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Simuls, Rubik and a Guinness Record at 8th Polgar Chess Festival
- PeterDoggers
- on 15.10.14 00:44.
On Saturday 4 October the 8th Aquaprofit Polgar Chess Festival was held in the Palais of Arts in Budapest, and Chess.com was present!Several hundred children, parents and special guests attended the 8th Polgar Chess Festival, organized by Judit Polgar and her sister Sofia. Both were present and involved in different events all day.
Kids and their parents could choose between a huge range of activities, such as simuls, a Chess Palace promenade, blitz performances, a magician, arts and crafts, and a conference on chess and education.
The festival ended with a simul given by Judit Polgar, who has been leading the FIDE world rankings for 25 years, setting a Guinness record also announced at the festival.
The official
certificate of the Guinness record set by Judit Polgar. It reads: "The
longest time a female player has been consecutively ranked chess world
number one is 25 years and 1 month and was achieved by Judit Polgar
(Hungary) from 1 February 1989 to 1 March 2014 – Officially Amazing".
