Judit Polgar's Favorite Chess Openings

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Judit Polgár is a Hungarian chess grandmaster, widely regarded as the strongest female chess player of all time. While having a strong understanding of positional play, Polgár excels in tactics and is known for an aggressive playing style, striving to maximize the initiative and actively pursuing complications.

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:11 King's Indian
06:06 King's Gambit
10:08 Panov Botvinnik
15:46 Amsterdam Najdorf
21:16 Taimanov Sicilian
26:26 Ruy Lopez

Game 1: Yasser Seirawan (2575) vs Judit Polgar (2630), Monte Carlo 1993
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. O-O Nd7 8. Be3 e5 9. Bc2 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nde5 11. Bb3 Na5 12. Qe2 c5 13. Ndb5 a6 14. Na3 Nec6 15. Qd2 Be6 16. Rfd1 Qh4 17. Qxd6 Be5 18. g3 Qh3 19. Qxc5 Rab8 20. Nc2 b6 21. Qa3 Bxc3 22. bxc3 Ne5 23. Ne1 Naxc4 24. Qc1 Ng4 25. Nf3 Nce5 26. Nxe5 Nxe5 27. f4 Nf3+ 28. Kf2 Qxh2+ 0-1

Game 2: Judit Polgar (2540) vs Annett Wagner-Michel (2162), Olympiad 1990
1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 exf4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bd6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. d4 b5 9. Bd3 b4 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 f5 12. Bd3 cxd5 13. c4 bxc3 14. Qb3 Bc7 15. bxc3 Ba6 16. Bxa6 Nxa6 17. Ba3 Rf6 18. Be7 Qd7 19. Bxf6 1-0

Game 3: Judit Polgar (2630) vs Yasser Seirawan (2575), Blindfold in Monaco 1993
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 dxc4 7. d5 Ne5 8. Qd4 h6 9. Qxe5 hxg5 10. Bxc4 a6 11. O-O-O Qd6 12. Nf3 g4 13. Rhe1 Qxe5 14. Nxe5 Rxh2 15. d6 e6 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Rxe4 f6 18. d7+ Bxd7 19. Nxd7 e5 20. Nxe5 fxe5 21. Rxe5+ Be7 22. Rde1 O-O-O 23. Rxe7 Rxg2 24. Rxg7 Rxf2 25. Ree7 b5 26. Be6+ Kb8 27. Rb7+ Ka8 28. Ra7+ Kb8 29. Rgb7# 1-0

Game 4: Judit Polgar (2575) vs Leon Pliester (2345), Aruba 1992
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Nbd7 7. Be2 e5 8. fxe5 Nxe5 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Qd2 O-O 11. O-O h6 12. Be3 Be6 13. Kh1 Rc8 14. Nf5 Bxf5 15. Rxf5 Re8 16. Raf1 Nh7 17. Qd5 Rc6 18. Qb3 b5 19. Nd5 Qa8 20. Rxf7 Nxf7 21. Rxf7 Kxf7 22. Nb6+ Kg6 23. Bh5+ Kxh5 24. Qf7+ 1-0

Game 5: Elisabeta Polihroniade (2195) vs Judit Polgar (2711), Olympiad 1988
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. f4 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 b5 9. Be3 Bb7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Rd2 Nf6 12. Bf3 Qa5 13. e5 Bc5 14. Qd3 Bxe3 15. Qxe3 b4 16. Bxb7 bxc3 17. Rd3 Ng4 18. Rxc3 Nxe3 19. Rxc8+ Ke7 20. Rxh8 Qxa2 21. g3 Nc4 22. Kd1 Qb1+ 23. Ke2 Qxc2+ 24. Kf3 Qb3+ 25. Kg4 Ne3+ 26. Kh4 Qxb7 27. Rg1 Qf3 0-1

Game 6: Judit Polgar (2700) vs Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (2596), Olympiad 2002
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 11. Ng5 Bd5 12. Nxf7 Kxf7 13. Qf3+ Ke6 14. Qg4+ Kf7 15. Qf5+ Ke7 16. e6 Bxe6 17. Re1 Qd6 18. Bxe6 Nxe6 19. Ne4 Qe5 20. Bg5+ Kd7 21. Nc5+ Bxc5 22. Qf7+ Kd6 23. Be7+ Kd5 1-0

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[naoku-kun]

She's my second favorite female chess player

[ammadigaming]

i finally found the PERFECT chess analyze video

[MagicalChess]

I requested from my heart, Please make more videos..
Your videos are really Helpful, it's really truth that your videos are more helpful than Gothamchess

[ayukochaayuknso]

Thank you so much Sammy chess and keep up the wonderful work. Can't wait for the next video man. 👍

[Brandon-a-writer]

It should be noted that the game v Yasser was played blindfolded. Polgar is every bit as good on her best days as any player to have ever played the game … she beat Kasparov at his prime, Karpov in his prime, Carlsen in his prime, Spassky! She was an enormous challenger and had infinite creative spirit and an intuitive feel for the game that allows for beautiful precision and surgical, seamless play. A legend!

[jenesuispassanslavoir]

This has to be the most adverbial chess commentary I’ve ever come across, I love it!

[PastorBrianLantz]

She never makes the sucker play... love it AND your presentations!

[kimbirch]

I like the way Judit doesn't even bother taking opponents Queens, in going for mate .
A class act .

[PeterWhite-qk]

Sammy, Thank you for posting these wonderful games of Judit Polgar! I'm always impressed with how she plays and in these games she is a teenager except for the last game. What a beautiful mind she has!

[sampleoffers]

Us mortals are consumed with openings. Now watching Fischer he's kind of show off like Ed Van Halen, but great tacticians are really treat to watch.

[kimbirch]

Surely in the last game the black Q could have taken the Knight on g5 ?

[donaldyanson]

Judit Polgar Without a doubt is my favorite female chess player Seen a video where Judit played a casual game against Magnus Carlson in a park. And within the first few moves.
She, tricked Magnus into trading. His Queen for a minor piece?😂👍

[Blank_handle]

I think if she and her sister would start making yt videos, while telling their story of how their skills are literally the results of an experiment, they would be able to become pretty big in the Chess space. I'd personally listen for hours about their early life.

[sweet_stranger]

You have explained the first game already in "judit's jubilant kings indian defence" video