Trained in her early years by her sister Susan, who ultimately became Women's World Champion, Judit Polgár was a prodigy from an early age.

In 1993, Polgár became the first woman to ever qualify for a Men's Interzonal tournament.

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 the two years since Polgár became the first woman to ever break into the top 10, her rating had dropped.

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

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She became the second female player ever, after Judit Polgár, to exceed the 2600 Elo mark.

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.

At one point Polgár reportedly confronted Kasparov in the hotel bar, asking him, " How could you do this to me?

Polgár won two, drew one and lost one and won $ 12, 000 in prize money.

In April and May 2000, Polgár won one of the strongest tournaments ever held in Asia.

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 one of her games against Karpov, he blundered, allowing Polgár to utilize a famous, ancient sacrifice first employed by Emanuel Lasker against Bauer in 1889.

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.

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.

He lost both games against Judit Polgár and one against Shakhriyar Mamedyarov.

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.

The tournament marked the first time the 17-year-old Polgár was invited to compete with the world's strongest players.

Going into the last round four players, Polgár, Khalifman, Karpov and Gilberto Milos were tied, but Polgár won her game over Braziliam GM Milos while Khalifman and Karpov played against each other in a draw.

In late February and early March 2001, Polgár played in the elite Linares double round-robin invitational of six of the world's strongest players.

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

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

Polgár finished in fourth place of the six players with three wins, four losses, and three draws.

In November 2008, Polgár had a terrible result in The World Chess Blitz Championship in Almaty, Republic of Kazakhstan, finished last of the 16 players with only 2½ points.

Playing more in 2010 than in recent years, Polgár finished fourth overall among Board three players with a 6 / 10 score.

The tournament, of 393 players of which 167 were Grandmasters, was won by Russian Vladimir Potkin on tie-break, GM Radosław Wojtaszek won the silver, while Polgár placed third, winning the bronze.

Hungary finished in fifth place of the ten teams and individually Polgár sixteenth of the fifty players.

Polgár made it to the final 8 players before she was eliminated by Peter Svidler.

Polgár said that in the past she has never been interested in competing for it, but in recent years " the mentality of a couple of the women players has changed ".

For example, László Polgár set out to raise his children to be chess players, and all three of his daughters went on to become world-class players ( two of whom are grandmasters ), emphasizing the potency a child's environment can have in determining the pursuits toward which a child's energy will be directed, and showing that an incredible amount of skill can be developed through suitable training.

** The Polgár sisters, three famous chess players who are siblings:

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

First members of the ACP were such prominent players as Viswanathan Anand, Péter Lékó, and Judit Polgár, but not Garry Kasparov.

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.

Typical contributions are from players such as Vladimir Kramnik, Vishwanathan Anand, Péter Lékó, Judit Polgár, Magnus Carlsen, and Sergey Karjakin.

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

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 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.

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.

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

Harrelson achieved a draw after being assisted by several grandmasters who were in Prague attending the match between Alexei Shirov and Judit Polgár.