BUDAPEST, June 22 (Xinhua) -- After a 10-year interval, the chess Olympic champion Polgar sisters - Zsuzsa, Zsofia and Judit -will once again play together in a simultaneous chess exhibition in Budapest on Sunday, local media reported.
Judit agreed to play 34 games while her elder sisters will meet 33 opponents each in the Corinthia Grand Hotel, starting at 1500 hours local time.
Meanwhile, members of the U.S. Olympic team, for which Zsuzsa played in the last Olympics, will play 30-minute rapid games with young Hungarian talents during the meet.
The Polgar trio triumphed in two chess Olympics, winning in Thessaloniki in 1988 and in Novi Sad two years later. Each of the three has two children, with Zsuzsa living in the United states, Zsofia in Canada and Judit in Budapest.
Judit is way out ahead in first place on the women's world ranking list and is 13th on the men's global list.
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This was interesting, not because of the simul by the Polgars in Budapest (Susan Polgar posted photographs of the event on her blog, the sisters looked very glamorous and quite lovely, the shot above is my favorite, they all look absolutely spectacular), but the mention of the U.S. Olympic team that Susan Polgar played on in the last Olympics - meaning the 2004 Olympics as she did not play on the 2006 Team - is playing 30 minute games with Hungarian children.
Okay - so does this mean that Jennifer Shahade, Irina Krush and Anna Zatonskih are in Budapest? Anna Zatonskih who may not play in the upcoming U.S. Women’s Chess Championship because she had a baby in March? Did Judit arrange for Aquaprofit to fly the ladies over for such an event? I sure haven’t seen any publicity about it – maybe this is a mistake???
Judit agreed to play 34 games while her elder sisters will meet 33 opponents each in the Corinthia Grand Hotel, starting at 1500 hours local time.
Meanwhile, members of the U.S. Olympic team, for which Zsuzsa played in the last Olympics, will play 30-minute rapid games with young Hungarian talents during the meet.
The Polgar trio triumphed in two chess Olympics, winning in Thessaloniki in 1988 and in Novi Sad two years later. Each of the three has two children, with Zsuzsa living in the United states, Zsofia in Canada and Judit in Budapest.
Judit is way out ahead in first place on the women's world ranking list and is 13th on the men's global list.
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This was interesting, not because of the simul by the Polgars in Budapest (Susan Polgar posted photographs of the event on her blog, the sisters looked very glamorous and quite lovely, the shot above is my favorite, they all look absolutely spectacular), but the mention of the U.S. Olympic team that Susan Polgar played on in the last Olympics - meaning the 2004 Olympics as she did not play on the 2006 Team - is playing 30 minute games with Hungarian children.
Okay - so does this mean that Jennifer Shahade, Irina Krush and Anna Zatonskih are in Budapest? Anna Zatonskih who may not play in the upcoming U.S. Women’s Chess Championship because she had a baby in March? Did Judit arrange for Aquaprofit to fly the ladies over for such an event? I sure haven’t seen any publicity about it – maybe this is a mistake???
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