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2005-2011 © Susan Polgar
PLEASE KEEP IT CIVIL & RESPECT OTHERS!
WIN WITH GRACE, LOSE WITH DIGNITY! (TM)
ABOUT ME:
♦ Winner of 4 Women’s World Championships (Under 16, Blitz, Rapid, and Classical)
♦ The only World Champion in history to win the triple-crown (Blitz, Rapid and Classical World Championships)
♦ 5-time Olympic Champion with 10 overall medals (5 Gold, 4 Silver, 1 Bronze)
♦ 2006 Women’s Chess Cup Champion
♦ Previously held 5 world chess records (*still unbroken):
* 56 consecutive Olympiad game scoring streak: A record of 31 wins, 25 draw, 0 loss (77.7%) over 4 Chess Olympiads - All on board 1
Most Simultaneous Games Played: 326 players: 309 wins, 14 draws and 3 losses = 96.93% in 16 hours and 30 minutes
Most games won: 309
Highest percentage: 96.93% (Previous record: 95.64% by Andrew Martin, England)
* Consecutive Games Played: 1,131 games against 551 opponents: 1,112 wins, 16 draws and 3 losses = 99.03% (previous record: 1102 games by WGM Anna-Maria Botsari, Greece)
FIRST WOMAN EVER IN HISTORY TO:
♦ Break the gender barrier to qualify for the Men’s World Championship Cycle (1986) ♦ Earn the Men’s Grandmaster title (1991) through traditional FIDE requirements ♦ Win the U.S. Open Blitz Championship (2003, 2005, 2006) ♦ Receive the Grandmaster of the Year Award (2003) ♦ Coach a Men's College Division I team to win the National Championship (2011)
OTHER NOTABLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
♦ Won the Budapest Championship for Girls under 11 at age of 4 with the perfect score of 10-0!
♦ #1 ranked woman chess player in the world at the age of 15 (remain in the top 3 in the world for around 25 straight years)
♦ Currently ranked #1 in the United States
♦ 3-time US Open Blitz Champion (2003, 2005, 2006)
♦ Award-winning and best-selling chess author in numerous languages
♦ Winner of the prestigious Cramer Award for "Best Chess Column of the Year" (2003)
♦ 3-time winner of the Chess Journalists of America Award for Best Magazine Column and Best Endgame Analysis
♦ First ever recipient of the “Chess Educator of the Year” award (2003)
♦ First ever recipient of the “US Scholastic Chess Ambassador” award (2006)
♦ A pioneer in women’s chess, an ambassador to the game and a true role model to millions of young people worldwide
♦ Founder of the Susan Polgar Foundation, a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization to promote chess, with all its educational, social and competitive benefits throughout the U.S., for young people of all ages, especially girls. The foundation has awarded over $1 million in chess prizes and scholarships to young chess players on behalf of various supporters and sponsors
♦ Sponsor and organizer of the prestigious annual SPICE Cup, SPICE Spring Invitational, NY City Mayor’s Cup, Susan Polgar Girls Invitational Championship, Susan Polgar World Open and National Open for Girls and Boys, etc.
♦ Founder and Managing Director of www.ChessDailyNews.com, the world’s most popular chess blog
♦ Head Coach of the Texas Tech Knight Raiders Chess Team - First woman to coach a men’s division I team to win the National Collegiate Chess Final Four Championship
♦ Director of SPICE (Susan Polgar Institute for Chess Excellence) at Texas Tech University
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