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The Grand Chess Tour (GCT) has confirmed the field for the Croatia Grand Chess Tour leg that will include four full tour participants and seven wildcards. With legendary World Champions Garry Kasparov and Vishy Anand as well as the World Championship title challenger Ian Nepomniachtchi from Russia the Croatia Grand Chess Tour promises to be action packed. | Pictured: Kasparov and Anand at the 2017 Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz Tournament | Photo: Lennart Ootes
Judit Polgar joins Play Magnus as Educational Ambassador
Judit Polgar, the strongest female chess player of all time, has joined the Play Magnus Group to advance the shared mission of making chess a powerful tool in education. Judit will continue to commentate on top events on chess24 while also producing educational content on Chessable.
Judit Polgar - the closest chess has come to a real-life Beth Harmon | photo: juditpolgar.com
Judit’s extraordinary career saw her beat Bobby Fischer s long-standing record to become the youngest grandmaster in history at the age of 15 years and 5 months. She went on to become a Top 10 player and single-handedly disproved the notion that women are incapable of competing with men in chess, with her fierce attacking style capable of striking fear into the heart of any opponent. Her victims included World Champions Garry Kasparov, Anatoly Karpov, Boris Spassky, Vasily Smyslov, Veselin Topalov, Viswanathan Anand, Alexander Khalifman, Ruslan Pono