Blue Danube Fantasy

Zsuzsa (Susan) Polgár captions: “An old (and very bad quality) photo of Bobby Fischer, Pál Benkő, Eugen[e] Torre and me (1993)”. Photo: Zsuzsa (Susan) Polgár.

The Cat Sitter’s Nine Lives

Zsuzsa (Susan) Polgár captions: “Bobby [Fischer] and me at our family home in Hungary. He loved that little kitten 🐈”. Photo: Zsuzsa (Susan) Polgár.

Random Castle

A few years ago, in a talk with the Hungarian tabloid Vasárnapi Bors, László Polgár, the father of Zsuzsa (Susan), Zsófia (Sofia) and Judit, reminisced the time when Bobby Fischer spent a month as a guest of Polgár’s family at their holiday home in Nagymaros, Hungary, in the spring of 1993. At the time, there were negotiations for an exhibition match of Fischer with Judit Polgár, but Bobby “asked for a fund of five million dollars, 1.5 billion forints in today’s value, so nothing came of it”, Polgár recalled. But apparently Fischer bonded more with Susan, who tirelessly helped him in defining and refining the rules of his Fischerandom chess. “I noticed that the eldest of my daughters, Zsuzsa, piqued his interest”, Polgár remembers. “Don’t get me wrong, there was nothing between them, but I felt he would have liked to marry her”.

Fischer and Zsuzsa (Susan) Polgár playing shuffle chess. Photo: Zsuzsa (Susan) Polgár.

Spring 1993

Zsuzsa (Susan) Polgár captions: “Never been seen photo of Bobby Fischer proudly showing me his creation, the digital chess clock! It became the standard of chess clocks today. After that, we proceeded to play the first of countless Fischer Random games. As we played, we worked on improving the rules (initial placement of pieces, Bishops and Rooks placements, castling, etc.) to what they are today”. Photo: Zsuzsa (Susan) Polgár.

Penny Lane

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1959 U.S. Women’s Chess Champion Lisa Lane graced the cover of Sports Illustrated, August 7, 1961 making her the first player to appear on its cover (Robert James “Bobby” Fischer will be the second one). Photo © John G. Zimmerman/Sports Illustrated/Getty Images.

The Comfort of Strangers

Zsuzsa (Susan) Polgár, Chairperson of FIDE Commission for Women’s Chess, congratulates Mariya Muzychuk for winning World Chess Championship. Photo: Zsuzsa Polgár (@SusanPolgar).

WOM Commission for Women’s Chess (@WOMChess)

乒乓球 (Table tennis)

Robert James Fischer

Michail Nechem’evič Tal’ & Tigran Vartanovič Petrossiàn

Zsuzsa, Zsófia and Judit Polgár

Magnus Carlsen

Photos: Zsuzsa Polgár (@SusanPolgar)

Mákos bejgli

The Polgár Variant

The Astonishing Story of the Polgár Sisters, Zsuzsa, Zsófia and Judit Polgár, three Hungarian sisters which changed forever the world of chess. Documentary 72 minutes HD Languages: Hungarian, English, Hebrew Subtitles: English, Hebrew Credits Directed by Yossi Aviram Produced by Amir Harel, Ayelet Kait Written by Yossi Aviram Associate Producer: Eli Berger In participation with: Lama Films, The Rabinovich Foundation for the Arts – Cinema Project, The Second Authority for Television & Radio, The Marc Rich Foundation Editors: Yossi Aviram & Sari Ezouz Cinematographer: Yossi Aviram World sales: Ruth Diskin

Judit Polgár playing a simultaneous exhibition