Susan Polgar confirmed that her Chess Discussion Forums were hacked in the previous post on this blog. The identities of the hackers are unknown at this point, but hopefully they will be identified and face the consequences for their actions. Public discussion about the unfortunate incident is quite lively at Susan's blog - you can read more here.
Mrs. Polgar has done a great deal for the chess world, especially when it comes to getting more youth involved in the game. She also has the following list of outstanding personal achievements in the world of chess:
♦ Winner of 4 Women’s World Championships (Under 16, Blitz, Rapid, and Classical)
♦ The only World Champion in history to win the triple-crown (Blitz, Rapid and Classical World Championships)
♦ 5-time Olympic Champion with 10 overall medals (5 Gold, 4 Silver, 1 Bronze)
♦ Currently holds the record for most consecutive Olympiad game scoring streaks without a loss ( 56 )
♦ 2006 Women’s Chess Cup Champion
♦ 4 world records for simultaneous chess exhibitions.
♦ 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)
♦ Founder of the Susan Polgar Foundation, a non-profit 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
♦ Sponsor and organizer of the prestigious annual SPICE Cup, Susan Polgar National Invitational for Girls Championship, Susan Polgar World Open and National Open for Girls and Boys
Susan Polgar has also accomplished a number of historical firsts:
♦ Broke the gender barrier to qualify for the Men’s World Championship Cycle (1986)
♦ Earned the Men’s Grandmaster title (1991) through traditional FIDE requirements
♦ Won the U.S. Open Blitz Championship (2003)
♦ Receive the Grandmaster of the Year Award (2003)
It is extremely unfortunate that this happened to someone who works so hard for chess, especially this close to the Christmas season. Hopefully those responsible will be identified and face consequences for their actions.
Both Susan and her contributors worked hard at making the Chess Discussion forums very useful, from frequent chess world news to great advances in forum interactivity related to chess (sharing games, playing games, etc). Hopefully the downtime will be minimal and the forums will be back up in short order.
4 comments:
Almost everything on the above supposed list of her achievements is false.
She did not win the triple crown in chess, because there is no such thing.
She is not ranked number one in the US. Irina Krush is.
She did not win the woman's would championship four times. She only won it once.
Most of the awards listed are non-existent or self-awards.
There is very little truth to any of the above claims, except that she did play 56 games without a loss, but most of her opponents were weak women players.
Excelent points, Sam. I am not surprised becuase so many people are pushing the feminist agenda it is not even funny. Instead of honoring the greater men chess players, we are subjected to this feminist swill. While women playing chess is an excelent thing, puting them on the level of male players is a dishonor. Males have dominated the chess world for centuries and will continue to do so until the end of time. I am not surprised that the Queen(female),the most powerful piece on the board, was actually a male counsilor until some woman changed the rules! I researched the topic and I knew that the male inventors of the game would not have given the female(queen) so much power. What a joke!
Excelent points, Sam. I am not surprised becuase so many people are pushing the feminist agenda it is not even funny. Instead of honoring the greater men chess players, we are subjected to this feminist swill. While women playing chess is an excelent thing, puting them on the level of male players is a dishonor. Males have dominated the chess world for centuries and will continue to do so until the end of time. I am not surprised that the Queen(female),the most powerful piece on the board, was actually a male counsilor until some woman changed the rules! I researched the topic and I knew that the male inventors of the game would not have given the female(queen) so much power. What a joke!
I am so glad to see that two men in this world besides me have actually not been brainwashed by the educational system set up in this feminist country. The way these men carry on nowadays--catering to the women makes my stomach turn. Everybody knows that men are smarter than women. It is the media that is pushing the message that women are just as smart IF NOT SMARTER than men. All of the youths of America are buying this crap, and are going through their teenage years believing that girls are people to be feared! What a load! Men have been dominant since the beginning of time for a reason. These women need to be shown who's boss. I'm sick of these loud mouthed feminists demoralizing young men. These deluded women need to be taken down a few pegs!
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