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08-13-2014 , 05:39 PM

TexAg06

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http://en.chessbase.com/post/judit-p...petitive-chess

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08-13-2014 , 10:47 PM

airwave16

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Didn't she just come out of retirement recently?

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08-14-2014 , 09:31 AM

goldaxe

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Just in time before Hou Yifan overtakes her.

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08-14-2014 , 12:06 PM

Fabian

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Originally Posted by goldaxe

Just in time before Hou Yifan overtakes her.

My first thought.

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08-14-2014 , 12:16 PM

coon74

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Mine too. (I was just too polite to express it.) It was an outstanding career nevertheless.

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08-15-2014 , 11:16 AM

EGarrett

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Yeah, the Yifan thing nails it.

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08-15-2014 , 11:41 PM

Army Eye

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She's been... barely active for several years, so it's not like a sudden thing. I guess it's possible, but I should hope she didn't retire due to Hou Yifan. Hou Yifan is nothing compared to Judit who was a world-class player. Maybe one day Hou will be but.. please.

Hungary won silver medal in her final event which is a nice way to go out.

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08-16-2014 , 05:33 AM

RoundTower

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The Yifan thing is awfully coincidental, but in fairness Judit has never cared about women's chess - why would she suddenly care about being the best active woman in the world?

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08-21-2014 , 05:57 PM

EGarrett

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RoundTower, some things you don't care about until you're about to lose them.

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08-21-2014 , 06:48 PM

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Fabian

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Yeah it's easy enough to not care when you're 150 points higher than #2 for 20 years (or whatever).

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08-21-2014 , 07:04 PM

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At the end of her guest commentary on round 2 of the Olympiad, when asked about the chance of a match vs Yifan, Judit said it might happen if there are nice location and conditions offered

(Btw, in that video, she explained a cute sharp game of herself in that round.) I think at that point she already knew she would retire; perhaps that match just wouldn't count as 'competitive chess'.

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08-30-2014 , 09:00 AM

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Judit Bowlgar

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always sad when a player who was named after me retires

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