We have 67 guests and no members online GP SHARJAH 2014GRAND PRIX SHARJAH 2014 – FINAL RANKINGFinal Ranking crosstable after 11 Rounds Rk. Name Rtg FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts.…
GRAND PRIX SHARJAH 2014 – HOU YIFAN AND JU WENJUN ARE THE WINNERS OF GRAND PRIX IN SHARJAHJu Wenjun and Hou Yifan became the winners of the 6th stage of the FIDE Women’s Grand…
GRAND PRIX SHARJAH 2014 – ROUND 10: LEADERS KEEP THEIR POSITIONSAfter the tenth round of the Women’s Grand Prix in Sharjah Ju Wenjun keeps leading. She…
GRAND PRIX SHARJAH 2014 – ROUND 9: HOU YIFAN WINS GRAND PRIX SERIES, JU WENJUN TAKES LEADAfter the end of 9th rounds it it became official - Hou Yifan has won the FIDE Women…
GRAND PRIX SHARJAH 2014 – ROUND 8: SAME LEADERS AT THE TOPThe central game of the eighth round between Ju Wenjun and Hou Yifan finished in a draw…
OLYMPIAD 201441ST OLYMPIAD TROMSO 2014 - FINAL RANKINGFinal Ranking after 11 Rounds - Open Rk. SNo Team Team Games + = - TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4 1 7…
41ST OLYMPIAD TROMSO 2014 - ROUND 11Board Pairings - Open Round 11 on 2014/08/14 at 11:00 Bo. 15 Poland (POL) Rtg - 7 China…
41ST OLYMPIAD TROMSO 2014 - ROUND 10 INTERIM REPORT: LAWYERS & POLITICIANSTromsø had two not-quite chess events in focus today - the 9 a.m. hearing at the local…
41ST OLYMPIAD TROMSO 2014 - TROMSØ OLYMPIAD ORGANIZERS VS. RUSSIAN CHESS FEDERATIONThe RCF sued the organizers for USD 200,000 for legal expenses connected to the dispute…
41ST OLYMPIAD TROMSO 2014 - TROMSØ’S AMAZING VOLUNTEER HOSTESSCountless Norwegian and international volunteers are giving their all during the Chess…
41ST OLYMPIAD TROMSO 2014 - ROUND 10 PREVIEW: PENULTIMATE CHANCESometimes the pairings system throws up oddities during big team events, but in the…
41ST OLYMPIAD TROMSO 2014 - ROUND 9: FRAYING NERVES?Signs of accumulating fatigue or shaky nerves could be seen as Round 9 of the 2014 Chess…
41ST OLYMPIAD TROMSO 2014 - RD 9 INTERIM REPORT: ELECTION FOCUSToday's play would have a hard time living up to the energy and excitement levels…
41ST OLYMPIAD TROMSO 2014 - BLITZ ON THE WAVESThe side tournaments in blitz during the 2014 Chess Olympiad move around the city of…
GP LOPOTAGRAND PRIX LOPOTA 2014 - FINAL RANKINGGRAND PRIX LOPOTA 2014 Lopota, Telavi, Georgia /June 18 - July 2 Final Ranking crosstable…
GRAND PRIX LOPOTA.- ALL GOOD THINGS COME TO AN ENDEven though Hou Yifan's tournament win has been predicable for quite a while and…
GRAND PRIX LOPOTA.- D-DAYThe outside weather didn't improve for the tenth round and the players start displaying…
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JUDIT POLGAR SETTING A GUINNESS RECORD
Thousands of people gathered to see again at the Chess Festival organized by the greatest female chess player of all time Judit Polgar who just announced her retirement from competitive chess a month ago. The festival offered a full day family programs in the Budapest Palace of Arts, where children were invited to the 3D Chess Palace to participate in interactive chess tutoring, competitions and arts and crafts. Chess Palace 3D, representing the Judit Polgar’s educational program, became part of the National Curriculum in Hungary. Judit, her children, and her sister, Sofia pose in the Palace. The giant figures of the Chess Palace world became favorite of the children at the festival as well The Chess Festival provided a great opportunity to parents who wished to introduce their children to educational chess. The entertaining programs included a fairy tale chess game with the fantasy cartoon character Shrek and Fiona, played by Karoly Gesztesi, one of the most popular actors in Hungary, and Judit Polgar. Among the prominent guests were Erno Rubik, the inventor of the famous Rubik’s Cube and Zurab Azmaiparashvili, the recently elected ECU president, and many other Olympic and world champion athletes, artists, and leaders of the business and political world. The festival ended with a simul given by Judit Polgar, who has been leading the FIDE world rankings for 25 years, setting a Guinness record also announced at the festival. Judit Polgar with her children Oliver and Hanna at the Aquaprofit-Polgar Chess Festival 2014 Playing Shrek Chess: Károly Gesztesi, one of the most popular Hungarian actors, as Shrek and Judit Polgar as Fiona Smart kids are good at it but can Ogres play chess? GM Peter Lékó doing the commentary In a European Union cultural exchange project a group of Swedish girls visited the festival and played a simul against the great Hungarian chess talents Gellért and Kata Karácsonyi Judit Polgar and Tamás Szucs, Head of European Commission Representation in Hungary, open the Generations Chess Clash. The Aquaprofit-Polgar Chess Festival was under the patronage of Androulla Vassiliou, Member of the European Commission. In the Generations Chess Clash families took on families in a multi-generational chess competition, sponsored by the European Commission. Each team was composed of a child, a parent and a grandparent. 1.d4 Nf6: Judit Polgar playing a blitz game with Tamás Nádasi, Chairman of the Board of Aquaprofit, the title sponsor of the festival Children’s choir performing Zigzeg Chess, the official song of the Chess Palace Program Judit Polgar with Erno Rubik who invented the world famous Rubik’s Cube exactly 40 years ago this year Chess Palace and Rubik’s Cube – two excellent tool to improve logical skills in children Play it by trust: GMs Judit Polgar and Balogh Csaba playing trust chess created by Yoko Ono At the Chess Palace Promenade kids had a chance to personalise the tools of the Educational Chess Curriculum, including chess characters, crowns, flags and more Judit Polgar with the Fide Caissa Award and two of her gold medals from Chess Olympiads The official certificate of the Guinness record set by Judit Polgar. It reads: "The longest time a female player has been consecutively ranked chess world number one is 25 years and 1 month and was achieved by Judit Polgar (Hungary) from 1 February 1989 to 1 March 2014 – Officially Amazing". Stand and mascot for the U-16 Youth Chess Olympiad to be held in Gyor, Hungary in December this year – having Judit Polgar as great ambassador of the event Three members of the silver medal winning Hungarian team from the Chess Olympiad in Tromso: GM Peter Leko, GM Judit Polgar, and GM Csaba Balogh Live Chess choreography on stage Judit Polgar opening the Chess Palace International Teacher’s Congress Judit with Anna Dienes, principal of the primary reference school of the Chess Palace program Signing a momento for William Wirth, the former director of the Swiss financial services company Credit Suisse that supported many great chess events in the past Judit giving a simul to celebrities, artists, athletes, businessmen and politicians Sofia Polgar as an artist at work during the simul |