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Chess Champion Susan Polgar Visits NHA

This Video was shot when Four Time Women's World Champion, Susan Polgar came to visit New Hope Academy.

Listed Below are the accomplishments from her 30 year career:

Winner of 4 Women’s World Championships

The only World Champion in history (male or female) to win the Triple-Crown (Rapid, Blitz and Classical World Championships)

5-time Olympic Champion with 10 overall medals – Never been defeated in Olympiad competition (5 Gold, 4 Silver and 1 Bronze)

Currently hold a record 56 consecutive Olympiad game scoring streak without a loss

2006 Women’s World Chess Cup Champion

Currently hold a record 56 consecutive Olympiad game scoring streak without a loss Currently hold 4 world records for simultaneous chess exhibition:

Most simultaneous games played: 326 players with 309 wins, 14 draws and 3 losses in 16 hours and 30 minutes (the previous record was 321 games, with 294 wins, 26 draws, 1 loss = 95.64%, by IM Andrew Martin, England).

Most simultaneous games won: 309 (Andrew Martin: 294)

Highest winning percentage: 96.93% (Andrew Martin: 95.64%)

Most consecutive games played: 1,131 games against 551 opponents with 1,112 wins, 16 draws and 3 losses = 99.03% (previous record: 1102 games by WGM Anna-Maria Botsari, Greece)

FIRST WOMAN EVER IN HISTORY TO:

Break the gender barrier to qualify for the Men’s World Championship Cycle (1986)

Earn the Men’s Grandmaster title (1991)

Win the U.S. Open Blitz Championship (2003)

Receive the Grandmaster of the Year Award (2003)

OTHER NOTABLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

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)

A pioneer in women’s chess, an ambassador to the game and a true role model to millions of young people worldwide

Founder of the Susan Polgar Foundation, a nonprofit 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 Susan Polgar National Invitational for Girls Championship, Susan Polgar World Open for Girls and Susan Polgar National Open for GirlsDirector of SPICE at Texas Tech University