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Here is a collection 72 critical positions from the chess games of the Hungarian GM. The reader is invited to discover the winning moves. The disk color indicates the player to move first from the bottom of the board. Solutions are provided in the back of the pamphlet. Bill Harvey is webmaster of the site, wtharvey.com, where you will find 10,000 chess puzzles.
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Here is a collection 72 critical positions from the chess games of the Hungarian GM. The reader is invited to discover the winning moves. The disk color indicates the player to move first from the bottom of the board. Solutions are provided in the back of the pamphlet. Bill Harvey is webmaster of the site, wtharvey.com, where you will find 10,000 chess puzzles. Judit Polgar 72 brilliant moves from her chess games edited by Bill Harvey
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Page 1: Judit Polgar:  72 brilliant moves from her chess games

Here is a collection 72 critical positions from the chess games

of the Hungarian GM. The reader is invited to discover the

winning moves. The disk color indicates the player to move

first from the bottom of the board. Solutions are provided in

the back of the pamphlet. Bill Harvey is webmaster of the

site, wtharvey.com, where you will find 10,000 chess puzzles.

Judit Polgar 72 brilliant moves from her chess games

edited by Bill Harvey

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1) Jean-Luc Costa vs Judit Polgar

Biel, 1987

Black mates in 3.

2) Judit Polgar vs Snorri Bergsson Reykjavik, 1988

3) Judit Polgar vs Singh

Hastings, 1988

4) Judit Polgar vs Pavlina Chilingirova

Salonika, 1988

White mates in 3.

5) Jonathan Tisdall

vs Judit Polgar Reykjavik, 1988

6) Borislava Borisova vs Judit Polgar Salonika, 1988

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7) Judit Polgar vs Jesus De La Villa Garcia

New York, 1989

White mates in 2.

8) Judit Polgar vs

Zurab Azmaiparashvili Amsterdam, 1989

9) Judit Polgar vs H Winfridsson Goteborg, 1989

White Mates in 3.

10) Alon Greenfeld vs Judit Polgar

Haifa, 1989

11) Judit Polgar vs Peter Popovic Novi Sad, 1990

White Mates in 7.

12) Judit Polgar vs

Branko Damljanovic Wijk an Zee, 1990

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13) Judit Polgar vs Annett Wagner-Michel

Novi Sad, 1990

14) Judit Polgar vs Spyridon Skembris

Corfu, 1990

White mates in 5.

15) Rob Bertholee

vs Judit Polgar Amsterdam, 1990

16) Asela De Armas vs Judit Polgar Novi Sad, 1990

17) Judit Polgar vs Alfonso Romero Holmes

Pamplona, 1991

White mates in 3.

18) Judit Polgar vs Oscar De la Riva

San Sebastian, 1991

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19) Judit Polgar vs F Hellers Biel, 1991

White Mates in 7.

20) Judit Polgar vs Lev Polugaevsky

Aruba, 1991

21) Judit Polgar vs Oscar Panno

Buenos Aires, 1992

22) Judit Polgar vs Jorge Rubinetti

Buenos Aires, 1992

23) Judit Polgar vs Leon Pliester

Aruba, 1992

White mates in 4.

24) Judit Polgar vs Bent Larsen

Monte Carlo, 1992

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25) Sofia Polgar vs Judit Polgar

Paris, 1992

26) Judit Polgar vs Evgeny Bareev

Hastings, 1993

27) Judit Polgar vs Zsuzsa Polgar

Oviedo, 1993

28) Judit Polgar vs Pastor Manuel Rivas

Seville, 1993

29) Aleksandar Kolev vs Judit Polgar

Budapest, 1993

Black mates in 3.

30) Vadim Ruban

vs Judit Polgar Groningen, 1993

Black mates in 4.

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31) Yasser Seirawan vs Judit Polgar Monaco, 1993

Black mates in 4.

32) Judit Polgar vs Boris Gulko

Dos Hermanas, 1994

33) Judit Polgar vs Alexei Shirov

Amsterdam, 1995

34) Judit Polgar vs Vasily Ivanchuk

Monaco, 1995

35) Judit Polgar vs Vassily Ivanchuk

Monaco, 1995

White mates in 3.

36) Ljubomir Ljubojevic

vs Judit Polgar Monaco, 1995

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37) Judit Polgar vs Vladimir Epishin

Geneva, 1996

White mates in 5.

38) Judit Polgar

vs Jun Xie Monaco, 1996

White mates in 3.

39) Judit Polgar

vs Evgeny Bareev Moscow, 1996

White mates in 2.

40) Judit Polgar vs Anatoly Karpov

Melody Amber rapid, 1996

41) Judit Polgar vs Veselin Topalov

Leon, 1996

42) Judit Polgar vs Vassily Ivanchuk Monte Carlo, 1996

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43) Evgeny Bareev vs Judit Polgar Geneva, 1996

44) Judit Polgar vs Nigel Short

Dortmund, 1997

45) Miguel Illescas Cordoba vs Judit Polgar

Dos Hermanas, 1997

46) Loek Van Wely vs Judit Polgar

Hoogeveen, 1997

Black mates in 3.

47) Judit Polgar vs Boris Spassky

Hoogeveen, 1998

48) Judit Polgar vs James Thinnsen

Kona, 1998

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49) Judit Polgar vs Viswanathan Anand Wijk aan Zee, 1998

50) Judit Polgar vs Artashes Minasian

Batumi, 1999

White Mates in 3.

51) Judit Polgar

vs Achim Sobania Frankfurt, 1999

White mates in 4.

52) Judit Polgar vs W Walbers

Frankfurt, 1999

53) Peter Svidler vs Judit Polgar

Dos Hermanas, 1999

54) Alexander Morozevich vs Judit Polgar

Frankfurt, 1999

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55) Judit Polgar vs Gilberto Milos

Buenos Aires, 2000

56) Judit Polgar vs Aung Aung Istanbul, 2000

57) Judit Polgar vs Gilberto Milos

Buenos Aires, 2001

58) Judit Polgar vs Christian Bauer Cannes, 2001

White mates in 2.

59) Judit Polgar vs

Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Bled, 2002

60) Judit Polgar vs Shakhriyar Mamedyarov

Bled, 2002

White mates in 3.

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61) Judit Polgar vs Jozsef Horvath

Halkidiki, 2002

62) Predrag Nikolic vs Judit Polgar Moscow, 2002

63) Judit Polgar vs Turkan Mamedjarova

Reykjavik, 2006

White mates in 2.

64) Judit Polgar vs Xiangzhi Bu Bilbao, 2007

White mates in 3.

65) Murtas Kazhgaleyev

vs Judit Polgar Canada de Calatrava, 2007

Black mates in 4.

66) Emil Sutovsky

vs Judit Polgar Natanya, 2009

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67) Judit Polgar vs Veselin Topalov

Mexico City, 2010

68) Judit Polgar vs Gadir Guseinov

Aix les Bains, 2011

69) Samy Shoker vs Judit Polgar Ningbo, 2011

70) Judit Polgar vs Yangyi Yu Dubai, 2014

71) Daniyyl Dvirnyy vs Judit Polgar Yerevan, 2014

72) Andres Guerrero vs Judit Polgar Tromsoe, 2014

Black mates in 4.

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Solutions 1) 1...Qf3+ if 2.Kc1 Nb3# 2) 1.Rxe6+ if 1…dxe6 2.Bxc6+ or if 1…Kd8 2.Bg5+ & 3.Rxc6+ 3) 1.Bxd5 4) 1.Qxf8+ 5) 1...Qa4+ 6) 1...Rc5 if 2.Bxf6+ Qxf6 3.Qd1 Qc6+ 7) 1.Bxg7+ 8) 1.Bxe5 w/2.Nf6+ 9) 1.Bg7+ 10) 1...Rd2 if 2.Rxd2 Qc1+ 11) 1.Qh6 12) 1.e5 if 1…Rxe5 2.Bxg6 mates 13) 1.Be7 if 1…Qxe7 2.Qxd5+ 14) 1.Rxf8+ if 1…Kh7 2.Rxf7+ 15) 1...Rb4 if 2.axb4 b2 16) 1...Qxf6 2.Bxf6 Bf4 17) 1.Rf4 if 1…Rxe7 2.Bxe7 18) 1.Re7 if 1…Kg7 2.Be6 19) 1.Rd7+ w/2.Rxf7+ 20) 1.Rcg1 21) 1.Rxf6 w/2.g5+ & 3.Nf3+ 22) 1.e5 w/2.Bh7+

23) 1.Bh5+ Kxh5 2.Qf7+ Kh4 3.Bf2+ 24) 1.Rd7+ 25) 1...Rb8 2.Be4 Nxb3 3.Ra2 Nd2+ 26) 1.Nxh6 if 1…Qxh6 2.Qf7+ 27) 1.Bxg5 if 1…Rg6 2.Bh5 or if 1…Nxg5 2.Rf4+ 28) 1.Ndb5 29) 1...Qa3+ if 2.Kc2 Nb4+ 30) 1...Bf2 if 2.Rf1 Qxh2+ 31) 1...Nf3+ 2.Kf2 Qxh2+ 3.Kxf3 Bg4+ 32) 1.Rb8+ Rd8 2.Nd6+ if 2…Ke7 3.Rb7+ 33) 1.Qd1 if 1…hxg5 2.Qd6+ Kd3 3.Bb5+ mates 34) 1.Qb3 w/2.Re7+ 3.Rxe1 4.Qc3+ & 5.Qxe1 35) 1.Rf8+ Kg7 2.Qg8+ Kh6 3.Nf7# 36) 1...Ng4+ 37) 1.Nf5+ exf5 2.Nd7+ if 2…f6 3.h8/Q+ 38) 1.Bh7+ Kxh7 2.Qxf7+ 39) 1.Rc8+ 40) 1.Rdxe7 if 1…Bxe7 2.Rxg6+ mates or if 1…Rxe7 2.Rxg6+ w/3.Bxg7 41) 1.Bxe5 42) 1.Qd1 if 1…Qxf6 2.Qh5+ 43) 1...Bf4 44) 1.Nf5+ if 1…Kg8 2.Ne7+ 45) 1...Nxe5 2.Rxe5 Qa7+ 3.R1e3 Rxe5 4.Qxe5 Rf3

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46) 1...Rxf2+ if 2.Kg1 or 2.Rxf2 Qxg3+ 47) 1.Bf6 48) 1.Bxe7 if 1…Rxe7 2.Nd5 49) 1.Rh8+ Kg7 2.Qd4+ Bf6 3.Qxf6+ if 3…Rxf6 4.Rh7+ 50) 1.g6+ 51) 1.Rc8 52) 1.Nxc6 bxc6 2.Bxe4 53) 1...exf2+ if 2.Kxf2 f3 54) 1...Nf3+ 55) 1.Qe5 w/2.Nf5 56) 1.Rd2 w/2.Ra2 57) 1.Re1 if 1…Ng5 2.Rh1 58) 1.Qxg6+ 59) 1.Bxe6 if 1…Nxe6 2.Ne4 60) 1.Qf3+ if 1…Qe4 2.c4+ or if 1…Kc4 2.b3#

61) 1.Bc4+ if 1…Kf8 2.Bxb5 w/3.Bc5+ or if 1…Kh8 2.Bd2 h6 (2…Bd7 3.Bb4) 3.Re8+ Rxe8 4.Qxe8+ mates 1...Bxd2 2.Qxd2 Qb3 if 3.Rac1 Qf3 or if 3.Rec1 Rxc2 63) 1.Qxd7 64) 1.Rf8+ if 1…Kh7 2.Qd3+ or if 1…Kxf8 2.Qa8+ 65) 1...Rb1+ if 2.Kf2 Bd4+ 66) 1...Qe1 w/2...Rb4 67) 1.Re5 if 1…Qg4 2.Bf5 68) 1.Bc6 if 1…Ke8 2.f5 69) 1...Nfg4 w/2...Nxe3 70) 1.Bd4+ if 1…Kg8 2.Qe6+ 71) 1...Qc2 if 2.Qe1 Rxa4 or if 2.Rxa5 Qxe2+ mates 72) 1...Rxh2+ 2.Kxh2 Qd2+ if 3.Qg2 Qh6+


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