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A Battle Of The Queens
Published January 30, 2012 | 
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A ‘changing of the guard’? Hardly. But it was the first encounter between the current Women’s World Chess Champion and the highest rated female of all time. The encounter took place in the 7th round of the Gibraltar Chess Festival. It was a Sicilian Defense that was handled very nicely on the White side by Hou, although I must say that ‘f6′ by Polgar on move 23 looked ‘rock solid’ instead of the ‘h6′ played.
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Yifan Hou |
Judit Polgar |
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[Event "Gibraltar 2012"][Date "2012.01.30"] [Round "7"] [White "GM Hou Yifan CHN"] [Black "GM Polgar, Judit HUN"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2605"] [BlackElo "2710"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 Nge7 7. Bf4 Ng6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Bd6 Bxd6 10. Qxd6 Qe7 11. O-O-O Qxd6 12. Rxd6 Ke7 13. Rhd1 Nf4 14. Bf3 Rb8 15. R6d2 g5 16. Na4 d5 17. g3 Ng6 18. Re1 Kf6 19. Bh5 Rb4 20. Nc3 d4 21. e5+ Nxe5 22. Ne4+ Ke7 23. Nxg5 h6 24. Nxe6 Bxe6 25. Rxe5 Rd8 26. f4 Rb5 27. Rde2 Kf6 28. Bf3 c5 29. a4 Rb4 30. Rxc5 Rxa4 31. b3 Rb4 32. Be4 Bg4 33. Re1 Rd6 34. Bd3 Bd7 35. Ree5 Be6 36. Kd2 Rbb6 37. Ra5 Rbc6 38. Ra4 Rb6 39. Re4 Bf5 40. Rexd4 Re6 41. Bc4 Rec6 42. Ra5 Bc8 43. Bd3 Be6 44. Rd8 Bc8 45. Rad5 Be6 46. Rh5 Kg7 47. f5 1-0
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Unive 2011 / Round 5
Published October 21, 2011 |
The fifth round of the Unive 2011 Tournament featured two wins. The first (again) by Kramnik which extended his (already) devastating lead at the expense of the French Champion Legrave. The second was Giri’s win versus Polgar.
The games are below.
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Vladimir Kramnik |
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave |
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| 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 a6 7. d4 b5 8. Qd3 Bg7 9. g3 b4 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Bc6 12. Qf4 O-O 13. Bg2 Qd6 14. O-O Nd7 15. Qh4 e5 16. d5 Qxd5 17. Be3 Qb5 18. Rac1 Bd5 19. Rxc7 Rac8 20. Ng5 h6 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Ne4 g5 23. Qh3 Be6 24. Qh5 Rc4 25. Rd1 b3 26. a3 Rd4 27. Bxd4 exd4 28. h4 Ne5 29. hxg5 Bg4 30. Qh4 Qxe2 31. Rxd4 Nf3+ 32. Bxf3 Bxf3 33. Rd8+ Kh7 34. Nd2 Bc6 35. gxh6 Bxb2 36. Qg5 Qd1+ 37. Nf1 Qf3 38. Qg8+ Kxh6 39. Rd6+ Bf6 40. Qh8+ Kg5 41. Qg8+ Kh6 42. Rxc6 Qxc6 43. Ne3 Qf3 44. Ng4+ Kh5 45. Nh2 Qd1+ 46. Kg2 Qd5+ 47. Kh3 Qe6+ 48. Ng4 Bg5 49. f3 Qf5 50. Qh8+ Kg6 51. Qg8+ Kh5 52. Qg7 Be3 53. Qc3 Qe6 54. Qg7 Bh6 55. Qh8 f5 56. Nxh6 Qxh6 57. Qg8 Qd6 58. Qxb3 Kg6 59. Qg8+ Kf6 60. Qh8+ Kg6 61. Qg8+ Kf6 62. f4 Qd3 63. Qf8+ Kg6 64. Kh4 Qd5 65. Qe8+ Kf6 66. Qh8+ Kg6 67. Qh5+ Kg7 68. g4 Qh1+ 69. Kg5 Qc6 70. gxf5 Qg2+ 71. Qg4 Qb2 72. Qf3 Qf6+ 73. Kg4 Qb6 74. Qc3+ Kf7 75. Qe1 Qd4 76. Qe6+ Kf8 77. Qc8+ Kf7 78. Qe6+ Kf8 79. f6 Qg1+ 80. Kf5 Qc5+ 81. Qe5 Qc2+ 82. Kg5 Qg2+ 83. Kh6 Qh2+ 84. Kg6 Qc2+ 85. Qf5 Qc3 86. Qd5 Qc2+ 87. f5 1-0 | |
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Anish Giri |
Judit Polgar |
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| 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nf3 e5 5. Nc3 d6 6. O-O Be7 7. d3 O-O 8. a3 h6 9. Ne1 Rb8 10. b4 cxb4 11. axb4 Nxb4 12. Rxa7 d5 13. cxd5 Bc5 14. Ra1 Bd4 15. Ra3 Nbxd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. e3 Bc5 18. Ra1 Re8 19. Bb2 Nf6 20. Nf3 Bg4 21. Qb3 Bd6 22. Rfc1 Qd7 23. Ra5 b5 24. Qa2 Qf5 25. Ra7 Rf8 26. Ne1 Bb4 27. e4 Qh5 28. d4 Bd2 29. Ra1 b4 30. dxe5 Be6 31. Qa5 Bxe1 32. Rxe1 Ng4 33. h3 Nxf2 34. Kxf2 Rfd8 35. Re2 Bc4 36. Bf3 Qxh3 37. e6 Qxe6 38. Rc2 Bb5 39. Kg2 g5 40. Kh2 Qb3 41. Qc7 Bc4 42. Rf2 Qe3 43. Kg2 Re8 44. Bh5 Qxe4+ 45. Kh2 Rf8 46. Ra6 Be6 47. Rxe6 1-0 | |
Kramnik vs Polgar / Unive 2011 / Rnd 2
Published October 17, 2011 | |
Vladimir Kramnik |
Judit Polgar |
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In the second round Kramnik again had the white pieces. He built up a tremendous position against Polgar’s Queen’s Indian complex and by move 21 Black was driven to desperation. By move 27 (DIAGRAM) Kramnik dominated the center, had connected passed Pawns on the Queenside and was barreling down towards the black monarch. Click on the board to play through the game.
GM Movsesian, Sergei (2700) – GM Polgar, Judit (2699){FIDE World Cup 2011 2.2}
Published September 3, 2011 | 
FIDE World Cup 2011 Khanty-Mansiysk Russia Round 3 pairings
1 Sergey Karjakin vs 33 Judit Polgar.. 16 Leinier Dominguez vs 81 Igor Lysyj..8 Gata Kamsky vs 25 Ian Nepomniachtchi ..9 Peter Svidler vs 24 Fabiano Caruana.. 4 Ruslan Ponomariov vs 29 Zahar Efimenko.. 52 Lazaro Bruzon vs 20 Le Quang Liem.. 5 Vugar Gashimov vs 28 Evgeny Tomashevs.. 76 Mircea Parligras vs 44 Peter Heine Nielsen.. 2 Vassily Ivanchuk vs 31 Emil Sutovsky ..50 Bu Xiangzhi vs 82 Abhijeet Gupta.. 7 Teimour Radjabov vs 26 Etienne Bacrot ..10 Dmitry Jakovenko vs 23 Baadur Jobava.. 3 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov vs 94 Yaroslav Zherebukh ..14 David Navara vs 19 Alexander Moiseenko.. 6 Alexander Grischuk vs 38 Alexander Morozevich ..11Nikita Vitiugov vs 43 Vladimir Potkin
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 d6 5. d3 Be7 6. Nd2 Nf6 7. Nf1 Bg4 8. f3 Be6 9. Ne3 Qd7 10. Ncd5 Bd8 11. O-O Bxd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Ne7 14. Bb3 O-O 15. f4 exf4 16. Bxf4 d5 17. Qe2 Bb6 18. Kh1 Rae8 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Qh5 Nxf4 21. Rxf4 g6 22. Qh6 Bd8 23. Raf1 Kh8 24. Re4 f5 25. Re3 Bf6 26. Rfe1 Bg7 27. Qh4 Rxe3 28. Rxe3 f4 29. Re4 f3 30. gxf3 Rxf3 31. Be6 Qd6 32. Bg4 Rf8 33. Qe7 Qb6 34. b3 Qa5 35. Re2 Qxa2 36. Qxc5 Qa1+ 37. Qg1 Qc3 38. Bh3 a5 39. Qe1 Qc5 40. c4 b5 41. cxb5 Qxb5 42. Bg2 Qxb3 43. Re8 Qb2 44. Bd5 Qf6 45. Rxf8+ Bxf8 46. h3 Bd6 47. Bg2 Qf4 48. Kg1 a4 49. Qc3+ Be5 50. Qa3 Kg7 51. Qe7+ Kh6 52. Qa3 Bd4+ 53. Kh1 Qf2 54. Qc1+ Be3 55. Qa1 a3 0-1
Rd6 GM Seirawan (2635) – GM Polgar (2699){World Team Championship}
Published July 23, 2011 | USA draws with Hungary 2-2..Armenia 2 pts up
Board 3 Yaz ‘s “gift” to Judit { Happy Birthday..}
| 8th World Teams Ningbo CHN Sun 17th Jul 2011 – Wed 27th Jul 2011 Round 6 (of 9) Standings: |
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| Rk | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | Armenia | * | 2 | 2½ | 2 | 3½ | 2½ | 3½ | 10 | 16.0 | 0 | |||
| 2 | Russia | 2 | * | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14.0 | 0 | |||
| 3 | Hungary | 1 | * | 2½ | 2½ | 2 | 3½ | 2 | 8 | 13.5 | 0 | |||
| 4 | China | 1½ | * | 2½ | 2 | 3½ | 1½ | 3½ | 7 | 14.5 | 0 | |||
| 5 | Ukraine | 2 | 1½ | 1½ | * | 2½ | 2½ | 2½ | 7 | 12.5 | 0 | |||
| 6 | Azerbaijan | 3 | 1½ | 2 | 1½ | * | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13.0 | 0 | |||
| 7 | USA | 2 | 1 | 2 | ½ | * | 3 | 3½ | 6 | 12.0 | 0 | |||
| 8 | Israel | ½ | ½ | 2½ | 2 | * | 1½ | 3 | 5 | 10.0 | 0 | |||
| 9 | India | 1½ | 2 | 1½ | 1 | 1 | 2½ | * | 3 | 9.5 | 0 | |||
| 10 | Egypt | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1½ | ½ | 1 | * | 0 | 5.0 | 0 | |||
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- Announcement on Grand Prix
- FIDE President at "Maribor for Peace"
- FIDE World Chess Championship Match - Round 5
- FIDE President's working visit to Astana
- Art at the World Chess Championship Match
- "Chess in Schools" in Dharamshala
- U. N. Women meets with FIDE
- Meeting of Dalai Lama the 14th with Kirsan Ilyumzhinov
- Olympiad and Congress Invitation
- Meeting with the President of Bulgaria Mr Georgi Parvanov