992 – 93.

Despite being closely matched in ratings, Polgár won the match 6 – 2.

In August 1996, Polgár participated in a very strong 10 – player tournament in Vienna.

There was a three – way tie for first between Karpov, Topalov and Boris Gelfand and a three – way tie for fourth between Kramnik, Polgár and Lékó.

Polgár finished clear first with 6½ – 2½, winning the $ 20, 000 first place prize money.

In June 2003, Polgár finished tied for third with Boris Gelfand, in the Enghien-les-Bains International Tournament in France, scoring 5½ – 3½, behind Evgeny Bareev who won the tournament and GM Michael Adams.

In October 2003, Polgár won the 4 – grandmaster Essent tournament in Hoogeveen, Netherlands.

Despite being younger, 25 to Polgár's 33 years, and higher rated, 2708 to Polgár's 2682, Navara was crushed by Polgár who won the match 6 – 2.

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* Judit Polgár – Ferenc Berkes, Hunguest Hotels Super Chess Tournament 2003 · French Defense: Classical.

Normal Variation ( B45 ) · 0 – 1 Polgár uses a novelty to break up Shirov's pawn front and even offers to sacrifice her queen.

* Polgár – Garry Kasparov, Russia vs.

l ' Hermet Variation ( C67 ) · 1 – 0 Polgár makes history when, for the first time ever, a woman defeats the world's No. 1 chess player in a game.

* 1976 – Judit Polgár, Hungarian chess player

* November 27 – Zsófia Polgár, Hungarian-born chess player

* July 23 – Judit Polgár, Hungarian chess player

Spassky then played young female prodigy Judit Polgár in a 1993 match at Budapest, losing narrowly by 4½ – 5½.

* 1998 Béla Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle – Jessye Norman & László Polgár, principal soloists ; Pierre Boulez, conductor ; Roger Wright, producer ( Deutsche Grammophon )

The first round matches of the four-player knockout tournament were won by Topalov over GM Judit Polgár ( Hungary ) 2½ – 1½ and Vallejo over GM Alexei Shirov ( Spain ) 3 – 1.