 Russian GM Evgeny Bareev, at the time ranked eighth in the world, led going into tournament's last round, but was defeated by Polgár in their second individual game, allowing her to share first.Immediately following the Hastings tournament, Polgár played an exhibition match in February against former World Champion, Boris Spassky.She won the match 5½–4½ and won the largest prize money to that point in her career of $110,000.