Книга: Susan Polgar «Chess Tactics for Champions»

Chess Tactics for Champions

Производитель: "Неизвестный"

Chess Tactics for Champions ISBN:9780812936711

Издательство: "Неизвестный" (2015)

ISBN: 9780812936711

Susan Polgar

Infobox chess player
playername = Susan Polgar


birthname = Zsuzsanna Polgár
country = HUN
USA
datebirth = birth date and age|1969|4|19
placebirth = Budapest, Hungary
datedeath =
placedeath =
title = Grandmaster
worldchampion =
womensworldchampion = 1996–1999
rating = 2577
peakrating = 2577

Zsuzsanna "Susan" Polgar (born April 19, 1969, as Polgár Zsuzsanna) is a Hungarian-born American chess player. She is a member of the Executive Board of the United States Chess Federation, having been elected on July 26, 2007. She is also a chess writer and promoter and the head of the Susan Polgar Institute for Chess Excellence at Texas Tech University.

On the July 1984 FIDE Rating List, at age 15, she was the top-ranked woman player in the world. She was the first woman to earn the title of Grandmaster in regular competition. She was the Women's World Chess Champion from 1996 to 1999. In October 2005 Polgar had an Elo rating of 2577, making her the second-ranked woman in the world at the time, after her sister Judit Polgár. She has been inactive and has not played in official competition since 2004.

She was born and brought up in Budapest, Hungary, and now lives in Lubbock, Texas, having recently moved from Forest Hills, New York, where she ran the Polgar Chess Center and the Susan Polgar Foundation, which gives chess training to children, especially girls.

Chess career

Polgar and her two younger sisters, Grandmaster Judit and International Master Zsófia, were part of an educational experiment carried out by their father László Polgár, who sought to prove that children could make exceptional achievements if trained in a specialist subject from a very early age. "Geniuses are made, not born," was László's thesis. He and his wife Klara educated their three daughters at home, with chess as the specialist subject. The father also taught his three daughters Esperanto. Most of her family eventually emigrated to Israel, but Susan Polgar moved to New York after marrying an American in 1994. Members of the Polgar family, who are Jewish, perished in the Holocaust, and her grandmother was a survivor of Auschwitz. [cite web|url=http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/Susan_Polgar.html|title=Susan Polgar]

At age 4, Polgar won her first chess tournament, the Budapest Girl's Under-11 Championship, with a 10–0 score. In 1982, at the age of 12, she won the World Under 16 (Girls) Championship. Despite restrictions on her freedom to play in international tournaments, by 1984 at age 15 Polgar had become the top-rated female chess player in the world. [ [http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/pto-20050614-000002.html The Grandmaster Experiment] , Carlin Flora, "Psychology Today Magazine", July/August 2005]

In November 1986, FIDE decided to grant 100 bonus Elo rating points to all active female players except Polgar, which knocked her from the top spot in the January, 1987 FIDE ratings list. The rationale was that the FIDE ratings of women were not commensurate with the ratings of the men because the women tended to play in women-only tournaments, Polgar being an exception because up to that point she had played mainly against men. The statistical evidence supporting this decision was disputed because the data on which it was based was a small subset of the available data, and Polgar and others alleged that the move was politically motivated and had been contrived to displace her from the top spot.

In January 1991, Polgar became the first woman to earn the Grandmaster title in the conventional way – that is, by achieving three GM norms and a rating over 2500. (Nona Gaprindashvili was awarded the Grandmaster title in 1978 as a result of winning Lone Pine International 1977, but she did not make the normally required three GM norms. Maia Chiburdanidze was awarded the GM title in 1984 for beating Nona Gaprindashvili and two others in matches for the Women's World Chess Championship). Zsuzsa's younger sister Judit earned the title of Grandmaster in December 1991. In 1992, she won the Women's World Blitz as well as the Women's World Rapid Championship, ahead of her sisters, Chiburdanidze, Galliamova, Maric and many other top female players.

Zsuzsa Polgar competed for the Women's World Championship during the 1996 cycle, having previously played primarily against men, except in the previous woman's world championship cycle where she was eliminated in a drawing of lots after tying a match with Nana Ioseliani. She was successful the second time around and became the Women's World Champion in 1996. Two years later, her title defense against Xie Jun of China was scheduled to take place in November, 1998. However, Polgar requested a postponement because she was pregnant and also FIDE had been unable to find a satisfactory sponsor. Ultimately, in 1999, a match was arranged, but under conditions to which Polgar objected – firstly because she had recently had a child, Tom, and had not had sufficient time to recuperate, and secondly because the match was to be held entirely in China, the home country of her challenger. She also wanted a significantly larger prize fund. [ [http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic241.html#13 Letter from Zsuzsa Polgar] c. June 1999]

When Polgar refused to play under these conditions, FIDE declared that she had forfeited the title, [ [http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic242.html#11 First Saturday, June] 1999] [ [http://www.samsloan.com/omukutxt.htm FIDE News from Executive Director Omuku] 17 February 1999] and instead organized a match between Xie Jun and Alisa Galliamova for the Women's World Chess Championship, which was won by Xie Jun. [ [http://www.samsloan.com/xiejun.htm Xie Jun defeats Alisa Galliamova in match for Woman's World Chess Championship] June 5, 1999] Polgar sued in the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, Switzerland for monetary damages and the restoration of her title. In March 2001, the case was settled, with Polgar withdrawing her claims and FIDE agreeing to pay Polgar's attorney's fees in the amount of $25,000. [ [http://www.iht.com/articles/2001/04/13/DROIT_ed3_.php Editor's Note] April 13, 2001] Since Xie Jun had already been crowned Women's World Champion, FIDE could not restore the title to Polgar. Polgar has not participated in subsequent Women's World Championship cycles.

Personal life

In 1994, Polgar married computer consultant Jacob Shutzman, and moved to New York. They had two sons, Tom (born March 6 1999) and Leeam (born November 22 2000), but later divorced. In December 2006, she married her long time business manager and friend, Paul Truong. [cite web |url=http://www.checkmate.us/marriage.htm |title=Polgar and Truong Marriage Revealed|year=2007] [ [http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com/2007/05/chess-gambit-in-west-texas.html#links Susan Polgar Blogspot confirms her marriage to Paul Truong.] ]

Her career in America

The United States Chess Federation named Polgar "Grandmaster of the Year" in 2003, the first time a woman has won that honor. In that same year (2003), Polgar also became the first woman to win the US Open Blitz Championship, against a field which included seven grandmasters. She won that title again in 2005 and in 2006.

She helped train and played the top board for the United States women's team at the 2004 Chess Olympiad held in October in Majorca, Spain. Overall, the team won the Silver Medal, but Polgar won an individual gold medal for achieving the highest performance rating in the women's event and the highest point total. This was not her first Olympiad: she has a total of ten Olympiad Medals (five Gold, four Silver, and one Bronze). She has played 56 games in the Olympiads, never losing a single game.

In July 2005, Polgar gave a large simultaneous exhibition in Palm Beach, Florida, breaking four records: the largest number of simultaneous games played (326, with 309 won, 14 drawn, and 3 lost); consecutive games played (1,131); highest number of games won; and highest percentage of wins (96.93 %).

In October 2005, Polgar joined former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev and former World Champion Anatoly Karpov in Lindsborg, Kansas to promote "Chess For Peace." There, Polgar participated in the second Clash of the Titans - Battle of the Genders match against Karpov at the same location, with Gorbachev making the first move for Karpov. The match with Karpov ended in a 3–3 tie, with each player winning two games and two draws. Their first match had taken place in September 2004. That also ended up in a 3–3 tie.

In June 2006, Polgar organized and played in the 2006 New York City Mayor's Cup, a 30-minute competition and the highest-rated double round robin tournament in US history. She finished second, behind Gata Kamsky and ahead of Alexander Onischuk, Boris Gulko, Ildar Ibragimov, and Alex Stripunsky. In July 2006, Polgar represented the US in a side event to the Football World Cup in Dresden, Germany. She easily won the event by defeating International Master Elisabeth Pähtz in the final.

On May 12, 2007, Polgar was the undergraduate commencement speaker at Texas Tech University. She was awarded an honorary Doctorate degree. On the same day, as reported on the LubbockOnline website, it was announced that she would become the coach of the Texas Tech chess team and would be the director of the new Susan Polgar Institute for Chess Excellence (SPICE). [cite web|url=http://news.ttu.edu/browse/newsRelease/1318|title=Texas Tech Hires Chess World Champion, Establishes Excellence Institute|date=2007-05-14]

Notable chess games

Here is a brilliancy Polgar won at age 16: [ [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1110010] ]

Zsuzsa Polgar-Hardicsay, Hungarian Team Championship 1985 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6 7.Bf4 a6 8.e4 Bg7 9.Qa4+ Bd7 10.Qb3 Bg4?! 11.Qxb7 Bxf3 Hardicsay had won a game a few months before after 12.gxf3 Nh5, when Black has good compensation for the sacrificed pawn after either 13.Be3 Nd7 or 13.Bg3 Nxg3 14.hxg3 Nd7. 12.Qxa8! Nxe4 13.Rc1! This was a theoretical novelty; Black had been thought to be better after 13.Nxe4 Bxe4. 13...Bd4 After 13...Nxc3 14.bxc3 Be4 15.f3 Bf5 16.g4, Black would have no good retreat for his bishop, e.g. 16...Bd7 17.Bxd6. 14.Rc2 Nxf2?! 14...Nxc3 15.gxf3! also leaves White with a large advantage. 15.Rxf2 Bxf2+ 16.Kxf2 Bg4 (See diagram at below left.) 17.Bb5+! axb5 18.Re1+ Kf8 If 18...Kd7, 19.Qb7+ Qc7 20.Re7+! wins the queen. 19.Bh6+ Kg8 (See diagram at below middle.) 20.Re7! Paralyzing Black and stopping any counterplay with ...Qh4+. The rook is immune because 20...Qxe7 21.Qxb8+ forces mate. 20...Bd7 21.Qxb8! Qxb8 22.Ne4! 1-0 Although Black is up a queen for a knight, he cannot stop 23.Nf6#. (Notes based on Polgar's notes in "Queen of the Kings Game" pp. 234–37 and in Chess Informant, volume 40, game 117.)

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Composer

Susan Polgar composed her first chess problem (see diagram) at the age of four. She is considered the youngest composer of a published chess problem. Formerly, the record was held by Elliot Franklin Eichholtz.

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Zsuzsa Polgár
Source unknown, "1973"
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Mate in 2

Solution:

1.Kd1 Kf1
2.Qe1 mate


Author

Polgar has written several books, often in conjunction with Paul Truong, her business manager and (later) husband:
*"Queen of the Kings [sic] Game" (as Zsuzsa Polgar; with Jacob Shutzman) (1997) ISBN 0-9657059-7-8
*"Teach Yourself Chess in 24 Hours" (2003)
*"World Champion's Guide to Chess" (2005) ISBN 0-8129-3653-1
*"Breaking Through (2005)" ISBN 0-02-864408-5
*"Chess Tactics for Champions" (2006) ISBN 0-8129-3671-X

Polgar is also a chess journalist, with columns in Chess Life, Chess Life for Kids, ChessCafe, Chess Horizons, Georgia Chess, Chessville, Empire Chess, School Mates, Europe Echecs, etc., and she publishes a blog with daily updates about chess news and daily chess exercise problems. She has released a series of 11 instructional chess DVDs.

Executive Board of the United States Chess Federation

Election campaign

In December 2006, she announced that she would run for election to the executive board of the United States Chess Federation. Polgar, Randy Bauer, and Paul Truong—three of four of Polgar's slate—were elected to four-year terms. The new board members took office on the evening of August 5, 2007, after the conclusion of the annual USCF delegate's meeting in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. She was elected as the first ever chairman of the USCF. [cite web|url=http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com/2006/12/i-will-run-for-2007-uscf-executive.html|title=I WILL run for the 2007 USCF Executive Board|date=2006-12-06] [cite web|url=http://beta.uschess.org/frontend/news_7_471.php |title=Election Results In!|date=2007-07-27] [cite web|url=http://www.checkmate.us/summary.htm |title=Election Summary (Endorsements) |year=2007]

On October 2, 2007, Sam Sloan filed suit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York seeking to overturn the results of the 2007 election, alleging that there were more than 2,000 obscene "Fake Sam Sloan" newsgroup postings by Susan Polgar and Paul Truong impersonating Sloan, as a result of which Polgar and Truong were elected. [ [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/08/nyregion/08chess.html Chess Group Officials Accused of Using Internet to Hurt Rivals - New York Times ] ] Susan Polgar has responded to the charges on her blog. [ [http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com/2007/10/stating-facts.html Susan Polgar Stating the Facts] ] [ [http://gambit.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/10/23/polgar-responds-on-her-blog/ Polgar Responds on her Blog] ] [ [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/08/nyregion/08chess.html NY Times: Chess Group Officials Accused of Using Internet to Hurt Rivals] ] [ [http://gambit.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/10/10/interview-with-the-uscf-president-a-chess-sponsor-says-hes-had-enough/ NY Times: Interview With the U.S.C.F. President; a Chess Sponsor Says He’s Had Enough] ] [ [http://gambit.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/10/19/founder-of-af4c-the-chess-federation-needs-a-new-structure/ NY Times: Founder of AF4C: The Chess Federation Needs a New Structure] ] On August 28, 2008, US District Judge Denny Chen dismissed the suit with prejudice pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 12(b)(1), 12(b)(2) and 12(b)(6). [ [http://chessusa.blogspot.com/2008/09/update-text-of-sloan-vs-truong-decision.html UPDATE: Text of Sloan vs. Truong Decision] ] [ [http://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcp/Rule12.htm Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Rule 12] ]

On January 15 2008, four Board members issued a statement which requested Paul Truong step down from his position on the Board for "neglecting his fiduciary duties" through not providing an affirmative defense to the lawsuit. [ [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/15/crosswords/chess/15chess.html Member of U.S. Chess Federation’s Board Is Asked to Resign in Dispute Over an Election] , New York Times, January 15, 2008.] This was not, however, an official vote of the Executive Board. Polgar subsequently published a statement asserting that the Board members who voted in favor of this request made a number of misrepresentations. [ [http://chessdiscussion.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=668 Stating the Facts] , Susan Polgar, January 15, 2008.]

Executive board member

On Monday, July 28, 2008, the USCF instituted legal proceedings in the District Court of Lubbock, Texas for "leaking confidential emails" from the USCF Executive Board, which included requests to depose Susan Polgar and Paul Truong concerning their knowledge of the subject. [http://www.lubbockonline.com/stories/072808/loc_310582593.shtml] [ [http://kohm.org/news/?p=287 "Polgar Checked into Lawsuit"] ] USCF attorney [http://www.kronenbergerlaw.com/karl_kronenberger_profile.html Karl S. Kronenberger] has characterized this as wire fraud, a felony under federal law. The U.S. Secret Service has said that the case has been referred to its San Francisco office for investigation. [ [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/17/crosswords/chess/17fight.html?_r=1&ref=crosswords&oref=slogin Claims of Fake Web Postings Roil the Chess World] , McClain, Dylan Loeb, New York Times, 17 August 2008.]

On Thursday, August 7, 2008, Susan Polgar filed a $25 million defamation lawsuit in the [http://www.co.lubbock.tx.us/DCrt72/ 72nd District Court] of Lubbock against the United States Chess Federation, Bill Goichberg, Jim Berry, Randy Bauer, Randall Hough, Bill Hall, Brian Mottershead, Hal Bogner, [http://www.chessmagnetschool.com Chessmagnet LLC.] , [http://www.chesstour.com Continental Chess Inc.] , Jerome Hanken, Brian Lafferty, Sam Sloan, and well-known Internet attorneys [http://www.kronenbergerlaw.com/karl_kronenberger_profile.html Karl S. Kronenberger] and [http://www.kronenbergerlaw.com/hank_burgoyne_profile.html Hank Burgoyne] . [http://lubbockonline.com/stories/081208/loc_317614594.shtml] [http://lubbockonline.com/stories/080908/cri_316251103.shtml] Defendant Randy Bauer, formerly a Polgar supporter, [http://www.checkmate.us/Bauer.htm] has stated online, "I ... intend to raise USCF issues surrounding Paul and now, I guess Susan ... in every forum and to every audience possible, whether it be Lubbock orTimbuktu. ... the truth is an absolute defense to defamation claims. There's plentyto talk about.". [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.politics/msg/c403587b9a02ade1?dmode=source] Polgar has offered to settle her suit against USCF if it would pay her $1, publicly apologize to her and Truong and agree to certain other conditions. [ [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/04/nyregion/04chesssuit.html Federal Lawsuit Against Chess Officials Is Dismissed in Dispute Over Online Messages] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.susanpolgar.com Susan Polgar Institute for Chess Excellence (SPICE)]
**Polgar's blogs for her [http://www.PolgarChessClub.blogspot.com/ Chess Center] , [http://www.susanpolgar.blogspot.com/ Chess] , [http://www.polgargirls.blogspot.com/ Girls] and [http://www.chessforpeace.blogspot.com/ Chess for Peace]
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