Sofia polgar

Sofia's Biography

Mom brought me into the world in Budapest, Hungary, on November 2, 1974. My Hungarian name is Zsofia and friends call me Zsofi (jo-fee). Moved to Israel in 1995, was married there to Yona Kosashvili in 1999. Proud mother of two sons, Alon and Yoav. Both my parents, Klara and Laszlo, are teachers; their skills and experience made it possible for my sisters and me to be home-schooled. I started to play chess at the age of four and played professionally for more than 20 years. Since then I have pursued my long time passion: art. Currently residing in Toronto, Canada, I'm a chess teacher, artist and freelance designer.

Chess Career Highlights

• My first big result as a five year-old, in 1980, was winning the Hungarian Girl's Under-11 championship
• Gold medalist for girls and silver medalist in the overall World Championship Under-14 in Puerto Rico, 1986
• World Junior Under-20 Rapid Champion in Mazatlan, Mexico, 1986
• Team gold medal for Hungary in the Women's Chess Olympiad in Thessaloniki, Greece, 1988. The team consisted of four teenagers: my sisters Susan and Judit, Ildiko Madl, and me
• First place with 8,5 points of 9 games in 'Magistrale di Roma' 1989. This achievemnt is a record in chess history as compared to any other open chess tournament, due to my performance rating of over 2900. Read more
• The same teenaged team represented Hungary again in the 1990 Novi Sad Women’s Olympiad, Serbia. Once again we took the team gold with a score of 11.5 out of 13. I also won individual gold medals
• At the Rapid Women's World Championship in Budapest in 1992, I won the silver medal behind Susan
• Silver medalist at the World Junior Championship Under-20 in Brazil, 1993. This was at the time the best result for a girl in this type of event in chess history
• Two years later, at the 1994 Moscow Olympiad, the team won the silver medal. I played all 14 games and scored 12.5 points without losing a game. As a result of my performance, I won the individual gold on Board Two
• • In the 1996 Yerevan Olympiad in Armenia, neither of my sisters played on the women's team, so this time I represented Hungary on Board One. Once again I played all 14 games and scored 10 points, winning another individual gold medal

From 1999 to 2001, I worked for Kasparov Chess Club, the Israeli branch of an international start-up company and one of the best chess websites at the time. I served in various capacities, as co-editor of the news section, graphic designer, private instructor, and chess community builder on the web. Through the website, kasparovchess.com, I gave pre-recorded and on-line chess lessons, organized first-class international events and provided professional live chess commentaries.

Education and Exhibitions

• 2004, Diploma. Architecture and Interior Design, ORT College, Rechovot, Israel.
• 1997-1998, Painting and Sculpture Studies. College of Tel-Hai, Upper Galilee, Israel.
• 1998-1999, Graphic Design Studies. Avni Institute of Design and Arts, Tel Aviv, Israel.
• 2006-present. Graphic designer and book illustrator.
• 1996, "The Art of Chess: a Celebration." My work was featured in this exhibit at the Borough of Manhattan Community College. Other exhibitors included Yoko Ono and Despo Magoni.

Languages

Fluent in Hungarian, English, and Hebrew. Basic knowledge of Russian and German.

Hobbies

Painting, table tennis, dance, travel, spending time with family and friends

http://www.sofiapolgar.com/Accomplishments.aspx

article is beautiful like u sara

honey. ur better than she

Her sister Suzan was the expert commentator during Anand- Carlsen WC at Chennai. Indians just loved her!

For this woodpusher it's fun to learn of the Polgar  sisters.

 Nice

Sofia Polgar was always my favorite of the three sisters because she was so darned cute.

hi

Why don't you find some other site in which to proclaim your crude delusions.

So many comments on beauty, cute, sleep with her makes this a little awkward. Attraction is natural, but on a chess forum about a chess player that's all you have to say?

I'm not too picky, but I'd pass here.

the end of that one Blitz with V.Korchnoi vs S.Polgar (on youtube) comes to mind 

"Sleep with her" is admittedly crude, but since when is a woman's beauty or cuteness out of bounds?  We all know Sofia Polgar is a talented chessplayer, well educated and sharp as a tack, but remarks about her outward appearance that reflect her inner glow and charm only add to her appeal, that is unless you're a politically correct true believer who has bought into the feminist drivel that the sexes (or do I have to say "genders" now? ) are the same.  Apparently, expressions to the contrary are a detriment to achieving a gray, leveled, brave new future.

It shouldn't be out of bounds, like I said, it's a natural reaction and complimentary thing to say.

But when that's the only thing said in someone's comment, and a few people do it, it's just seems awkward to me.

I guess I should ignore the clegg guy though because that's a troll account.

Fair enough.  I remember reading about Sofia Polgar's performance in Rome in a 1989 issue of New in Chess Magazine (it helps to have a complete run beginning with No. 0, the pre-released issue); I was astounded.  If memory serves, they we fine games and may I say, played by a lovely young girl.  It was that achievement that made me take notice of more than just Susan's and Judit's accomplishments.

That pic is making me feel so old.

You only need to take a look at the glasses that guy is wearing. They found a pair like that on a Triassic stratum.