The FIDE World Chess Championship 2005 took place in Potrero de los Funes, San Luis Province in Argentina from September 27 to October 16, 2005. It was won by Veselin Topalov.
Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria, winner of the FIDE World Chess Championship 2005.
Judit Polgár
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Judit Polgár is a Hungarian chess grandmaster, widely regarded as the strongest female chess player of all time. She is the only woman to be ranked in the world top 10, the only woman to achieve a rat
FIDE World Chess Championship 2005
…Aftermath section below), as did the recently retired Kasparov. Their places were taken by the next two players on the FIDE rating list: Peter Svidler and Judit Polgár. Polgár's participation made the FIDE World Chess Championship 2005 the first and so far only (as of 2026) small-scale World Chess Championship to have…
Polgár in 2013 (Warsaw)
Judit, Zsuzsa, Zsófia and László Polgár, 1989
Judit (left) with sister Sofia at Thessaloniki, 1988
In 1993, Polgár defeated former world champion Boris Spassky (pictured here in 1984) in an exhibition match.