Chess Blindfold World Record

The grandmaster from uzbekistan who now represents the united states improved upon previous simuls by fm marc lang 46 and gm miguel najdorf 45 and hopes that his record will be internationally recognized.

Chess blindfold world record.

Timur s mark of 48 35 wins 6 losses and 7 draws eclipsed that mark in every respect amount of games time needed strength of opposition and win percentage. Garry kasparov won with 7 10 while judit polgár alexander grischuk peter leko alexei shirov and anatoly karpov tied for second to sixth places each with 4 10. Chess grandmaster timur gareyev will attempt to break the world record for blindfold chess. The most simultaneous blindfolded chess games total games is 48 achieved by timur gareyev uzbekistan at the university of nevada in las vegas nevada usa on 3 4 december 2016.

Highest percentage of players below 50 in a tournament. In a blindfold game a player is not allowed to look at the board. Gm timur gareyev played 48 chess games blindfolded simultaneously from saturday to sunday in las vegas. Last week in germany two blindfold experts gm timur gareev and marc lang broke this 80 year record by playing seven opponents.

The generally acknowledged world record that stood for the rest of the 20th century was set by george koltanowski on 20 september 1937 in edinburgh who played 34 chess games simultaneously while blindfolded. I accomplished this goal december 4 2016 when i played 48 games blindfolded at the same time winning 35 drawing 7 and losing 6 in just under 19 hours. One of the most remarkable feats in chess is the blindfold game. That achievement has now earned him the official guinness world record eclipsing the previous record of 46 boards set by german fm marc lang in 2011.

Gm timur gareyev 48 games. Most simultaneous blindfold games. He played 48 opponents simultaneously while blindfolded in an exhibition which lasted upwards of 18 hours. He won 24 games and lost 10 over a period of 13 hours.

Update 24 march 2017. Gareyev s simul has now been officially recognized as a guinness world record. Timur gareyev world record holder for blindfold chess. In early december 2016 grandmaster timur gareyev accomplished an extraordinary feat.

8 8 2015 in 1934 alexander alekhine and george koltanowski set this world record for tandem blindfold chess playing six opponents with a score of 3 2 1. My dream was to break the world record for the most simultaneous games played at a time. The event took place at the unlv foundations building in las vegas. Read blindfold king news.