the polgars and training

Originally posted by stevetodd
Although part of me agrees with you below is what David Tebb (whose opinion also has to be respected as does Lasker's) said:

"I believe Emanuel Lasker actually said that he could take a person of average intelligence and turn them into a chess master by the end of six months. That sounds right. If an ordinary player in any sport or game is coached for 6 ...[text shortened]... e for 6 months (although I would like to think that I have above average intelligence lol)

Originally posted by Bedlam
http://sport.guardian.co.uk/chess/

This might be of intrest to you, Nigel Short coaching Stephen Moss who are (were in Nigels case I guess) both writers for the Guardian.

10% inspiration 90% persperation. Nothing comes without hard work. Kasparov prepared tonnes of home analysis and he became one of the world elite because of hard work, dont make the mistake of thinking that people came all this way because they were talented. There are loads of talented people who get nowhere because they are lazy.

Originally posted by stevetodd
Yeah thanks I did find it interesting, but frustratingly too brief, but then I would have read a 1,000 pages on this subject.

Getting back to the Question i asked earlier in this thread!
Has anyone brought any of susan polgars dvds and are they any good?

I think that the Polgar story gives us a lesson in the fact that anyone (short of specific physical handicaps) can master any field so long as their interest is genuine and they devote much of their lives to it.

I believe it also shows that parents should not baby their children as many do. Children are smarter than adults, they just don't know as much. Children intake knowledge at phenomenal rates and when people encourage their children to apply themselves professionally there are often incredible results. For a more famous example of this principle find the incredible true story of Mozart.

Originally posted by spellforce
10% inspiration 90% persperation. Nothing comes without hard work. Kasparov prepared tonnes of home analysis and he became one of the world elite because of hard work, dont make the mistake of thinking that people came all this way because they were talented. There are loads of talented people who get nowhere because they are lazy.

Originally posted by spellforce
10% inspiration 90% persperation. Nothing comes without hard work. Kasparov prepared tonnes of home analysis and he became one of the world elite because of hard work, dont make the mistake of thinking that people came all this way because they were talented. There are loads of talented people who get nowhere because they are lazy.

Ofcourse when it comes to worl championships there is need of talent but the exceptionally hard working players have a great chance to beat talented ones. Theres no reason one should shy away from chess because they arent talented, there are many many ways to improve your chess and I believe that you can achieve master level through hard work.

Well, not only had I met Susan Polgar, I have actually played her.

http://www.gothicchess.com/images/ed_vs_susan_big.jpg

While it was not chess but Gothic Chess, I had been playing the game 6 years, it was her first game, and she was able to win.

I'd say she has some talent!

Trice vs. Polgar

1. d4 h6
2. Nh3 g6
3. g3 d5
4. Nc3 c6
5. e4 dxe4
6. Bxe4 Qxd4
7. Cd3 Qf6
8. Cd8 Ng7
9. Bf4 Nd7

This leads to the following diagram with white to move

http://www.gothicchess.com/images/Trice_Polgar.jpg

10. Qxd7! e5!!

{not 10...Bxd7?? 11. Cxd7#}

11. O-O-O exf4
12. Nxf4 Ae7
13. Cxe8+ Nxe8
14. Qd3 Nd6
15. Bg2 Bf5
16. Qe2 Re8
17. f3 Ac8
18. Qf2 Bxi2
19. Ri1 Bf5
20. Qc5 Qxj2
21. Nh3 Qf6
22. g4 b6
23. Qa3 Ae7
24. Qxa7 Nb6
25. Qxe7+ Rxe7
26. Axb6 Nxc3
27. Rd8+ Kg7
28. bxc3 Kh7
29. Ad4 Re1+
30. Rxe1 Qxd8
31. Axc6 Qc8
32. f4 Bd7
33. Ae4 Bxg4

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