In her prime, Judit Polgar was among the top ten in the world, and she was the first and so far only woman to achieve this. She was invited to top tournaments and played on an equal footing with the best men in the chess world.
In the course of their careers Judit Polgar and Garry Kasparov played seven classical games against each other, the first at the tournament in Linares in 1994, the last in 2001, but also in Linares. The overall score was clearly in favour of Kasparov: he won five games, two ended in a draw.
Kasparov and Judit Polgar also met in a couple of blitz- and rapid tournaments, and here Kasparov also dominated.
But at a rapid tournamemnt in Moscow 2002 Judit Polgar managed to win against Kasparov, and with this win she helped the team of the world's best players to win against the Russian squad.

1.e4 | 1,165,570 | 54% | 2421 | --- |
1.d4 | 946,474 | 55% | 2434 | --- |
1.Nf3 | 281,312 | 56% | 2441 | --- |
1.c4 | 181,937 | 56% | 2442 | --- |
1.g3 | 19,688 | 56% | 2427 | --- |
1.b3 | 14,236 | 54% | 2427 | --- |
1.f4 | 5,886 | 48% | 2377 | --- |
1.Nc3 | 3,796 | 51% | 2384 | --- |
1.b4 | 1,753 | 48% | 2380 | --- |
1.a3 | 1,197 | 54% | 2403 | --- |
1.e3 | 1,068 | 48% | 2408 | --- |
1.d3 | 948 | 50% | 2378 | --- |
1.g4 | 662 | 46% | 2361 | --- |
1.h4 | 446 | 53% | 2374 | --- |
1.c3 | 426 | 51% | 2425 | --- |
1.h3 | 279 | 56% | 2416 | --- |
1.a4 | 108 | 60% | 2468 | --- |
1.f3 | 91 | 47% | 2431 | --- |
1.Nh3 | 89 | 66% | 2508 | --- |
1.Na3 | 42 | 62% | 2482 | --- |
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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0-0 Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Nc3 h6 10.Rd1+ Ke8 11.h3 Be7 12.Ne2 12.g4 Nh4 13.Nxh4 Bxh4 14.Kg2 h5 15.f3 12...Nh4 12...Bd7 13.b3 Rd8 13...Nh4 14.Nxh4 Bxh4 15.Ba3 b6 16.Rd4 Bd8 17.Rad1 Bf5 18.R4d2 c5 19.g4 Be4 20.Ng3 Bc6 21.Nh5 g6 22.Nf6+ Ke7 14.Bb2 Rg8 15.Rd2 Bc8 16.Rad1 Rxd2 17.Nxd2 g5 18.g4 Ng7 19.Ne4 Ne6 20.Bc1 Rg6 21.Be3 c5 22.N2g3 12...a5 13.a4 13.Nf4 h5 14.Ne2 a4 15.Bg5 15.Bf4 Be6 16.Ned4 Nxd4 17.Nxd4 g5 17...Bd7 18.Bd2 Rg8 19.Nxe6 fxe6 20.g4 15...Ra5 16.Bd2 Rc5∞ 13...Bc5 14.Nf4 h5 15.Ng5 Be7 16.Ne4 g5 17.Ne2 Rg8 18.b3 Be6 19.Ba3± 13.Nxh4 Bxh4 14.Be3! Bf5 14...Bd7 15.Rd4 Be7 16.Rad1 Rd8 17.Nf4 a6 18.Nh5 Rg8 19.g4 14...Ke7?? 15.g3 Bg5 16.f4+- 15.Nd4 Bh7?! 15...Bg6!? 16.g4 Be7 17.Kg2 h5 18.Nf5± Bf8 19.Kf3 Bg6 20.Rd2 hxg4+ 21.hxg4 Rh3+ 22.Kg2 Rh7 23.Kg3 f6 24.Bf4 24.e6!? 24...Bxf5 25.gxf5 fxe5 26.Re1 Bd6 27.Bxe5 Kd7 28.c4 c5 29.Bxd6 cxd6 30.Re6+- Rah8 31.Rexd6+ Kc8 32.R2d5 Rh3+ 33.Kg2 Rh2+ 34.Kf3 R2h3+ 35.Ke4 b6 36.Rc6+ Kb8 37.Rd7 Rh2 38.Ke3 Rf8 39.Rcc7 Rxf5 40.Rb7+ Kc8 41.Rdc7+ Kd8 42.Rxg7 Kc8 1–0
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Polgar,J | 2681 | Kasparov,G | 2838 | 1–0 | 2002 | C67 | RUS-The World | 5 |
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On this DVD a team of experts gets to the bottom of Kasparov's play. In over 8 hours of video running time the authors Rogozenko, Marin, Reeh and Müller cast light on four important aspects of Kasparov's play: opening, strategy, tactics and endgame.

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