Individual Chess Highlights


  • 1986 New York Open (unrated section), NY, USA 1st place
  • 1988 Timisoara, Romania (Boys) World Under – 12 Championship 1st place
  • 1988 London, England 1st place
  • 1988 Mazatlan, Mexico Rapid World Junior Championship 1st place
  • 1988 Varna, Bulgaria 1st place
  • 1998 Egilsstadir, Iceland 1st place (shared)
  • 1988/89 Hastings, England 1st place
  • 1989 Amsterdam, Holland, Achieving the first GM norm. 3rd place (shared)
  • 1989 Vejstrup, Denmark 2nd place (shared)
  • 1990 Amsterdam, Holland 1st place (shared)
  • 1990 New Delhi, India 3rd place (shared)
  • 1990 Fond du Lac, USA (Boys) World Under –14 Championship 1st place
  • 1991 Budapest, Hungarian Super Championship 1st place
  • 1992 New York, 2nd place
  • 1992 Aruba, 2nd place (shared)
  • 1992 Madrid, Spain 2nd place (shared)
  • 1992/93 Hastings, England 1st place (shared)
  • 1993 Dos Hermanas, Spain 2nd place
  • 1993 Oviedo, Spain Open Rapid Event 1st place
  • 1994 Madrid, Spain Super GM Tournament 1st place
  • 1994 Buenos Aires, Argentina 3rd place (shared)
  • 1995 Isle of Lewis,Scotland 1st place
  • 1995 Amsterdam, Holland 3rd place
  • 1996 Leon, Spain 1st place (shared)
  • 1996 Vienna, Austria 2nd place
  • 1998 Kona – Hawaii, Us Open 1st place
  • 1998 Hoogoven, Holland 1st place
  • 1998 Haifa, Israel Rapid GM tournament 1st place (shared)
  • 1999 Las Vegas, USA, World Championship ¼ finalist
  • 1999 Hoogoven, Holland 1st place (shared)
  • 2000 Bali, Indonesia 1st place
  • 2000 Malmo, Sweden 1st place
  • 2000 Buenos Aires, Argentina 1st place
  • 2000 Merida, Spain 2nd place
  • 2001 Ohrid, European Championship 3rd place (shared)
  • 2001 Hoogoven, Holland 1st place (shared)
  • 2001 Linares, Spain 2nd place (shared)
  • 2001 Cannes, France Rapid World Cup 3rd place (shared)
  • 2002 Benidorm, Spain Rapid tournament 1st place
  • 2003 Hoogeveen, Holland 1st place
  • 2003 Wijk aan Zee, Holland 2nd place
  • 2003 Budapest, Hungary 2nd place
  • 2005 Wijk aan Zee, Holland 4th place (shared)
  • 2005 Sofia, Bulgaria 3rd place (shared)
  • 2005 San Luis, Mexico FIDE World Championship 8th place
  • 2006 Hoogovens, Holland 1st place (shared)
  • 2006 Rishon le Zion, Izrael Blitz World Championship 5th place
  • 2007 Vitoria, Champions Leauge 3rd place (shared)
Team competition
  • 1988 Thessaloniki, Greece –Women's Chess Olympiad
    Only twelve years-old and winning both team, and 2 individual gold medals with the Hungarian Women's team. Best performance on the whole Olympiad.
  • 1990 Novi Sad, Yugoslavia – Women's Chess Olympiad
    Winning individual and team gold medals for Hungary.
  • 1999 Batumi, Georgia – European Chess Team Championship
    This time on the "men" team, winning silver medal with the Hungarian team and gold for the individual performance.
  • 2000 Istanbul , Turkey – Chess Olympiad
    Best performance of the Hungarian "men" team
  • 2002 Moscow, Russia – Russia vs. Rest of the World
    Member of the victorious team, defeating Kasparov.
  • 2002 Bled, Slovenia – Chess Olympiad
    Winning silver medal with the Hungarian "men" team. Bronze medal for the individual performance.
  • In various European Leagues, Judit helped her teams to win the National championship: 2002 Polonia Team, Poland; 2006 Wood Green Team, England; 2007 Aquaprofit Nagykanizsa Team, Hungary; and 2008 Chieti Team, Italy
Exhibition matches
  • 1993 Budapest, Defeating ex-world champion Boris Spassky 5,5–4,5
  • 1995 Aruba, Defeating Jeroen Piket 6–2
  • 1996 Budapest, Defeating world champion chess program Junior 4–2
  • 1996 Sao Paulo, Defeating Gilberto Milos in a rapid match 2,5–1,5
  • 1998 Budapest, Defeating world champion Anatoly Karpov in a rapid match 5–3
  • 2003 Shanghai, Defeating Bu Xianghzi in a blitz match 5–1
Breaking records


  • Elected "The best woman chess player of the 20th Century"
  • Breaking Bobby Fischer's record of becoming the youngest chess grandmaster.
  • The first girl to be a champion in Boys Junior World championships
  • First woman in history to get into the World Top Ten in the "Men" rating list
  • Winning the chess Oscar-prize seven times.
  • 20 years leading the woman’s rankings
Victories against world champions

Anand ,Karpov, Kasimdzhanov, Kasparov, Khalifman, Ponomariov, Smyslov, Spassky, Topalov.