Editing Judit Polgár (section)

===Grandmaster===
In December 1991, Polgár achieved the [[Grandmaster (chess)|grandmaster]] title by winning the [[Hungarian Chess Championship|Hungarian National Championship]], at the time the youngest ever at 15 years, 4 months to have achieved the title. This beat Fischer's record by a month.<ref name="Globe_Feb5_92">{{cite news
 | newspaper=The Globe and Mail
 | location=Toronto
 | title=Hungarian teen-ager achieves rank of chess grandmaster
 | agency=New York Times Service
 | date=5 February 1992
| page=A9
}}</ref><ref>{{cite news
 | newspaper=The News
 | date=5 February 1992
 | page=3A
 | location=Boca Raton, Florida
 | title=Hungarian chess whiz is youngest grandmaster ever
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
 | url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/judit-polgar-how-i-beat-fischer-s-record/2
 | title=Judit Polgar: How I beat Fischer's record
 | website=[[ChessBase]]
 | date=5 February 2013
 | access-date=7 September 2023
 | archive-date=7 September 2023
 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230907062259/https://en.chessbase.com/post/judit-polgar-how-i-beat-fischer-s-record/2
 | url-status=live
 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite Chessgames.com game
 | gid= 1110989
 | title= Tibor Tolnai vs Judit Polgar
 | access-date = 7 September 2023
}}</ref> This made her both the first woman to be the youngest-ever grandmaster and the fourth woman to become a grandmaster (after [[Nona Gaprindashvili]], [[Maia Chiburdanidze]] and Polgar's sister Susan).<ref name="Globe_Feb5_92"/> With this, Polgar also beat her sister Susan's record for youngest-ever female grandmaster, obtained earlier in January 1991, by over 7 years. Hungary, one of the strongest chess-playing countries, had all but one of their strongest players participate in that year's championship, as only [[Zoltán Ribli]] was missing. Going into the last round, Polgár needed only a draw to achieve the GM title, but she won her game against GM Tibor Tolnai to finish first, with six points in nine games.<ref>{{cite news
 | newspaper=The Globe and Mail
 | location=Toronto
 | title=Girl, 15, youngest Grandmaster ever
 | last=Berry
 | first=Jonathan
 | date=8 February 1992
| page=A13
}}</ref>

In 1992, Polgár tied for second, behind [[Anatoly Karpov]] at the Madrid International in Linares. She and Russian GM [[Vladimir Epishin]] finished with 5½–3½.<ref>{{cite news
 | title=CHESS; For Karpov, Defeat Only Serves as a Spur
 | first=Robert
 | last=Byrne
 | date=28 June 1992
 | work=The New York Times
 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/06/28/style/chess-for-karpov-defeat-only-serves-as-a-spur.html?pagewanted=1
 | access-date=20 April 2010
 | archive-date=28 March 2014
 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140328105826/http://www.nytimes.com/1992/06/28/style/chess-for-karpov-defeat-only-serves-as-a-spur.html?pagewanted=1
 | url-status=live
 }}</ref> In July 1992, she placed second in the Reshevsky Memorial in Manhattan finishing with four wins, five draws and no losses.<ref>{{cite news
 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/08/09/style/chess-peruvian-wins-reshevsky-memorial.html?pagewanted=1
 | title=Chess; Peruvian Wins Reshevsky Memorial
 | last=Byrne
 | first=Robert
 | work=The New York Times
 | date=9 August 1992
 | access-date=21 April 2010
 | archive-date=28 March 2014
 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140328095757/http://www.nytimes.com/1992/08/09/style/chess-peruvian-wins-reshevsky-memorial.html?pagewanted=1
 | url-status=live
 }}</ref> In September 1992, Polgár participated in a tournament held in Aruba in which a team of senior men's players competed against a team of top women players. The men's team consisted of [[Lev Polugaevsky]], [[Wolfgang Uhlmann]], [[Oscar Panno]], [[Efim Geller]], [[Borislav Ivkov]] and [[Vasily Smyslov]]. The women's team consisted of Judit and Zsuzsa Polgár, [[Pia Cramling]], Chiburdanidze, [[Ketevan Arakhamia]] and [[Alisa Galliamova]]. The men won the tournament 39–33. The overall high scorer was Polugaevsky, 57 years old with Polgár, 16, finishing second with 7½–4½.<ref>{{cite news
 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/10/11/style/chess-senior-grandmasters-defeat-women-39-to-33.html?pagewanted=1
 | title=CHESS; Senior Grandmasters Defeat Women, 39 to 33
 | first=Robert
 | last=Byrne
 | date=11 October 1992
 | work=The New York Times
 | access-date=21 April 2010
 | archive-date=28 March 2014
 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140328111212/http://www.nytimes.com/1992/10/11/style/chess-senior-grandmasters-defeat-women-39-to-33.html?pagewanted=1
 | url-status=live
 }}</ref>

[[File:Boris Spasski 1984 Saloniki.jpg|thumb|upright|In 1993, Polgár defeated former world champion [[Boris Spassky]] (pictured here in 1984) in an exhibition match.]]
Polgár then tied for first in the [[Hastings International Chess Congress|Hastings]] tournament held over New Year's, 1992–93. Russian GM [[Evgeny Bareev]], at the time ranked eighth in the world, led going into tournament's last round, but was defeated by Polgár in their second individual game, allowing her to share first.<ref>{{cite news
 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/02/21/style/chess-a-polgar-triumph-before-her-triumph.html?pagewanted=1
 | title=CHESS; A Polgar Triumph Before Her Triumph
 | first=Robert
 | last=Byrne
 | date=21 February 1993
 | work=The New York Times
 | access-date=21 April 2010
 | archive-date=28 March 2014
 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140328100357/http://www.nytimes.com/1993/02/21/style/chess-a-polgar-triumph-before-her-triumph.html?pagewanted=1
 | url-status=live
 }}</ref> Immediately following the Hastings tournament, Polgár played an exhibition match in February against former World Champion, Boris Spassky. She won the match 5½–4½ and won $110,000, the largest prize money to that point in her career.<ref>{{cite news
 | last=Lundstrom
 | first=Harold
 | title=Kasparov primes for defense by breezing through 100 foes
 | page=W8
 | date=26 February 1993
| newspaper=The Deseret News
 | location=Salt Lake City, Utah
}}</ref> Polgár also participated in the Melody Amber tournament in Monaco which featured a blindfold tournament of 12 grandmasters. Anand and Karpov finished first, Ljubojević third, while Polgár finished in clear fourth with 6½ points from 11 rounds, ahead of other strong GMs such as [[Vasyl Ivanchuk|Ivanchuk]], [[Nigel Short|Short]], [[Viktor Korchnoi|Korchnoi]] and her sister Susan.<ref>{{cite news
 | newspaper=The Globe and Mail
 | location=Toronto
 | last=Berry
 | first=Jonathan
 | title=More than meets the eyes
 | date=29 May 1993
| page=A13
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
 | title=Amber-blind 2nd Monte Carlo 1993
 | publisher=365Chess.com
 | url=http://www.365chess.com/tournaments/Amber-blind_2nd_1993
 | access-date=13 May 2010
 | archive-date=29 September 2012
 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120929170702/http://www.365chess.com/tournaments/Amber-blind_2nd_1993
 | url-status=live
 }}</ref>

In 1993, Polgár became the first woman to ever qualify for an [[Interzonal]] tournament. In March, she finished in a four-way tie for second place in the Budapest Zonal and won the tiebreaking tournament.<ref>{{cite news
 | newspaper=The Globe and Mail
 | location=Toronto
 | last=Berry
 | first=Jonathan
 | title=Polgar moves up to Interzonal
 | date=15 May 1993
| page=E9
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
 | title=Budapest zt-A Budapest 1993
 | publisher=365Chess.com
 | url=http://www.365chess.com/tournaments/Budapest_zt-A_1993
 | access-date=13 May 2010
 | archive-date=29 September 2012
 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120929170652/http://www.365chess.com/tournaments/Budapest_zt-A_1993
 | url-status=live
 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web
 | title=Budapest zt playoff Budapest 1993
 | publisher=365Chess.com
 | url=http://www.365chess.com/tournaments/Budapest_zt_playoff_1993
 | access-date=13 May 2010
 | archive-date=29 September 2012
 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120929170658/http://www.365chess.com/tournaments/Budapest_zt_playoff_1993
 | url-status=live
 }}</ref> She then confirmed her status as one of the world's leading players, narrowly failing to qualify for the [[Candidates Tournament]]s at the rival [[FIDE]] and [[Professional Chess Association|PCA]] [[Interzonal]] tournaments.<ref>{{cite web
 | url=http://www.mark-weeks.com/chess/9496fiix.htm
 | title=1993 Biel FIDE Interzonal Tournament
 | author=Mark Weeks
 | access-date=24 January 2009
 | archive-date=9 July 2011
 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110709155338/http://www.mark-weeks.com/chess/9496fiix.htm
 | url-status=live
 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web
 | url=http://www.mark-weeks.com/chess/9496piix.htm
 | title=1993 Groningen PCA Qualifying Tournament
 | author=Mark Weeks
 | access-date=24 January 2009
 | archive-date=13 March 2018
 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180313033545/http://www.mark-weeks.com/chess/9496piix.htm
 | url-status=live
 }}</ref>

In the summer of 1993, [[Bobby Fischer]] stayed for a time in the Polgár household. He had been living in seclusion in [[Yugoslavia]] due to an arrest warrant issued by the United States for violating the U.N. blockade of Yugoslavia with his 1992 match against Spassky. Susan Polgár met Bobby with her family and persuaded him to come out of hiding "in a cramped hotel room in a small Yugoslavian village".<ref name="Polgar_Lubbock"/> During his stay, he played many games of [[Fischer random chess]] and helped the sisters analyse their games. Susan said, while he was friendly on a personal level and recalled mostly pleasant moments as their guest, there were conflicts due to his political views. On the suggestion of a friend of Fischer, a match of blitz chess between Fischer and Polgár was arranged and announced to the press. However, problems ensued between Fischer and László Polgár and Fischer cancelled the match, telling a friend who asked if the match would take place, "No, they're Jewish."<ref name="Polgar_Lubbock">{{cite web
 | last=Polgar
 | first=Susan
 | publisher=Lubbock Avalanche-Journal/Lubbock online
 | date=18 January 2009
 | title=Polgar: Remembering a chess champion, the late Bobby Fischer
 | url=http://www.lubbockonline.com/stories/011809/col_378558316.shtml
 | access-date=2 May 2010
 | archive-date=14 July 2011
 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714000631/http://lubbockonline.com/stories/011809/col_378558316.shtml
 | url-status=live
 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web
 | last=Chun
 | first=Rene
 | title=Bobby Fischer's Pathetic Endgame
 | url=https://www.theatlantic.com/past/docs/issues/2002/12/chun.htm
 | publisher=theAtlantic.com
 | access-date=2 May 2010
 | date=December 2002
 | archive-date=17 April 2010
 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100417072214/http://www.theatlantic.com/past/docs/issues/2002/12/chun.htm
 | url-status=live
 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news
 | newspaper=Bangor Daily News
 | title=Fischer, teen-ager to match chess skills
 | last=Ingram
 | first=Judith
 | date=7 August 1993
| page=7
 | volume=105
 | number=44
 | location=Bangor, Maine
}}</ref>

In the summer of 1994, Polgár had the greatest success of her career to that point, when she won the Madrid International in Spain. Against a field which included [[Gata Kamsky]], [[Evgeny Bareev]], [[Valery Salov]] and [[Ivan Sokolov (chess player)|Ivan Sokolov]], she finished 7–2 and 1½ points ahead of second place.<ref>{{cite news
 | title=Chess
 | first=Robert
 | last=Byrne
 | date=7 June 1994
 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/06/07/arts/chess-316350.html
 | work=The New York Times
 | access-date=21 April 2010
 | archive-date=28 March 2014
 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140328110027/http://www.nytimes.com/1994/06/07/arts/chess-316350.html
 | url-status=live
 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web
 | title=PGN File Events: 1994
 | url=http://www.chessopolis.com/chessfiles/pgn_events_1994.htm
 | publisher=chessopolis.com
 | access-date=21 April 2010
| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100415060436/http://www.chessopolis.com/chessfiles/pgn_events_1994.htm
 | archive-date=15 April 2010
| url-status=dead
 }}</ref> Her [[Performance rating (chess)|performance rating]] for the tournament was 2778 against an opposition rated at 2672.<ref>{{cite web
 | url=http://chessmetrics.com/cm/CM2/SingleEvent.asp?Params=199510SSSSS3S102713000000111101298300000010100
 | title=Madrid 1994
 | publisher=ChessMetrics.com
 | access-date=21 April 2010
 | archive-date=27 May 2012
 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120527055030/http://chessmetrics.com/cm/CM2/SingleEvent.asp?Params=199510SSSSS3S102713000000111101298300000010100
 | url-status=live
 }}</ref>

In October 1994, she played in a tournament in [[Buenos Aires]] which was a tribute to an ailing Polugaevsky. Eight grandmasters participated, all considered contenders for the world championship: Karpov, Anand, Salov, Ivanchuk, Kamsky, Shirov, Ljubojević and Polgár. The tournament was unusual as Black in each game was required to play a [[Sicilian Defence]], since Polugaevsky was considered the all-time authority on the opening.<ref>{{cite news
 | newspaper=The Toronto Star
 | last=Day
 | first=Lawrence
 | title=Russian master first again
 | date=4 February 1995
| page=K14
}}</ref> This was to Polgár's advantage as it was her favourite. Against the elite competition she finished tied for third with Ivanchuk.<ref>{{cite web
 | url=http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chesscollection?cid=1014008
 | title=9_Lev Polugajevky Tourn. Buenos Aires 1994
 | website=[[Chessgames.com]]
 | access-date=21 April 2010
 | archive-date=5 May 2010
 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100505154246/http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chesscollection?cid=1014008
 | url-status=live
 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news
 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/12/13/arts/chess-093106.html
 | work=The New York Times
 | title=Chess
 | first=Robert
 | last=Byrne
 | access-date=21 April 2010
 | date=13 December 1994
 | archive-date=2 July 2010
 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100702003002/http://www.nytimes.com/1994/12/13/arts/chess-093106.html
 | url-status=live
 }}</ref>

In September 1995, Polgár finished third with a score of 7–4 in the Donner Memorial in Amsterdam, behind [[Jan Timman]] and [[Julio Granda]], who tied for first, and  ahead of [[Yasser Seirawan]], [[Alexander Huzman]], [[Alexei Shirov]], [[Alexander Khalifman]], [[Alexander Morozevich]] and [[Valery Salov]].<ref>{{cite news
 | newspaper=Los Angeles Times
 | date=5 September 1995
| title=Chess
 | last=Peters
 | first=Jack
 | page=A18
}}</ref> She secured a clear third place with a 21-move win over Shirov in her last game.<ref>{{cite news
 | newspaper=The Toronto Star
 | last=Day
 | first=Lawrence
 | title=Milicevic takes top spot
 | page=L14
 | date=23 September 1995
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
 | title=Donner mem Amsterdam 1995
 | publisher=365Chess.com
 | url=http://www.365chess.com/tournaments/Donner_mem_1995
 | access-date=8 May 2010
 | archive-date=29 September 2012
 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120929170619/http://www.365chess.com/tournaments/Donner_mem_1995
 | url-status=live
 }}</ref> In the Antillean island of Aruba in November 1995, she played in a friendly match against [[Jeroen Piket]] of the Netherlands, at the time one of the top players in Europe. Despite being closely matched in ratings, Polgár won the match 6–2.<ref>{{cite news
 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/12/12/arts/chess-006769.html
 | title=Chess
 | first=Robert
 | last=Byrne
 | date=12 December 1995
 | access-date=22 April 2010
 | work=The New York Times
 | archive-date=28 March 2014
 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140328102409/http://www.nytimes.com/1995/12/12/arts/chess-006769.html
 | url-status=live
 }}</ref>

[[File:UigChessmen SelectionOfKings.jpg|thumb|right|Lewis chessmen]]
In 1995, the [[Isle of Lewis]] chess club in Scotland attempted to arrange a game between Polgár and Nigel Short in which the famous [[Lewis chessmen]] would be used. The Lewis chessmen is a chess set carved in the 12th century. However, the [[British Museum]] refused to release the set despite assurances that the players would wear gloves. Scottish member of parliament [[Calum MacDonald (politician)|Calum MacDonald]] pointed out that the set would be safe, especially as chess was not a contact sport.<ref>{{cite news
 | newspaper=The Toronto Star
 | last=Day
 | first=Lawrence
 | title=Oddest story of the year
 | page=L12
 | date=15 July 1995
}}</ref> In the end, the Museum allowed the chess set to be displayed at the Isle of Lewis festival tournament, but they were not used in any games. Polgár won the double round-robin tournament of four GMs, scoring five points in the six games and winning both her games against Short.<ref>{{cite news
 | newspaper=The Toronto Star
 | last=Day
 | first=Lawrence
 | title=FIDE grinds to a halt
 | page=K14
 | date=14 October 1995
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
 | title=Isle of Lewis 1995
 | publisher=365Chess.com
 | url=http://www.365chess.com/tournaments/Isle_of_Lewis_1995
 | access-date=8 May 2010
 | archive-date=17 September 2012
 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120917180107/http://www.365chess.com/tournaments/Isle_of_Lewis_1995
 | url-status=live
 }}</ref>
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====Kasparov touch-move controversy====
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|The position before the move in question. Allegedly, Kasparov played 36...Nc5{{chesspunc|?}}, which loses [[The exchange (chess)|the exchange]] to 37.Bc6, quickly realised his error, and substituted 36...Nf8.
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At [[Linares International Chess Tournament|Linares]] 1994, Polgár lost a controversial game to the [[World Chess Championship|World Champion]] [[Garry Kasparov]]. The tournament marked the first time the 17-year-old Polgár was invited to compete with the world's strongest players. After four games she had two points.<ref name="Globe_Mar19_94">{{cite news | newspaper=The Globe and Mail | location=Toronto | last=Berry | first=Jonathan | title=Victory boosts Karpov's rating | date=19 March 1994 | page=A18 }}</ref> During her game with Kasparov in the fifth round, Kasparov gradually outplayed her and had a clear advantage after 35 moves.<ref name="Geuzendam">{{cite book|title=Linares! Linares!: A Journey into the Heart of Chess|last=[[Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam|ten Geuzendam]]|first=Dirk Jan|year=2001|publisher=[[New In Chess]]|isbn=978-9056910778|pages=72–80}}</ref> On his 36th move, the  World Champion reportedly changed his mind about the move of a knight, and moved the piece to a different square.<ref>{{cite news | last=Peters | first=Jack | date=5 January 1995 | title=Chess Highlights of 1994 | newspaper=[[The Los Angeles Times]] | format=print and online column | page=27 | url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-01-01-mn-15295-story.html | access-date=28 April 2016 | quote=What made 1994 a memorable year for chess? Certainly it had its share of controversial incidents, led by the touch-move dispute in which Garry Kasparov took back a move against Judit Polgar. | archive-date=11 September 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090911095551/http://articles.latimes.com/1995-01-01/news/mn-15295_1_chess-tournament-club | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Berry |first=Jonathan Berry |author-link=Jonathan Berry |date=19 March 1994 |title=Victory boosts Karpov's rating |page=A18 |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |location=Toronto |format=print column |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/385234867 |access-date=5 September 2022 |id={{ProQuest|385234867}} |quote=Mr. Kasparov picked up his knight at d7 and placed it on c5. 'Touch move' requires a player to move a touched piece, but the move is not over until the hand leaves the piece. Seeing that 37.Bb7–c6 would be bad for Black, Mr. Kasparov instead put the knight on f8. However, the way Miss Polgár saw it, Mr. Kasparov's hand did leave the piece on c5. Accounts diverge from there. We do know that Spanish TV recorded the game and that there were several spectators, some of whom thought that Mr. Kasparov removed his hand from the knight at c5. |via=[[ProQuest]] |archive-date=26 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426154719/https://www.proquest.com/docview/385234867 |url-status=live }}</ref> According to [[rules of chess#Act of moving the pieces|chess rules]], once a player has released a piece, the move must stand, so if Kasparov did remove his hand, he should have been required to play his original move. Polgár did not challenge Kasparov in the moment, because, she stated, "I was playing the World Champion and didn't want to cause unpleasantness during my first invitation to such an important event. I was also afraid that if my complaint was overruled I would be penalized on the clock when we were in time pressure." She did, however, look questioningly at the [[International Arbiter|arbiter]], Carlos Falcon, who witnessed the incident and took no action.<ref name="Geuzendam" />

The incident was caught on tape by a crew from the Spanish television company PVS, and the videotape showed that Kasparov's fingers had left the knight.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/SwsYWmjUP-k Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20200628203348/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwsYWmjUP-k&t=1131s Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwsYWmjUP-k| title = Linares Chess Tournament,part 2. | website=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name="LymanMay94"/><ref>{{cite news|last1=Barden|first1=Leonard|date=19 March 1994|title=CHESS|pages=WEEKEND FT XXI|publisher=Financial Times, UK|url=https://archive.org/stream/FinancialTimes1994UKEnglish/Mar%2019%201994%2C%20Financial%20Times%2C%20%2319%2C%20UK%20%28en%29#page/n43/mode/2up|access-date=24 June 2020|quote=Video film stills confirmed that Kasparov's hand had quit the knight for about a quarter of a second.}}</ref> [[International Arbiter|Tournament director]] Carlos Falcon did not forfeit Kasparov when this evidence was made available to him.<ref name="Berry_GM_Mar261994">{{cite news | newspaper=Globe and Mail | location=Toronto | last=Berry | first=Jonathan | title=Kasparov caught on videotape | date=26 March 1994 | page=E7 | quote = During round 5 of the Linares tournament (March 1), World Champion Gary Kasparov started to move his knight from d7 to c5, but reconsidered and played the knight to f8.}}</ref> As U.S. chess journalist Shelby Lyman pointed out, in the majority of sports "instant replays" do not overrule a referee's original decision and chess is no exception.<ref name="LymanMay94">Lyman, Shelby (1 May 1994). [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1876&dat=19940501&id=FDofAAAAIBAJ&sjid=L88EAAAAIBAJ&pg=6762,158965&hl=en "Kasparov's Hand Quicker Than Eye"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170225105408/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1876&dat=19940501&id=FDofAAAAIBAJ&sjid=L88EAAAAIBAJ&pg=6762,158965&hl=en |date=25 February 2017 }}, ''[[Spartanburg Herald-Journal]]''.</ref> At the time the video had not been publicly released, at the request of tournament sponsor Luis Rentero,<ref name="Geuzendam" /> but it is now available [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aw4g3iDrsNk on Youtube] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220619175624/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aw4g3iDrsNk |date=19 June 2022 }}. At one point Polgár reportedly confronted Kasparov in the hotel bar, asking him, "How could you do this to me?"<ref name="GardianBarden_2002"/> Following this incident, Kasparov bluntly told an interviewer "... she just publicly said I was cheating. ... I think a girl of her age should be taught some good manners before making such statements."<ref>Kasparov Interview, [[New In Chess]], March 1994, reprinted in '{{cite book|title=Finding Bobby Fischer: Chess Interviews|last=[[Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam|ten Geuzendam]]|first=Dirk Jan|year=1994|publisher=[[New In Chess]]|isbn=978-9071689864|pages=72–80}}' and '{{cite book|title=Finding Bobby Fischer: Chess Interviews|last=[[Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam|ten Geuzendam]]|first=Dirk Jan|year=2015|publisher=[[New In Chess]]|isbn=978-9056915728|pages=72–80}}'</ref> Subsequently, Kasparov refused to speak to her for three years.<ref name="Geuzendam" /> Kasparov told reporters that his conscience was clear, as he was not aware of his hand leaving the piece.<ref>{{cite news | newspaper=Deseret News | date=27 May 1994 | last=Lundstrom | first=Harold | title=Kasparov comes out on top in tourne  | page=C6 | location=Salt Lake City, Utah }}</ref> Although Polgár recovered by the end of the tournament, she went into a slump over the next six rounds, gaining only half a point.<ref name="Globe_Mar19_94"/> The incident may also have had an effect on Kasparov, who turned out a subpar performance in the tournament.<ref name="LymanMay94" />