Zsófia Polgár

Zsófia Polgár
Association	Hungary
Born	November 2, 1974 Budapest , Hungary
title	International Master of Women (1988) Grand Master of Women (1989) International Master (1990)
Current  Elo rating	2450 (August 2020)
Best Elo rating	2505 (July 1998 to June 1999)
Tab at the FIDE (English)

Zsófia Polgár (also Sofia Polgár ) [ ˈʒoːfiɒ ˈpolɡaːr ] (born November 2, 1974 in Budapest ) is a Hungarian chess player .

Life

She achieved her best tournament result in 1989 at the age of 14 at a tournament in Rome, which she won with 8.5 points from 9 games in front of several grandmasters .

Judit Polgár and Zsófia Polgár at the 1988 Chess Olympiad

In 1986 she was second in the U14 youth world championship behind Joël Lautier in San Juan and won the girls' championship, at the 1994 junior world championship in Matinhos she also finished second behind Helgi Áss Grétarsson .

In 1990 she received the title of International Master (IM) from FIDE . In 1988 she received the title of International Women's Champion (WIM), and since 1989 she has also had the title of Women's Grand Master (WGM).

On February 7, 1999, she married the Israeli chess grandmaster Yona Kosashvili and followed him to Israel . The couple have two sons.

Zsófia Polgár has not played a rated game since the Israeli team championship in 2010 and is therefore listed as inactive.

Elo development

Game example

Zsófia Polgár - Alexander Csernyin

	a	b	c	d	e	f	G	H
8th									8th
7th									7th
6th									6th
5									5
4th									4th
3									3
2									2
1									1
	a	b	c	d	e	f	G	H

End position after 35th Rg2

In the following game, Zsófia Polgár defeated the Soviet world-class player Alexander Csernyin with the white pieces at the Open in Rome in 1989 .

Zsófia Polgár - Alexander Csernyin 1-0

Rome, February 1989

Sicilian Defense , B47

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. 0–0 Be7 8. Be3 0–0 9. f4 d6 10. Kh1 a6 11. De1 Sa5 12. Qg3 Nc4 13. Bc1 b5 14. a3 Qb6 15. Rd1 Bb7 16. b3 Sa5 17. Bf3 Tac8 18. Bb2 Rfd8 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Nxe6 g6 21. Nxd8 Qxd8 22. exd5 Rxc2 23. Tab1 Lh4 24. Qh3 Bc8 25. Bg4 Bxg4 26. Qxg4 Nxb3 27. g3 Be7 28. f5 a5 29. fxg6 hxg6 30. Qh3 Rxb2 31. Rxb2 a4 32. Rf2 Nc5 33. Rdf1 f5 34. g4 Ne4 35. Rg2 1: 0

National team

Zsófia Polgár participated with the Hungarian women's team in the 1988 , 1990 , 1994 and 1996 Chess Olympiads . She won with the team in 1988 and 1990 and reached second place in 1994, in the individual ranking she achieved the best individual result on the third board in 1990 and on the second board in 1994 (she also achieved the best overall performance of all participants in 1994) and the third-best individual result on the first board in 1996 Board.

societies

Zsófia Polgár used to play for MTK Budapest FC , with whom she took part in the 1990 European Club Cup . In the 2008/09 season she had a job with the Hungarian team champion Aquaprofit NTSK. In the Dutch Meester class she played for the Hilversums Schaakgenootschap until 2003.

Private

Polgár has two sisters, Zsuzsa Polgár and Judit Polgár, who is considered the world's best female chess player . Her father, László Polgár , is a well-known Hungarian educator and the chess trainer of the three sisters.

Web links

Commons : Zsófia Polgár  - collection of images

• 15 combinations of Polgár's games (English)

Replayable chess games by Zsófia Polgár on chessgames.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Willy Iclicki: FIDE Golden book 1924-2002 . Euroadria, Slovenia, 2002, p. 101.
2. ↑ Willy Iclicki: FIDE Golden book 1924-2002 . Euroadria, Slovenia, 2002, p. 119.
3. ↑ Numbers according to FIDE Elo lists. Data sources: fide.com (period since 2001), olimpbase.org (period 1971 to 2001)
4. ↑ Zsófia Polgár's results at the women's chess Olympiads on olimpbase.org (English)
5. ↑ Zsófia Polgár's results at European Club Cups on olimpbase.org (English)