Grandmaster Susan Polgar
Susan Polgar Chess Accomplishments
♦ Winner of 4 Women’s World Championships
♦ The only World Champion in history (male or female) to win the Triple-Crown (Rapid, Blitz and Classical World Championships)
♦ 5-time Olympic Champion with 10 overall medals – Never been defeated in Olympiad competition (5 Gold, 4 Silver and 1 Bronze)
♦ 2006 Women’s Chess Cup Champion
♦ Currently hold a record 56 consecutive Olympiad game scoring streak without a loss
♦ Currently hold 4 world records for simultaneous chess exhibition:
- Most simultaneous games played: 326 players with 309 wins, 14 draws and 3 losses in 16 hours and 30 minutes (the previous record was 321 games, with 294 wins, 26 draws, 1 loss = 95.64%, by IM Andrew Martin, England).
- Most simultaneous games won: 309 (Andrew Martin: 294)
- Highest winning percentage: 96.93% (Andrew Martin: 95.64%)
- Most consecutive games played: 1,131 games against 551 opponents with 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)
♦ Win the U.S. Open Blitz Championship (2003)
♦ Receive the Grandmaster of the Year Award (2003)
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 23 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 nonprofit 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
♦ Founder, sponsor and organizer of a number of world-class chess tournaments such as the NY City Mayor’s Cup (highest rated round robin rapid invitational tournament in U.S. history) and SPICE Cup (highest rated 10-player international round robin tournament in U.S. history), etc.
♦ Founder, sponsor and organizer of the annual Susan Polgar National Invitational for Girls Championship, the most prestigious all-girls event in the U.S., the annual Susan Polgar World Open for Girls and Susan Polgar National Open for Girls