Editing Judit Polgár (section)

==Playing style==
While having a strong understanding of positional play, Polgár excels in tactics and is known for an aggressive playing style, striving to maximize the initiative and actively pursuing complications.<ref name="Chessbase_4804">{{cite web|url=http://www.chessbase.com/newsprint.asp?newsid=4804 |title=Anand describes Polgar's playing style |access-date=27 July 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080825004743/http://www.chessbase.com/newsprint.asp?newsid=4804 |archive-date=25 August 2008 }}</ref> The former world champion [[Garry Kasparov]] wrote that, based upon her games, "if to 'play like a girl' meant anything in chess, it would mean relentless aggression."<ref>{{cite book
 | title=How life imitates chess: making the right moves, from the board to the boardroom
 | last=Kasparov
 | first=Garry
 | year=2007
 | publisher=Bloomsbury
 | page=137
 | isbn=978-1-59691-387-5
}}</ref> In her youth, she was especially popular with chess fans due to her willingness to employ wild gambits and attacks.<ref>{{cite news
 | newspaper=The Toronto Star
 | last=Day
 | first=Lawrence
 | title=Sisters winning pair
 | date=6 March 1993
| page=J8
}}</ref> As a teenager, Polgár has been credited with contributing to the popularity of the opening variation King's [[Bishop's Gambit]].<ref>{{cite book
 | title=The Mammoth Book of Chess
 | last=Burgess
 | first=Graham
 | publisher=Constable & Robinson
 | year=2009
 | page=124
 | isbn=978-1-84529-931-6
}}</ref> Polgár prefers aggressive openings, playing 1.e4 as White and the [[Sicilian Defence|Sicilian]] or [[King's Indian|King's Indian Defence]] with black, but she has also said her opening choices will also depend upon her trainer.<ref name="HowGood"/><ref name="Chessbase_4804"/><ref>{{cite news
 | last=Mainka
 | first=Jan
 | title=Less Aggressive, but still taking the initiative
 | date=15 June 2010
 | newspaper=The Budapest Times
 | url=http://www.budapesttimes.hu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14702&Itemid=219
 | access-date=21 June 2010
 | archive-date=20 July 2011
 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720031215/http://www.budapesttimes.hu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14702&Itemid=219
 | url-status=live
 }}</ref> [[Jennifer Shahade]], writer and two-time U.S. women's chess champion, suggested that the influence of Polgár as a role model may be one of the reasons women play more aggressive chess than men.<ref>{{cite web
 | title=Women's chess: Jennifer Shahade's opinion
 | date=24 June 2005
| first=Misha
 | last=Savinov
 | publisher=e3e5.com
 | url=http://www.e3e5.com/newsitem.php?id=173
 | access-date=16 November 2010
| archive-date=10 July 2011
| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710163649/http://www.e3e5.com/newsitem.php?id=173
 | url-status=dead
 }}</ref> Describing an individual encounter with Polgár, former U.S. Champion [[Joel Benjamin]] said, "It was all-out war for five hours. I was totally exhausted. She is a tiger at the chessboard. She absolutely has a killer instinct. You make one mistake and she goes right for the throat."<ref>{{cite news
 | newspaper=Spartanburg Herald-Journal
 | date=7 March 1993
| last=Lyman
 | first=Shelby
 | page=C7
 | title=Women, men are equal across the chessboard
 | location=Spartanburg, South Carolina
}}</ref>

Polgár is especially adept at faster time controls. When she was still young, ''[[Der Spiegel]]'' wrote of her, "her tactical thunderstorms during blitz games have confounded many opponents, who are rated higher."<ref name="LymanOct301988">{{cite news|author=Shelby Lyman|title=Hungarian girl may be next world champion|publisher=The Sunday Telegraph|page=F-2|location=Nashua, New Hampshire|date=30 October 1988}}</ref>

Polgár has spoken of appreciating the [[Chess psychology|psychological aspect of chess]]. She has stated preferring to learn an opponent's style so she can play intentionally against that player rather than playing "objective" chess.<ref>{{cite web
 | url=http://www.playe4.com/judit-polgar-article.html
 | title=Polgar interview speaking of psychology in chess
 | access-date=27 July 2009
| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090528003615/http://www.playe4.com/judit-polgar-article.html
 | archive-date=28 May 2009
| url-status=dead
 }}</ref> In her 2002 victory (at 25 minutes time control) over Kasparov, she deliberately chose a line Kasparov had used against [[Vladimir Kramnik]], employing the strategy of forcing the opponent to "play against himself". Kasparov's response was inadequate and he soon found himself in an inferior position.<ref name="Pein_RvW"/>{{Failed verification|date=July 2020}} In an interview regarding playing against [[Computer chess|computers]] she said, "Chess is 30 to 40% psychology. You don't have this when you play a computer. I can't confuse it."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/paul-vallely-the-perpetual-struggle-of-man-against-machine-614581.html |title=Polgar quote in Independent on computers in chess |access-date=27 July 2009 |work=The Independent |location=London |date=21 October 2002 }}{{dead link|date=August 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>