Judit Polgar: How I Beat Fischer's Record

How I Beat Fischer's Record

In 1991 Judit Polgar became a grandmaster at fifteen — breaking the age record Bobby Fischer had set decades earlier — on her way to becoming the strongest female player in history and a genuine threat to the world’s very best. This book is the first volume of her trilogy, and it is both a teaching manual and the story of how that prodigy was made.

Polgar builds the instruction around her own early games, organised by theme rather than by opening. The chapters work through the attacking and tactical tools that defined her play — tricks and traps, the mating net, trapping the queen, the zwischenzug, piece domination, exploiting a lead in development, and attacking the uncastled king — before moving into the art of simplifying and basic endgame technique.

Because the examples come from her own path to the top, the lessons carry the weight of real, high-stakes games, including victories over elite opponents such as Anand and Polugaevsky and a vivid tournament diary. You learn the ideas and meet the player at the same time.

A rich, motivating book for club players and improving juniors who want to absorb aggressive, concrete chess from one of its greatest exponents — equal parts instruction and inspiration.

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