Susan Polgar organized a tournament with ten players that nobody ever
heard of but all of whom have very high ratings.

She deserves full credit for that.

All she had to do was say that it was "one of the strongest
tournaments ever heard in the USA" and everybody would have agreed.

But her publicist had to say that it was the "strongest". That is
where the trouble lies.

Now, it is entirely possible that Pentala Harikrishna, Alexander
Onischuk, Varuzhan Akobian and Leonid Kritz really are stronger than
Capablanca, Lasker and Alekhine who played in New York 1924. We will
never know because Capablanca, Lasker and Alekhine are all dead and
Pentala Harikrishna, Alexander Onischuk, Varuzhan Akobian and Leonid
Kritz all come armed with computer databases that have figured out
their opening moves before they even sit down to play.

It is also possible that Pentala Harikrishna, Alexander Onischuk,
Varuzhan Akobian and Leonid Kritz are stronger than Fischer, Spassky
and Petrosian who played in the Piatagorsky Cup. Nobody will ever
really know.

But Polgar's puffery comes along with her claim that she won the
Woman's World Championship four times, when she did not, that she won
the "Triple Crown of Chess" when there is no such title and that she
is the number one ranked woman in the USA when she is not.

Sam Sloan

On Oct 7, 8:51Â*am, samsloan wrote:


ButPolgar'spuffery comes along with her claim that she won the
Woman'sWorldChampionship four times, when she did not, that she won
the "Triple Crown of Chess" when there is no such title and that she
is the number onerankedwoman in the USA when she is not.

Sam Sloan

I believe, but I am not sure, that Polgar has made some changes in the
last few days to the claims that she has been making about herself on
http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com

She no longer claims to have won the Woman's World Championship four
times or to have won the "Triple Crown" in chess.

She still has a lot of false claims posted on her blog. For example:

♦ #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
♦ Award-winning and best-selling chess author in numerous languages
♦ First ever recipient of the “Chess Educator of the Year� award
(2003)

Susan has never been ranked number one in the world on the official
FIDE rating list. However, she was tied with Maya Chiburdanidze with a
rating of 2430 on a 1985 FIDE Rating list. Since 1992 she had been
ranked in the top three in only a few of the official rating lists.

Susan is not ranked number one in the US now. The number one ranking
has been held by either Irina Krush or Anna Zatonskih for the last
several years. If Susan came back and played I doubt that she could
beat either one of them now, due to her age and inactivity. Remember
that the last time Susan played in an open rated tournament was the
2005 US Amateur Team East and there her performance rating for the
tournament was 2173. I do not believe that either Anna Zatonskih or
Irina Krush have ever had such a poor result. Here are the official
current top rankings:

1 Zatonskih, Anna (12873912) NY USA 2498
2 Krush, Irina (12543137) NY USA 2493

As far as I know, Susan's books are only published in English. None of
them have received awards, other than the awards she gives herself.

I have never heard of the title of “Chess Educator of the Year�. This
sounds like something that Truong awarded her.

By claiming to have achieved things that she has not actually
achieved, Susan Polgar is cheating those who have worked hard to
actually achieve those things. For example, Susan is right now
cheating Anna Zatonskih, who is a very active player, of the
recognition Anna has earned and deserves for being both the US Woman's
Champion and currently the highest ranked player on the official list.

Sam Sloan

Sorry, either I made a mistake or Susan was in the middle of changing
her website and her "false claims" did not appear momentarily.

Susan often changes her website. She has changed the picture of
herself in the upper right corner several times in the last few days
after one reader said that her picture made her appear old, worn out
and tired.

The following false claims have reappeared:

♦ Winner of 4 Women’s World Championships (Under 16, Blitz, Rapid, and
Classical)
♦ The only World Champion in history to win the triple-crown (Blitz,
Rapid and Classical World Championships)

This is new. This is the first time she has explained that "Winner of
4 Women’s World Championships" means "Under 16, Blitz, Rapid, and
Classical". I do not know of anyone who agrees with her that winning
the "Under-16" championship constitutes winning Women’s World
Championships. Also, the "Blitz, Rapid" events were not official FIDE
events. These were events her father organized in Budapest. The Real
World Champion, Xie Jun, did not play and the main competition was her
own sisters, Judit and Sophia.

Sam Sloan




On Oct 13, 5:08Â*am, samsloan wrote:
On Oct 7, 8:51Â*am, samsloan wrote:



ButPolgar'spuffery comes along with her claim that she won the
Woman'sWorldChampionship four times, when she did not, that she won
the "Triple Crown of Chess" when there is no such title and that she
is the number onerankedwoman in the USA when she is not.

Sam Sloan

I believe, but I am not sure, that Polgar has made some changes in the
last few days to the claims that she has been making about herself onhttp://susanpolgar.blogspot.com

She no longer claims to have won the Woman's World Championship four
times or to have won the "Triple Crown" in chess.

She still has a lot of false claims posted on her blog. For example:

♦ #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
♦ Award-winning and best-selling chess author in numerous languages
♦ First ever recipient of the “Chess Educator of the Year� award
(2003)

Susan has never been ranked number one in the world on the official
FIDE rating list. However, she was tied with Maya Chiburdanidze with a
rating of 2430 on a 1985 FIDE Rating list. Since 1992 she had been
ranked in the top three in only a few of the official rating lists.

Susan is not ranked number one in the US now. The number one ranking
has been held by either Irina Krush or Anna Zatonskih for the last
several years. If Susan came back and played I doubt that she could
beat either one of them now, due to her age and inactivity. Remember
that the last time Susan played in an open rated tournament was the
2005 US Amateur Team East and there her performance rating for the
tournament was 2173. I do not believe that either Anna Zatonskih or
Irina Krush have ever had such a poor result. Here are the official
current top rankings:

1 Â* Â* Â* Zatonskih, Anna (12873912) Â* Â* Â*NY Â* Â* Â*USA Â* Â* 2498
2 Â* Â* Â* Krush, Irina (12543137) NY Â* Â* Â*USA Â* Â* 2493

As far as I know, Susan's books are only published in English. None of
them have received awards, other than the awards she gives herself.

I have never heard of the title of Â*“Chess Educator of the Yearâ€�. This
sounds like something that Truong awarded her.

By claiming to have achieved things that she has not actually
achieved, Susan Polgar is cheating those who have worked hard to
actually achieve those things. For example, Susan is right now
cheating Anna Zatonskih, who is a very active player, of the
recognition Anna has earned and deserves for being both the US Woman's
Champion and currently the highest ranked player on the official list.

Sam Sloan

samsloan wrote:
Sorry, either I made a mistake or Susan was in the middle of changing
her website and her "false claims" did not appear momentarily.

Susan often changes her website. She has changed the picture of
herself in the upper right corner several times in the last few days
after one reader said that her picture made her appear old, worn out
and tired.

The following false claims have reappeared:

♦ Winner of 4 Women’s World Championships (Under 16, Blitz, Rapid, and
Classical)
♦ The only World Champion in history to win the triple-crown (Blitz,
Rapid and Classical World Championships)

This is new. This is the first time she has explained that "Winner of
4 Women’s World Championships" means "Under 16, Blitz, Rapid, and
Classical". I do not know of anyone who agrees with her that winning
the "Under-16" championship constitutes winning Women’s World
Championships. Also, the "Blitz, Rapid" events were not official FIDE
events. These were events her father organized in Budapest. The Real
World Champion, Xie Jun, did not play and the main competition was her
own sisters, Judit and Sophia.

Sam Sloan

The Chinese Chess World Championship that Sloan claimed to
have won had no official sanction either.

There isn't now and there never was a special Championship in
Chinese Chess for FWD's (Foreign White Devils).