Daily puzzle
#44 · July 23, 2026
David Howell
Happy Birthday to Judit Polgar! The greatest woman player of all time turns 50 today. To celebrate this milestone, we will be solving puzzles from her games for the rest of the week. Can you see how an 11-year-old Judit unleashed a thunderbolt out of nowhere to win the game for Black?
Played 1988, in Reykjavik Open • Tisdall vs Polgar