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Along with her two younger sisters, she was coached in chess by her father, Laszlo Polgar . Despite restrictions on her freedom to play in international tournaments, by 1986 Zsuzsa had become the top-rated female chess player in the world. Unfortunately, in November of that year FIDE decided to grant 100 bonus ELO rating points to all active female players except her, knocking her out of the top spot in the January, 1987 ratings list. The rationale was that Polgar had earned her rating primarly playing against men, whereas other female chess players had deflated ratings from playing in women-only tournaments. The statistical evidence supporting this decision was highly suspect because the data on which it was based was a small subset of the available data. No similar interference with ratings has occurred since.
In 1991, Polgar became the first woman to earn the men's Grandmaster title by achieving three GM norms. ( Nona Gaprindashvili and Maia Chiburdanidze had earlier been granted the title honorarily by virtue of being Women's World Champions). Zsuzsa's younger sister Judit earned the title of Grandmaster later in 1991, surpassing Zsuzsa in playing strength, as demonstrated by Judit being the highest rated female chess player in the world from 1991 to the present. Judit, however, has steadfastly declined to compete in women-only events. After being eclipsed by Judit, Zsuzsa remained the second- or third-highest rated woman on all FIDE ratings lists until she ceased to participate actively in FIDE-rated events in 1998.
In 19961996 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty''. Events January January 5 Hamas operative Yahya Ayyash is killed by an Israeli-planted booby-trapped cell phone Jan, Zsuzsa Polgar won the Women's World Championship. FIDE had difficulty finding a sponsor for Polgar's title defense two years later, and ultimately arranged it in 1999For the album by Prince, see 1999 (album 1999 is a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the UN. Events Kosovo War Former child star Gary Coleman files for bankruptcy Y2K prep under conditions Polgar objected to, first because she demanded at least six months to recuperate and prepare after bearing her first child, and secondly because the match was to be held entirely in ChinaThe People's Republic of China PRC comprises most of the cultural, historic, and geographic area known as China. Since its founding in 1949, it has been led by the Communist Party of China (CPC). It is the world's most populous country, with a population, the home country of her challenger Xie JunXie Jun ( in pinyin: Xie Jun) (born October 30, 1970) is a Chinese chess player. She was women's world chess champion between 1991 and 1996, and again in 1999 and 2000. Xie Jun was born in Beijing, and became junior Xiangqi (Chinese chess) champion of the. When Polgar refused to play, FIDE stripped her of her title. Polgar sued in the Court of Arbitration for Sports in Lausanne, Switzerland for monetary damages and the restoration of her title. In March of 20012001 is a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar), and also: The International Year of the Volunteer The United Nations Year of Dialogue Among Civilizations Events January January 1 A black monolith measuring approximately nine feet tall ap the parties settled out of court, with FIDE paying Polgar $25,000 in damages, and Polgar agreeing to relinquish her claim to the Women's World Championship.
In 19971997 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year of the Reef''. Events January January 3 NBC's Today Show Bryant Gumbel signs off for the last time January 8 Mister Rogers receives a star on t Polgar (along with her husband Jacob Shutzman) published the autobiographical book Queen of the King's Game (BooksEnthsiast.com).
As of July 20042004 is a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 2004 calendar), and has also been designated the: International Year of Rice International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition Elections are to be held in 73 co, Polgar lives in New York City, where she runs the Polgar Chess Center , primarily to encourage young girls and boys in their pursuit of chess. She played on the United States women's team at the 2004 Chess Olympiad held in October in Majorca, Spain, and won the gold medal for highest performance rating in the women's event.
Polgar was not listed in the October 2004 FIDE Elo rating list due to inactivity. Her last rating was 2567, which would have made her the third highest-rated woman in the world on that list.
Susan Polgar speaks several languages fluently, including Esperanto.
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