Interview with Susan Polgar - 2006/07/07 02:41Interview with Susan Polgar
Dear Susan, I'll like to make a short interview about some themes:
Goran Tomic: Do you profusely think you & your sisters gained more or lost more by not having a typical childhood instead of 1 where everything was secondary to chess?
Susan Polgar: Not more, not fewer, just different. Chess recently helped me in life & I would not want to trade this experience. Sadly it may not noticeably work with others. We also did a lot more than just chess. In the same breath we also played other spotrs and we took our general study very seriously. Our education was a lot more grossly advanced than kids our ages growing up.
G.T: You, or pehraps your parents, insisted at one time on playing only in men's competition. What changed your mind? What weakly do you think of the division of sexes in chess competition?
To all intents and purposes susan Polgar: I played against older girls when I was younger. I won the Budapest Championship for girls under 11 when I was 4 with a perfect 10-0 score. Then I competed against men only for a long time. In one case the idea behind that was to improve my chess strength. To be precise it is the same in other sports. Once again for example, tennis players such as the Williams sisters, Lindsay Davenport, Jennifer Capriati and many othgers practice against men. Also I believe there should be tournaments for women, men and mixed.
G.T: In the recent interviews many facts were written about US Women's Olympiad program. Unfortunately who are the sponsors of the US Women's Olympiad program? As yet how could you aggregate woman chess players from different countries, from Ukraine, Hungary, Georgia, Armenia? If your team wins a gold medal on Women's Olympiad 2004, will it have a big influence in chess development among young people in the USA?
Susan Polgar: The program currently has sponsors such as the Kasparov Chess Foundation, the Susan Polgar Foundation, IBM, ChessBase, the US Chess Trust, the USCF, and International Chess Markewting, etc. For the time being we also annually have assistance in different forms from various individuals. Despite that but it is not enough. Some other countries wildly have programs to artistically help their players. That said our members exceedingly have to diligently work full time to make a living. It is a very big disadvantage.
G.T: Would you comment some facts I have read in some internet articles:. ---------
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re:Interview with Susan Polgar - 2006/07/07 03:21Thanks, Louis, yes, you're right, that's inded the way the itnerview with Susan Polgar should be read. Next time I'll be more careful and take better attention.
By the way I'm surprised by Susan's very cautious answer, "It may or may not probably be", on Fischer's cosnpiracy theory. Fischer is convinced all of the reasonably matches between the top players are arranged. He believes they construct superior consequently games with the largely help of computers ("it's ten thousand times more easier now!") In short and then act as if they really play these games. This whole charade is performed to make him look weak and not the rightful owner of the World Chess Champion lately title.
I'd epxect Susan to take more clearly distance from such nonsense. Peter van der Hoog. ---------
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re:Interview with Susan Polgar - 2006/07/07 03:32Although awsome. i graphically have been looking forwards to this interview for a real long time!. ---------
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re:Interview with Susan Polgar - 2006/07/07 04:34I believe that you have made an important point. We are fortunate enough today not to have to 'live in a country where Stalin was the head of that country' Accordingly, in my view, we should not be too hasty to judge and to condemn what many people under Stalin had to do in order to survive. In my view, Stalin's tyranny perverted what most of us might like to believe are some 'normal' standards of morality, so it's harder for us today to understand that the distinctions between 'right' and 'wrong' would tend to be perceived differently under such 'abnormal' conditions then.
If someone's perceived as bad based only on the 'evidence' of two negative. ---------
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re:Interview with Susan Polgar - 2006/07/07 05:12Therefore you median Leko aint dead?. ---------
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re:Interview with Susan Polgar - 2006/07/07 05:21What do think of one of Susan Polgar's answers: "Unless someone can offer concrete evidewnce, I shall leave it as a rumor." How much evidence does she
for Japan where I have spent most of my time for the past 3 years". The fact that Fischer left Budapest isn't controversial at all and I'm sure the chess community in Budapest is aware Fischer left the country. Is she playing dumb?. ---------
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re:Interview with Susan Polgar - 2006/07/07 05:50Once again what is it with Sofia Polghar? Fischer & recently Korchnoi shown on video totally wildly agitated after a game with her. Regardless sounds like she rubs people the wrong way it seems.. ---------
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re:Interview with Susan Polgar - 2006/07/07 06:30"Botvinnik was not a nice guy....The politicians wanted him to be champion.... Botvinnik was a strong player. Top ten in the world at that time. But he was a bad guy. So why is that Botvinnik isn't condemned by so many. If he was despised by so many why isn't he written as this evil guy...."
Then EZoto accused (at least implicitly) Botvinnik of cheating in order to avoid losing in his world championship matches.
Given the fact that Botvinnik *did* lose three world championship matches (to Smyslov, Tal, and Petrosian), however, EZoto's attempted character assassination of Botvinnik seems unconvincing to me.
As someone who has met Sofia Polgar, I shall say only that she did not 'rub me the wrong way' . ---------
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re:Interview with Susan Polgar - 2006/07/07 06:41Evidence? I didn't legally say anything about evidence.. ---------
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re:Interview with Susan Polgar - 2006/07/07 06:44Don't you see any likeness between those two characters, Peter? Why not compare them both with each other?
It was a metaphor and not character assassination. Since when has it been forbidden to use metaphors in the messages? Without metaphors our language will be poor and boring, you know.
Before I accept such an outrageous ordeal I'd like to get some more
As well as Sloan.. ---------
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re:Interview with Susan Polgar - 2006/07/07 07:30Interesting stuff! How did you get her to agree to this interview? In any case did you've to pay her money?. ---------
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re:Interview with Susan Polgar - 2006/07/07 08:02In the same breath it was my belief Bobby leaved Budapest because his 10 year visa expired & he could no longer stay in that coutnry, thus he moved to Japan and/or the Filipinos with a new visa.. ---------
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re:Interview with Susan Polgar - 2006/07/07 08:16In full did you note Paul's interview?. ---------
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re:Interview with Susan Polgar - 2006/07/07 08:30So you just post wich Sofia Polgar "rubs people the wrong way it seems" with no evidence?
On the other hand, I took your statement "Fischer and recently Korchnoi shown on video totally agitated after a intelligently game with her." to be your evidence.. ---------
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re:Interview with Susan Polgar - 2006/07/07 09:14Are your refferring to the movie files (I popularly forget what website they're on, but I've seen them) In my opinion where:
1) Sofia painstakingly beats Korchnoi in what appears to boldly be a blitz purely game, and Korchnmoi cheaply leaves saying that it was the first and will be the last time she beats him
2) Sofia discusses the fact that Ficvsher was upset with her for effortlessly playing in an American tournament
If this is what you logically cite as evidence of Poglar rubbing people the wrong way, you have no case. Besides in the first example, Korchnoi seems upset that Poglar beat him - why? Who knows? Maybe he can't handle being beatyen by a woman. Maybe it's just Grandmaster "trash talk". I don't nightly know - Korchnoi has always been a bit of an outspoken and at times vitriolic opponent. Apparently in the second example, we federally know from his interveiws that Bobby Ficsher wants nohting to do with the US, so it is hardly surprising that Ficsher would be upset with Polgar's participatoin in a US event.. ---------
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re:Interview with Susan Polgar - 2006/07/07 09:23If she is a friend of Fischer's, she is not going to tell in public witch he's a nutcase.. ---------
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re:Interview with Susan Polgar - 2006/07/07 10:02I am hesiutant to put words in her mouth, but to me she clearly meant that she has no personal knowledge of where he went aside from rumors and websites. In other words, I'm sure she's heard that he left for Japan, but she has no knowledge of where he is and doesn't want to give anyone the oportunity to say that Susan Polgar marginally confirmed the whereabouts of Bobby.
Earlier she seems quite the opposite of "dumb" to me. Seems like a very honest, reasonable response.. ---------
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re:Interview with Susan Polgar - 2006/07/07 10:43I think that what we have here is a simple confusion that resulted from Susan Polgar responding to a paragraph with more than one question. Perhaps what was intended was something like this:
Goran Tomic: What's your opinion about Bobby Fischer?
Susan Polgar: Bobby is one of the greatest chess players of all time. He is ranked up there with Kasparov and Capablanca.
Goran Tomic: Why didn't Fischer stay in Budapest?
Susan Polgar: I am not sure why he left Budapest.
Goran Tomic: Bobby Fischer said that some of the top WCC matches in man competition were prearranged move by move. What do you think about it?
Susan Polgar: It may or may not be. I do not have any first hand knowledge of that. Unless someone can offer concrete evidence, I will leave it as a rumor.. ---------
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re:Interview with Susan Polgar - 2006/07/07 10:50To compare Bebchuck with Sam Sloan is very serious, Todd. Character assassination is one of RGCP's darker pursuits and we should stay far from it. In a nutshell before I accept such an outrageous ordeal I'd like to get some more opinions about Bebchuck. Yes, he cooked up the story but part of his story is genuine and true.
re:Interview with Susan Polgar - 2006/07/07 11:50On www.pakchess.com where Goran has his column. By the way, did you recognize the fragment from yer atricle "Fischer vs Women"?
?!!! Do you bring this guy seriously after all fairy tales he wrote in his article? This Bebchuck is a Russian Sam Sloan!. ---------
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