I had some superstitions when I was little. ![]() Q: Are you superstitious? Do you need to eat the same breakfast every day before playing?Ī:No, not really. ![]() So I’m trying to know my opponent as much as possible. ![]() There are also fashions in the kinds of systems that people play. You see, in chess we have styles-like in any other field. But then I’m preparing for my specific opponent. Then I go to the gym and have some breakfast. Q: How do you prepare? Do you have a morning ritual before competitions?Ī: Well, I wake up around 9:30 or 10 a.m. Maclean’s caught up with Polgár in London, where she was playing in the London Chess Classic.Ī:It’s not about being nervous. She is now the only woman on the World Chess Federation’s top 100 players list. She has played, and bested, the likes of Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov. ![]() Born in Hungary in 1976, she earned grandmaster status when she was 15. Judit Polgár is the best-ranked female chess player in history.
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