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.

Judit Polgár ( born July 23, 1976 ) is a Hungarian chess grandmaster.

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.

While László Polgár has been credited with being an excellent chess coach, the Polgárs had also employed professional chessplayers to train their daughters, including Hungarian champion IM Tibor Florian, Hungarian GM Pal Benko and Russian GM Alexander Chernin.

Susan Polgár, the eldest of the sisters, 5½ years older than Sophia and 7 years older than Judit, was the first of the sisters to achieve prominence in chess by winning tournaments and by 1986 she was the world's top-rated female chess player.

" Polgár described herself at that age as " obsessive " about chess.

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

Although not released until 1996, in 1990 a documentary about children playing chess, Chess Kids, featuring Polgár was filmed.

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

In 1995, Nigel Short and Polgár were to play a game using the famous chess set, but British Museum refused.

In 1995, the Isle of Lewis chess club in Scotland attempted to arrange a game between Polgár and Nigel Short in which the famous Lewis chessmen would be used.

Polgár is by far the strongest female chess player of all time.

In 1998 Polgár defeated Anatoly Karpov in a match of " action " chess ( 30 minutes per game ).

In June 1998 in Budapest, Polgár played an eight game match of " action " chess, which is 30 minutes for the entire game, against Anatoly Karpov.

In November 1998, Polgár played in the Wydra Memorial Rapid chess tournament in Israel.

Kasparov had once described Polgár as a " circus puppet " and asserted that women chess players should stick to having children.

In 2003, Polgár scored one of her best results: an undefeated clear second place in the Category 19 Corus chess tournament in Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands, just a half-point behind future World Champion Viswanathan Anand, and a full point ahead of then-world champion Vladimir Kramnik.

In August 2003, Polgár played an eight-game rapid chess match in Mainz, Germany against Viswanathan Anand, billed as the " Battle of the Sexes ".

In 2004, Polgár took some time off from chess to give birth to her son, Olivér.

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

In April 2010, Polgár played an eight-game rapid chess match against Czech GM David Navara which was part of the ČEZ Chess Trophy 2010 festival of the Prague Chess Society.

Polgár participated in the rapid chess tournament of the Presidential Chess Cup in Baku, Azerbaijan from April 29 to May 1, 2010.

Jennifer Shahade, writer and two-time U. S. women's chess champion, suggested that the influence of Polgár as a role model may be one of the reasons women play more aggressive chess than men.

In 1991, Polgár achieved the title of Grandmaster at the age of 15 years and 4 months, the youngest person ever to do so at that time.

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.

In 1992, Polgár tied for second behind Anatoly Karpov at the Madrid International in Linares.

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.

At Linares 1994, Polgár suffered a controversial defeat at the hands of then-world champion Garry Kasparov.

In August 1998, Polgár became the first woman to ever win the U. S. Open held at the Kona Surf Resort in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii.

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.

Polgár tied with Boris Gelfand with 9½ points and won her individual game against Viswanathan Anand, at the time the world's No. 2 player.

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

Polgár at the Mainz Chess Classic 2008

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

In March 2010, Polgár played a four-game match against GM Gregory Kaidanov at Hilton Head, South Carolina.

Polgár is especially adept at faster time controls.

Polgár at the Mainz Chess Classic

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

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

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.

Among his other notable results are first at Terrassa in 1991, joint first at Dos Hermanas in 1995 ( with Kamsky and Karpov ), joint first at Dortmund in 1998 ( with Kramnik and Svidler ) and clear first at Dos Hermanas in 1999, ahead of Kramnik, Anand, Svidler, Karpov, Veselin Topalov, Judit Polgár and others.