Editor's Note
Published: FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 2001

Under French press law, the IHT is called upon to publish the
following "right of reply" from Jean-Marc Reymond, a lawyer for FIDE
(the International Chess Federation), regarding the report "Tigress of
the Chessboard Purrs Quietly and Pounces" (March 31):-

"Judit Polgar says that FIDE (the International Chess Federation)
'lost two court cases, one of which was brought by her sister.' This
statement is absolutely inaccurate. It is true that Zsuzsa Polgar
introduced court proceedings before the Court of Arbitration for Sport
in Lausanne. She was asking the arbitrators to rule that she was still
women's world chess champion and that FIDE had to pay her damages
amounting to at least 500,000 Swiss francs. At the hearing held on
March 20, 2001, the parties settled their dispute. Mrs. Polgar
'unreservedly withdrew all of her claims, including the claim to be
reigning women's world chess champion,' with FIDE accepting to pay her
the sum of $25,000 'without prejudice to either party's contentions as
to the merits of the dispute between them.'
http://www.iht.com/articles/2001/04/13/DROIT_ed3_.php

So, in other words, Susan did not "win" the case. Rather, the case was
settled with Susan agreeing to withdraw her (meritless) claim, and
FIDE agreeing to pay the relatively small amount of $25,000, which
represented her attorney's fees in this case.

Sam Sloan