Editing Judit Polgár (section)

==Chess professional==
[[File:Judit polgar 03.08.2008.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Polgár at the 2008 Mainz Chess Classic]]
"You have to be very selfish sometimes", said Polgár in speaking of the life of a professional chess player. "If you are in a tournament, you have to think of yourself—you can't think of your wife or children—only about yourself."<ref name="NYT_Burgess"/> When asked in 2002 if she still desired to win the world championship she said, "Chess is my profession and of course I hope to improve. But I'm not going to give up everything to become world champion; I have my life."<ref name="Telegraph_Allot2002"/>

Polgár said she did not have a permanent coach, although she had help from GM [[Lev Psakhis]] or GM [[Mihail Marin]].<ref name="chessbase_Jan72011"/><ref name="Chessdom_2009">{{cite web
 | title=Judit Polgár – I just can't live without chess
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 | url=http://interviews.chessdom.com/judit-polgar-khanty-mansiysk
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| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100227034648/http://interviews.chessdom.com/judit-polgar-khanty-mansiysk
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 }}</ref> She said she rarely used a [[Glossary of chess#Second|second]] and when she traveled to tournaments, it was usually her husband who accompanied her.<ref name="Chess_Aug2011">{{cite news|newspaper=Chess|volume=76|number=5|date=August 2011|author=Lars Grahn|page=22|title=Judit Polgar The best-ever woman player talks candidly to Lars Grahn|location=United Kingdom}}</ref><ref name="Chessbase_12082011">{{cite web|title=CHESS Magazine: Judit Polgar on life as a Super-GM mom|date=12 August 2011|publisher=Chessbase.com|url=http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=7452|access-date=14 August 2011|archive-date=15 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110815074137/http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=7452|url-status=live}}</ref> Polgár said she changed how she prepared for tournaments. "I make more use of my experience now and try to work more efficiently so that my efforts aren't wasted", she said in 2008.<ref>{{cite web
 | last=Tagore
 | first=Vijay
 | date=24 February 2008
 | title=Kramnik is the toughest
 | publisher=Diligent Media Corporation Ltd.
 | url=http://www.dnaindia.com/sport/report_kramnik-is-the-toughest_1152565
 | access-date=30 April 2010
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Concentrating on her two children left Polgár with little time to train and play competitively and her ranking dropped from eighth in 2005 to the mid 50s in 2009. She played in the [[2009 Maccabiah Games]] in Israel and was named the Outstanding Female Athlete of the Games.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://reports.chessdom.com/news-2009/maccabiah-games-2009-r4|title=Evgeniy Najer and Ian Nepomniachtchi lead Maccabiah International Chess Festival 2009 &#124; Chessdom Chess|access-date=27 July 2017|archive-date=29 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170729021852/http://reports.chessdom.com/news-2009/maccabiah-games-2009-r4|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-jewish-chronicle/20090731/283257388882061|title=Best of the best|via=PressReader|access-date=27 July 2017|archive-date=29 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181129131403/https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-jewish-chronicle/20090731/283257388882061|url-status=live}}</ref> Polgár remained the only woman in the top 100 until [[Hou Yifan]] reached rank 86 in August 2014, just before Polgár played her last rated game in September 2014 and dropped off the top 100 list due to inactivity a year later. Polgár is still the only woman to have ever made the top 50.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ratings.fide.com/profile/700070|title=Polgar, Judit|website=[[FIDE]]|access-date=7 September 2023|archive-date=6 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306081708/https://ratings.fide.com/profile/700070|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://ratings.fide.com/profile/8602980|title=Hou, Yifan|website=[[FIDE]]|access-date=7 September 2023|archive-date=18 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230318033737/https://ratings.fide.com/profile/8602980|url-status=live}}</ref> Comparing motherhood to playing chess, Polgár has said that a chess tournament now "feels like a vacation".<ref name="chessbase_Jan72011"/> When asked why she came back to chess after taking time off to care for her children, she said, "I cannot live without chess! It is an integral part of my life. I enjoy the game!"<ref name="Chessdom_2009"/>

Despite being the highest-rated woman for twenty-five years, Polgár never competed for the women's world championship. In a 2011 interview she was asked about this possibility. Polgár said that in the past she has never been interested in competing for it, but in recent years "the mentality of a couple of the women players has changed". Polgár said that for her to consider competing it would have to be a challenge and "if I get an extremely nice offer just to play for the title".<ref name="Chess_Aug2011"/><ref name="Chessbase_12082011"/>

Polgár authored a series of children's books on chess, ''Chess Playground''. Her sister Sofia provided illustrations.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Judit Polgár |title=Chess Playground |url=http://www.polgarjudit.com/book_en.html |access-date=17 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711181011/http://www.polgarjudit.com/book_en.html |archive-date=11 July 2011 }}</ref>

In March 2013 she was awarded the Commander's Cross with Star of [[Hungarian Order of Merit|The Hungarian Order of Merit]], one of Hungary's highest awards, "for her worldwide acknowledged life achievement as an athlete, for promoting the game of chess and for her efforts to promote the educational benefits of chess".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://juditpolgar.com/en/node/177|title=Judit receives the Order of Merit|website=Judit Polgár|access-date=8 March 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160403185450/http://juditpolgar.com/en/node/177|archive-date=3 April 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://budapesttimes.hu/2014/08/31/the-brief-history-of-the-week-30/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140904093933/http://budapesttimes.hu/2014/08/31/the-brief-history-of-the-week-30/|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 September 2014|title=The Brief History of the Week {{!}} The Budapest Times|website=budapesttimes.hu|access-date=8 March 2016}}</ref> In August 2015, she received [[Hungarian Order of Saint Stephen|The Hungarian Order of Saint Stephen]], the highest state [[order (distinction)|Order]] of Hungary.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://hungarytoday.hu/news/order-saint-stephen-president-ader-hands-hungarys-highest-state-decoration-94241|title=Order Of Saint Stephen: President Áder Hands Over Hungary's Highest State Decoration - Hungary Today|website=Hungary Today|date=24 August 2015|language=en-US|access-date=8 March 2016|archive-date=24 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151224114910/http://hungarytoday.hu/news/order-saint-stephen-president-ader-hands-hungarys-highest-state-decoration-94241|url-status=dead}}</ref>