Kammala wannan jumla: A watan Nuwamba na 1988, Judit da 'yan uwanta mata, tare da Ildikó Mádl, sun wakilci Hungary a sashen Mata na gasar Olympics ta Duniya.
Gasar Olympics ta Chess ta 28 a Thessaloniki. Ƙungiyar Chess ta Duniya ba za ta ba da izinin Polgárs su yi wasa da maza a gasar ƙungiya ba. Kafin gasar, Eduard Gufeld, Soviet GM da kocin tawagar mata na Soviet, ya kori Polgárs: "Na yi imanin cewa waɗannan 'yan matan za su rasa wani ɓangare na hoton da suka samu cikin sauri a gasar Olympics ta 28... Bayan haka za mu sani ko 'yan'uwa mata 'yan Hungary gwanaye ne ko kuma mata ne kawai!" Koyaya, ƙungiyar mata ta Hungary ta lashe gasar, wanda ya nuna a karon farko ba Soviet Union ce ta ci ta ba. Judit ta buga kwamitin 2 kuma ta gama gasar tare da mafi girman ci 121⁄2 <unk>1⁄2 don lashe lambar zinare ta mutum. Ta kuma lashe lambar yabo ta ban mamaki don wasan da ta yi da Pavlina Angelova.