Judith Polgar
Professor, Harvard college was labeled as a tricky player early on and have been regarded as tricky throughout my whole career. It was said that I was able to pull out tricks from nowhere. - Judit Polgar
Superstar of female chess - Judith Polgar
Polgar from Hungary has been hailed as the strongest female chess player of all time. She was the youngest player at the age of 15 years and 4 months to receive the title of grandmaster. She was also the youngest female chess player ever to break into the FIDE top 100 players ranking list. She ranked at no.55 in the rating list of January 1989 when she was just 12 years old.
In the year 2015, she became the only female to qualify for a World Championship tournament. She reached a career peak rating of 2735 ElO, being the only female to have surpassed the 2700 ElO. Judith happens to be only woman who has defeated eleven current or former world champions in either classic or rapid versions of the game including the likes of Anatoly Karpov, Garry Kasparov, Vishwanathan Anand, Magnus Carlsen etc. She retired from competitive chess in the year 2014.
WOMENS CHESS IN INDIA
It is widely believed that the game of chess originated in India and the early forms of chess were Shatranj or Chaturanga. Since then, the game has come a long way. The game enhances brain functioning, improves memory and cognitive abilities, attention span and also strategic thinking. In India, with the huge success of chess grandmaster and World Chess Champion Vishwanathan Anand, the game has been gaining immense popularity. The game is also popular among women. Subbaraman Vijaylakshmi India’s first women Grandmaster, holds the FIDE titles of Woman grandmaster and International Master and is an inspiration for all women chess players of India. Indian chess in the booming stage and there is plenty of scope for chess players to display their mental abilities and clinch the top titles. We have 17 Women Grandmasters, 41 Women International Masters, 43 Women FIDE Masters and 21 Women Candidate Masters in India. We have many upcoming Women Players to rock in the world of chess Vaishali , Divya Deshmukh , Rakshitha Ravi , Ivana Furtado …
Know about our Indian Women Players
- Women Grandmasters - 17
- Women International Masters – 41
- Women FIDE Masters – 43
- Women Candidate Masters – 21
Chess Titles
Woman GrandmasterWoman Grandmaster is the highest-ranking chess title restricted to women aside from Women's World Champion. FIDE introduced the WGM title in 1976, joining the previously introduced lower-ranking title, Woman International Master. |
Women FIDE MASTERWomen FIDE MASTER title is just above Woman Candidate Master in the women-only titles given by FIDE. The minimum rating for receiving this title is 2100. |
Woman International MasterWoman International Master is next to the highest-ranking title given by FIDE exclusively to women. FIDE first awarded the WIM title (formerly called International Woman Master, or IWM) in 1950. The WIM title has lower requirements than the unrestricted International Master (2400) title. |
Woman Candidate MasterWoman Candidate Master (achieved at some time a rating of 2000 and played at least 30 rated games) is the lowest-ranking title awarded by FIDE |
