Editing Judit Polgár (section)

===Return to competition===
In 2010, Polgár began her return to competitive chess and would play more than she had in recent years. In March 2010, Polgár played a four-game match against GM Gregory Kaidanov at Hilton Head, South Carolina. It was required that each game begin with the Sicilian Defense. The match was drawn with each player winning two games.<ref>{{cite news
 | title=Chess Notes
 | first1=Harold
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 | date=20 March 2010
 | newspaper=The Boston Globe
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 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news
 | title=Coming to a head
 | first=Malcolm
 | last=Pein
 | date=11 March 2010
 | publisher=Telegraph Media Group Limited
 | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/chess/7423627/Coming-to-a-head.html
 | access-date=30 April 2010
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 | archive-date=14 November 2012
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 }}</ref> In April 2010, Polgár played an eight-game rapid chess match against Czech GM [[David Navara]] which was part of the ČEZ Chess Trophy 2010 festival of the Prague Chess Society. Despite slightly higher ranking, 2708 to Polgár's 2682, Navara lost the match 6–2.<ref>{{cite web
 | title=Polgar routes Navara 6–2 in ČEZ Chess Trophy
 | date=28 April 2010
 | publisher=chessbase.com
 | url=http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=6285
 | access-date=30 April 2010
 | archive-date=1 May 2010
 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100501012822/http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=6285
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 }}</ref> Polgár participated in the rapid chess tournament of the Presidential Chess Cup in [[Baku]], Azerbaijan from 29 April to 1 May 2010. She finished with one win, two losses and four draws, tied for fifth position in the eight-player round robin. The tournament finished with a three-way tie for first with the winner, Kramnik, being decided by Elo over Mamedyarov and Kamsky.<ref>{{cite web
 |title        = Vladimir Kramnik is the winner
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}}</ref> In June 2010, it was reported Polgár was assisting GM [[Zoltán Almási]] in training for the Olympiad.<ref>{{cite web
 | title=Pictorial report from Zalakaros
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In September and October 2010, Polgár played 3rd board for the Hungarian Men's team in the [[39th Chess Olympiad]] in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. The team finished in fourth place, losing the Bronze medal to Israel on tie-break. Playing more in 2010 than in recent years, Polgár finished fourth overall among Board three players with a 6/10 score.<ref>{{cite web|title=Board-prizes after Round 11. Open section. |publisher=ugra-chess.com |url=http://www.ugra-chess.com/boardprizes.php |access-date=3 October 2010 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101003071953/http://www.ugra-chess.com/boardprizes.php |archive-date=3 October 2010 }}</ref> The highlight for the Hungarian Men's team was a fifth-round victory over Russia I.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=This Week In Chess |title=Ukraine win the Olympiad for the 2nd time |last=Crowther |first=Mark |date=3 October 2010 |url=http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/chessnews/events/39th-chess-olympiad-khanty-mansiysk-2010/ukraine-win-the-olympiad-for-the-2nd-time |access-date=3 October 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011051738/http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/chessnews/events/39th-chess-olympiad-khanty-mansiysk-2010/ukraine-win-the-olympiad-for-the-2nd-time |archive-date=11 October 2012 }}</ref> In November 2010, Polgár won the four-player rapid tournament which was held to celebrate the [[National Autonomous University of Mexico|National University of Mexico's]] 100th anniversary. Polgár won a close opening match against Vassily Ivanchuk. She then crushed Veselin Topalov, a former world champion and ranked No. 1 in the world in 2009, 3½–½ to win the tournament.<ref>{{cite news|title=Manager Blames Marriage for His Star's Slump|last=McClain|first=Dylan Loeb|date=27 November 2010|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/28/crosswords/chess/28chess.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220103/https://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/28/crosswords/chess/28chess.html |archive-date=3 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=28 November 2010}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Judith Polgar defeats Veselin Topalov to claim the UNAM Torneo Cuadrangular|publisher=Chessdom|url=http://reports.chessdom.com/news-2010/unam-polgar-topalov-match|access-date=28 November 2010|archive-date=25 November 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101125082518/http://reports.chessdom.com/news-2010/unam-polgar-topalov-match|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Judith Polgar defeats Vassily Ivanchuk in day 1 of Torneo Cuadrangular|publisher=Chessdom|url=http://reports.chessdom.com/news-2010/unam-polgar-ivanchuk-match|access-date=28 November 2010|archive-date=23 November 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101123030305/http://reports.chessdom.com/news-2010/unam-polgar-ivanchuk-match|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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|Position after 35...h6. In an apparent draw, Polgár finds the winning move: 36.h5{{chesspunc|!}} threatening to place a pawn on g6. The game continued: 36...Rg8 37.Rd7 Rg7 38.Bf7 {{chessAN|1–0}}<ref>{{cite news|title=Chess - with Leonard Barden|newspaper=London Evening Standard|url=http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-home/article-23861926-chess---with-leonard-barden.do|date=1 August 2011|author=Leonard Barden|access-date=1 August 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811234540/http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-home/article-23861926-chess---with-leonard-barden.do|archive-date=11 August 2011}} Position analysis.</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Judit Polgár vs. Romain Edouard 12th European Individual Championship 2011 · Sicilian Defense: Lasker–Pelikan. Sveshnikov Variation (B33) · 1–0 |website=[[Chessgames.com]] |url=http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1610759 |access-date=1 August 2011 |archive-date=8 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110908000553/http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1610759 |url-status=live }} Complete game.</ref>
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On 2 April 2011, Polgár finished in a four-way tie for first in the European Individual Chess Championship in Aix-les-Bains, France.<ref>{{cite web|title=European Individual Chess Championship – Aix-les-Bains RESULTS|url=http://chess-results.com/tnr45941.aspx?art=1&rd=11&lan=1&flag=30&m=-1&wi=1000|publisher=Chess-Results.com|access-date=2 April 2011|archive-date=5 April 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110405044818/http://chess-results.com/tnr45941.aspx?art=1&rd=11&lan=1&flag=30&m=-1&wi=1000|url-status=live}}</ref> The tournament, featuring 393 players of which 167 were Grandmasters, was won by Russian [[Vladimir Potkin]] on tie-break; GM [[Radosław Wojtaszek]] won the silver, while Polgár placed third, winning the bronze.<ref>{{cite web|title=Potkin wins EICC on tiebreak|date=3 April 2011|publisher=Susan Polgar|url=http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com/2011/04/potkin-wins-eicc-on-tiebreaks.html|access-date=3 April 2011|archive-date=14 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314141837/http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com/2011/04/potkin-wins-eicc-on-tiebreaks.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Polgár was praised for her creative attacks and endgame technique.<ref>{{cite news|author=Leonard Barden|date=8 April 2011|title=Judit Polgár wows European Championship with mother of all displays|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2011/apr/08/chess-judit-polgar|publisher=Guardian News and Media Limited|access-date=9 April 2011}}</ref> Polgár became the first woman ever to finish in the top three of the male championship.<ref>{{cite web|title=Russian wins Europe's chess championship|publisher=Voice of Russia|date=3 April 2011|url=http://english.ruvr.ru/2011/04/03/48391796.html|access-date=3 April 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110405214852/http://english.ruvr.ru/2011/04/03/48391796.html|archive-date=5 April 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> Continuing Polgár's return to competitive chess, in July 2011 she participated in the 39th Greek Team National Championship, scoring 3½ out of 4 games. Also in July 2011, Polgár played Board 3 for Hungary in the World Team Championships. Hungary finished in fifth place of the ten teams and individually Polgár finished sixteenth of the fifty players.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=This Week In Chess |author=Mark Crowther |title=Armenia take 8th World Chess Teams |date=26 July 2011 |url=http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/chessnews/events/8th-world-team-championship-2011/armenia-take-8th-world-chess-teams-title |access-date=3 August 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012225325/http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/chessnews/events/8th-world-team-championship-2011/armenia-take-8th-world-chess-teams-title |archive-date=12 October 2012 }}</ref>

In September 2011, Polgár competed in the [[Chess World Cup 2011|Chess World Cup]], a 128-player tournament with a large prize fund and qualification to the top three for the World Championship cycle. Polgár made it to the final 8 players before she was eliminated by [[Peter Svidler]]. A highlight for Polgár was her elimination of the tournament's No. 1 seed and world's fifth highest rated player, [[Sergey Karjakin]].<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The New York Times|author=Dylan Loeb McClain|date=3 September 2011|title=U.S. College Student Makes a Stand at the World Cup|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/04/crosswords/chess/chess-shankland-upsets-leko-at-world-cup.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220103/https://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/04/crosswords/chess/chess-shankland-upsets-leko-at-world-cup.html |archive-date=3 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=10 September 2011}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|publisher=Chess.com|title=Polgar Eliminates #1 Seed At World Cup|date=4 September 2011|url=http://www.chess.com/news/polgar-eliminates-1-seed-at-world-cup-9161|access-date=10 September 2011|archive-date=5 November 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111105232622/http://www.chess.com/news/polgar-eliminates-1-seed-at-world-cup-9161|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=PETER SVIDLER: I WANTED A BLOODY FIGHT|date=10 September 2011|publisher=FIDE World Chess Cup|url=http://chess.ugrasport.com/?p=3090|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120707114128/http://chess.ugrasport.com/?p=3090|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 July 2012|access-date=10 September 2011}}</ref> In October 2011, Polgár took part in the Unive 2011 competition. She finished last in the elite four-player Crown group, losing games to [[Vladimir Kramnik]] and [[Anish Giri]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Unive 2011|url=http://livechess.chessdom.com/site/|access-date=23 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111023055229/http://livechess.chessdom.com/site/|archive-date=23 October 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In September 2011, Polgár finally returned to "Super GM" status with a FIDE rating of 2701 and by November she had raised it to 2710 and ranked 35 in the world.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=FIDE|title=Top 100 Players November 2011|url=http://ratings.fide.com/toparc.phtml?cod=201|access-date=1 November 2011|archive-date=3 November 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111103093712/http://ratings.fide.com/toparc.phtml?cod=201|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=FIDE ratings list – resurgence is the name of the game |publisher=Chessbase.com |url=http://www.chessbase.com/newsprint.asp?newsid=7497 |access-date=1 September 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024233256/http://www.chessbase.com/newsprint.asp?newsid=7497 |archive-date=24 October 2012 }}</ref>

To begin 2012, in January Polgár competed in the Tradewise Gibraltar tournament, finishing with 7 points in 10 games. For the first time in 22 years since she lost to [[Nona Gaprindashvili]] in the [[1990 Chess Olympiad]], Polgár lost a classical game to a female player<ref>{{cite web|url=http://index.hu/sport/sakk/2012/02/01/22_ev_utan_kapott_ki_notol_polgar_judit/|title=22 év után kapott ki nőtől Polgár Judit|date=February 2012|publisher=index.hu|language=hu|access-date=28 July 2015|archive-date=3 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150903233921/http://index.hu/sport/sakk/2012/02/01/22_ev_utan_kapott_ki_notol_polgar_judit/|url-status=live}}</ref> as Women's World champion [[Hou Yifan]] won their individual game and tied for first before losing the playoff to Nigel Short.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2012 |publisher=Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2012 |author=John Saunders |url=http://www.gibraltarchesscongress.com/bulletin_r10.htm |access-date=3 February 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309164808/http://www.gibraltarchesscongress.com/bulletin_r10.htm |archive-date=9 March 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|publisher=Chess results.com|title=Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2012 - Masters|url=http://chess-results.com/tnr63931.aspx?art=1&rd=10&lan=1|access-date=3 February 2012|archive-date=5 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205001819/http://chess-results.com/tnr63931.aspx?art=1&rd=10&lan=1|url-status=live}}</ref>
In 2013, Polgár received the FIDE [[Caïssa]] Award, as Polgár was considered the best female player of 2012. This award, designed and executed by artisans of the [[Lobortas Classic Jewelry House]], was presented on 2 October 2013 during the 84th FIDE Congress in Tallinn.

On 5 October 2013,<ref>Klein, Mike (23 September 2013).[http://www.chess.com/blog/MikeKlein/death-match-18---the-long-and-short-of-judit Death Match 18 - Going Toe to Stiletto] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109064003/http://www.chess.com/blog/MikeKlein/death-match-18---the-long-and-short-of-judit |date=9 November 2013 }} Chess.com. Retrieved 5 November 2013.</ref> Polgár played [[Nigel Short]] in the eighteenth edition of Chess.com's Death Match. The final score was 17½-10½ in Polgár's favour. They played 28 games in total, separated into three stages of increasingly faster time controls, the first being 5+1, the second 3+1 and finally 1+1. Polgár later remarked on her Facebook page that "it was great fun to play against Nigel..."<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=684891038188944&id=294908720520513 Judit Polgar Official] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150903233921/https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=684891038188944&id=294908720520513 |date=3 September 2015 }} Retrieved 5 November 2013.</ref> Nigel in turn tweeted in jest, "Such bad chess. I should go and hang myself..."<ref>[https://twitter.com/nigelshortchess/status/386559850412400640 @nigelshortchess] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131108163351/https://twitter.com/nigelshortchess/status/386559850412400640 |date=8 November 2013 }} Retrieved 5 November 2013.</ref>

In 2014, in the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship, she came 26th in the Blitz championship and 56th in the Rapid championship.

On 13 August 2014, she announced in the London newspaper ''[[The Times]]'' her retirement from chess at the highest level.<ref>[[Frederic Friedel]]: [http://en.chessbase.com/post/judit-polgar-to-retire-from-competitive-chess ''Judit Polgar to retire from competitive chess''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016001024/http://en.chessbase.com/post/judit-polgar-to-retire-from-competitive-chess |date=16 October 2015 }}. ChessBase.com, 13 August 2014.</ref>