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Beginner’s corner — hint explanation; Set-up a knight fork.”a b c d e f g hWHITE NETS A PIECEIt was going to be Bobby versus Judit. But the confrontation pitting Bobby Fischer against 16-year-old Judit Pol-gat* did not materialize — perhaps a not-so-unlucky outcome for the always controversial American chess genius.Instead, Rilgar played, battered and triumphed brilliantly over 56-year-old Boris Spassky in a recent match held in her native Budapest. The final score was 5Z4-4/4, but the numbers are misleading.Polgar won the ninth game to gain victory and the winner's purse of 5110,000.The final game was a mostly l empty formality, except to • Spassky who preserved ap-; pearances and dignity by.win-ning it after hours of play.Following his defeat, Spassky told reporters that he had | “ to analyze wha t w ent wrong in the match.For American grandmaster Pal Benko, the explanation was simple and geriatric:“Judit behaves like a puppy that runs gaily out to the street not fearing that something could hit her. At an older age you learn that you canbe hit.*'The 40-year age difference — inconceivable in any other sport but chess — was clearly , important. But Polgar is not ! merely young. She is also talented, accomplished and impressively hard-working.Currently riding a crest, she could be a difficult opponent \ for even the very stronges L of I today's grandmasters.Before the match with Spassky, Polgar took first place in the prestigious Hastings {England) Chess Congress. Among her victims was Russian grandmaster Yevgeny Bareyev — currently ranked eighth in the world — whom she beat twice in two games.Below is the second of those wins.Pol oil r Barftvitv
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Sun, Mar 07, 1993
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