![]() ![]() Other women have reached 2700+ in single tournaments. Its effect is most dramatic at the 2700 level of elite GMs, a standard currently achieved by 34 men but which only Polgar has ever surpassed consistently among women. There is a longstanding and continuing debate about why men perform better, without any clear conclusion, whereas the 200 points difference has stood the test of time. The open grandmaster title (GM) is assessed as 200 rating points higher than the women’s version (WGM), 2500 against 2300, while international master (IM) is 2400 against 2200 for WIM. Polgar’s superiority over her rivals for a quarter of a century can be viewed in the form of a graph showing the top female players all the way from 1970, when the Elo rating system was adopted by the global body, Fide, right up to the present. ![]() 3877: Lawrence Trent v Harriet Hunt, 4NCL 2012. ![]()
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