On Aug 31, 9:47 pm, Paul Rubin wrote:
samsloan writes:
There is no doubt that if Polgar played in official competition, she
would have a good chance, but the fact remains that she has not played
since 2004 and before that she had not played since 1996.

How about the Women's World Cup that she won in Dresden, July 2006:

http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=3228

That too was an unrated, 30-minute exhibition event in which almost
none of the top players competed especially since the representatives
of China, Georgia, Russia and Ukraine, which have the strongest woman
players in the world, were excluded from the event.

http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic609.html#14

Note that both TWIC and ChessBase call the event the "Woman's Chess
Cup". The Real Woman's World Cup was won by Grandmaster Xu Yu Hua of
China.

One wonders why Susan only plays in these unrated 30-minute exhibition
events, avoiding strong competition against top-level players.

Sam Sloan