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This month for Chess Books Recaptured, my good friend Jennifer Shahade joins me to\xa0 talk about a book that we both absolutely love, \xa0How I Beat Fischer\u2019s Record by legendary GM Judit Polgar.\xa0\n\n\xa0\xa0\xa0Of course, Jennifer is a great person to discuss this book, as she herself is quite an ambassador for female chess players, and among other distinctions, Jen is the two-time US Women\u2019s Champion, and the host of 2 award winning podcasts, Ladies Knight, and The Poker Grid.\xa0 In this podcast, Jen and I share our favorite quotes, stories and games from this 2012 Quality Chess publication, and we also contextualize the life and legacy of GM Judit Polgar. Please read on for lots more details, hyperlinks and timestamps.\xa0\n\nFor embedded hyperlinks, go to the podcast website here:\n\nhttps://www.perpetualchesspod.com/new-blog/2020/5/22/bonus-pod-recapping-judit-polgars-how-i-beat-fischers-record-with-jen-shahade\n\n\xa0\n\n0:00- We kick off by discussing how we decided to discuss Judit\u2019s book, and to talk generally a bit about how Jen personally,\xa0 and the chess world generally, are being affected by the coronavirus.\xa0\n\nMentioned: Ladies Knight Podcast, The Grid Poker Podcast, Jen Shahade\u2019s Twitch Channel\xa0The Polgar Sisters, Training or Genius? by Cathy Forbes, IM Not a GM Speed Chess Championship, IM Greg Shahade, St. Louis Chess Club\u2019s Clutch Chess\xa0\n\n10:00- We drill down more specifically into Judit\u2019s book and her story. What is the background of the Polgars? Do Judit\u2019s books get the credit they deserve? For what level is the book most helpful?\xa0\n\nMentioned: From GM to Top 10, A Game of Queens, David Llada, IM Eric Rosen, Lennart Ootes, GM Susan Polgar\xa0\n\nForward Chess- Use Promo Code \u201cJudit\u201d if you buy one of her e-books from them!\xa0\n\n20:30- Perpetual Chess is brought to you in part by Chessable.com. To check out the exciting new course from World Champion Magnus Carlsen, go here:\n\nhttps://www.chessable.com/the-magnus-touch-free-strategy-lesson/course/40115/\n\nMentioned: IM Greg Shahade, IM John Bartholomew\xa0\n\n23:00- We talk about how Judit changed women\u2019s chess by eschewing Women\u2019s Events in favor of mixed events. Will another woman follow in her footsteps?\xa0\n\nMentioned: GM Hou Yifan, GM Humpy Koneru, GM Humpy Koneru on The Ladies Knight Podcast, Free Excerpt of Judit\u2019s Book from Quality Chess here:\xa0\n\nhttps://www.qualitychess.co.uk/ebooks/HowIBeatFischersRecordExcerpt.pdf\n\n31:00- We discuss some of our favorite quotes and stories from the book.\n\nMentioned: GM Boris Gelfand, GM Susan Polgar, Life and Games of Mikhail Tal, My 60 Most Memorable Games, GM Pal Benko, GM Mikhail Marin, GM Boris Gelfand, GM Vasil Ivanchuk\n\nGelfand-Polgar 1989, GM Jonathan Rowson, Magnus Kingdom app\n\n48:00- It was tough to pick only a few favorite games each from the book, but we did! Here they are:\n\nPolgar-Chilingrova 1988\n\nPolgar-Lars Bo Hansen 1989\n\nTisdall-Polgar 1988\n\nZifroni-Polgar 1990\xa0\n\nPolgar-Flear 1989\n\nTolnai-Polgar 1991\n\nXie Jun- Polgar 1988\n\n1:05:00- What are the chess improvement takeaways from this book?\xa0\n\nMentioned: GM Judit Polgar\u2019s interview on Perpetual Chess, GM Alejandro Ramirez, Polgar at London Chess Conference, Irving Chernev\u2019s Chessboard Magic, GM Garry Kasparov\xa0\n\n01:27:00- Thanks so much to Jen for helping out this month. You can follow her on Twitter here. This month\u2019s donation went to the US Chess Women Initiative.\xa0\n\n01:28:00-\xa0\n\nNext month we will be recappingThe World Champion\u2019s I Knew\xa0 by Gennadi Sosonko, and Vjekoslav Nemec, from Chessentials.com, will be helping me out!\xa0\n\nHere are the Blindfold puzzles:\n\nPuzzle #1 1500 level White to move and win - White- pawns f4 and g5, king on d4, Black- pawn on a4, king on b4\xa0\n\nNOTE ON PUZZLE #2 I READ THE PUZZLE WRONG, IN ADDITION TO THE PIECES I NAMED, WHITE ALSO HAS A QUEEN ON A2\n\nPuzzle 2 2100 level?- White to move, mate in 2\n\nWhite: King on a1, queen on a2,\xa0 pawns on e3 and e5, Rook on h1, knight on c7\n\nBlack- king on g7, pawn on g6, knights on g8 and e7, rook on f8\n\n\xa0\n\nPuzzle #1 1500, (no answer)\n\nhttps://share.chessbase.com/SharedGames/share/?p=p/sxHjHhQ80fM5Wyr61XVDyFOXYjK/iYLp/yrSAVD4QDSejK9esxUSalDqwfPRMa\n\nPuzzle #1 (with answer)\n\nhttps://share.chessbase.com/SharedGames/share/?p=C5uNj27llXNFWn+fpTM5aJ5KAh6KUuvEy4NUwoMGsQu1GzQDUuWenT4JDbZIYkOT\n\nPuzzle 2 (no answer)\n\nhttps://share.chessbase.com/SharedGames/share/?p=J7FWNzeNYfxbPbbZ0zvfhLMidbk2WTeOzHsDINW2lzM+ASdC3LiG6ffAHEHt+fYR\n\nPuzzle 2 (with answer)\n\nhttps://share.chessbase.com/SharedGames/share/?p=52M6/pp9vjMEa4VHOSY8zwERFKd4U2rcHcmxDigzJUCyIZqEBGQD9CCR0+SjpAe2\n\n\xa0\n\n\n\n\n\nSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices