What is Sofia Polgar's FIDE rating?

Sofia Polgar's FIDE rating is 2450 standard. Chess Stalker tracks it together with Sofia Polgar's over-the-board games and opening repertoire.

How many OTB games has Sofia Polgar played?

The Chess Stalker database holds 849 over-the-board games by Sofia Polgar (822 classical, 26 rapid, 1 blitz), with 42% wins. The full list, with openings and results, is on Sofia Polgar's Chess Stalker profile.

How do I prepare against Sofia Polgar?

Open Sofia Polgar's free Chess Stalker report: opening repertoire with results per line as White and Black, recurring weaknesses and blunder patterns evaluated with Stockfish, and recent games. Then rehearse against the Twin Bot, which imitates Sofia Polgar's style, before facing them.

Sofia Polgar

Hungaryborn 1974FIDE ID 700231

Rating & statistics

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2450Classical

2469peak, Jan 2001

849games

360wins, 42%

241draws, 28%

248losses, 29%

Rated gamesInactive · rating frozenOfficial FIDE lists · drag the range below the chartPeak 2469 · Jan 2001

Play style

before facing themWhat you need to know before facing them

Elite accuracy: 92.6% average

Low resilience (30%): Doesn't save lost positions

Very consistent (93%)

Very precise: only 0.0 blunders/game

Dominates 1.e4 as

(60% in 413 games)

Vulnerable to 1.c4

(only 39%)

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Based on

849 games

Based on 849 games

Openings

849 gamesBased on 849 player games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White

Alekhine Defense1.e4 ♞f6 2.e5 ♞d510 games, last played 38 years ago50.0%losses

Pirc Defense1.e4 d6 2.d4 ♞f613 games, last played 24 years ago46.2%losses

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White

Sicilian: d6 Systems1.e4 c5 2.♞f3 d678 games, last played 13 years ago59.0%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 38 analyzedStockfish · Classical games · 38 analyzed

Accuracy by phase

Opening

95.7%

Middlegame

92.4%

Endgame

94.4%

Clutch factor

+5%

Winning (+2)Winning (+2)

96%2g

EqualEqual position

94%17g

Losing (−2)Losing (−2)

91%19g

Accuracy under pressure barely drops when losing.

Problematic pieces

24%

10 err

24%

10 err

20%

8 err

15%

6 err

15%

6 err

1 err

Critical moment

Move 30 avg

1-15

16-25

26-35

36-45

46+

Error heatmap · Critical squaresError heatmap

Few

Many

22Errors mapped

d7 / f6Hotspot zone

Critical squares

44 err

33 err

22 err

d7/f6 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

4 errors · Stockfish

#16

♛xc2?? vs Polgar

Middlegame · Blitz · 2013

#40

axb4?? vs Smyslov

Endgame · OTB

#21

♜xf7?? vs Geller

Middlegame · OTB

#31

♛h4?? vs Geller

Middlegame · OTB

Recent games

849 games

Polgar, Judit(2696)

Match des Championnes Bli... · 14 May 2013

0–1

Polgar, Judit(2696)

Match des Championnes Rap... · 14 May 2013

1–0

Polgar, Judit(2696)

Match des Championnes Rap... · 13 May 2013

0–1

Botvinnik, Mikhail(2339)

TCh-ISR · 5 Feb 2010

½–½

Fusthy, Zsolt(2323)

TCh-HUN 2008-9 · 5 Apr 2009

½–½

Rodshtein, Maxim(2275)

Israel · 28 Mar 2003

½–½

Endgame statistics

23 endgames (56.1%) · force Rook+Bishop vs Rook+Knight (0%)

Strongest

79.4%

R+Bishop vs R+Knight

Weakest

60.6%

Pure Pawn

Reaches Endgame

56.1%

23 / 41

B vs N Pref

52.4%·47.8%

prefers the bishop

PiecesTypeWin %games

Rook + Equal Minors

56%44%

77.9%353g

R+Bishop vs R+Knight

59%41%

79.4%306g

Rook vs Minor (Exchange)

49%50%

73.7%281g

Rook vs Rook

48%50%

72.6%252g

Rook vs Two Minors

56%44%

78.1%160g

Pure Pawn

36%50%14

60.6%109g

Rook + Equal Minors77.9%353g

R+Bishop vs R+Knight79.4%306g

Rook vs Minor (Exchange)73.7%281g

Rook vs Rook72.6%252g

Rook vs Two Minors78.1%160g

Pure Pawn60.6%109g

Weak in Rook+Bishop vs Rook+Knight: only 0% win rate (8 games). Force this endgameShow all 14 types

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Repertoire

PROTime controls · Years · Events

849 games in scope

Explore the repertoireevery move played, ranked by frequency

427 games47%W28%D25%L

427games in this linewon 47%, drew 28%, lost 25%

Move

1. e4

41313y

46%29%25%

60%

1. d4

5—

100%

1. c4

4Nov 2000

50%50%

50%

1. ♞c3

3Jun 1989

67%33%

67%

1. b3

1—

100%

1. ♞f3

1Apr 1999

100%

Scouting report: Sofia Polgar (IM, HUN)

Sofia Polgar

Rating & statistics

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Openings

Weaknesses

Strengths

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Critical blunders

Recent games

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