Chess Blindfold World Record

Gareyev s simul has now been officially recognized as a guinness world record.

Chess blindfold world record.

Most simultaneous blindfold games. 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. In a blindfold game a player is not allowed to look at the board. Gm timur gareyev 48 games.

He played 48 opponents simultaneously while blindfolded in an exhibition which lasted upwards of 18 hours. The event took place at the unlv foundations building in las vegas. 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. Read blindfold king news.

Chess grandmaster timur gareyev will attempt to break the world record for blindfold chess. At the linares 2001 tournament five of the six players 83 3 finished with a minus score. In 2011 fm marc lang of germany broke gm miguel najdorf s 64 year old record by playing 46 games simultaneously over 21 hours and 9 minutes. Highest percentage of players below 50 in a tournament.

Update 24 march 2017. One of the most remarkable feats in chess is the blindfold game. He will play 47 chess games blindfolded at the same time while on an exercise bike. He won 24 games and lost 10 over a period of 13 hours.

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. 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. Gm timur gareyev played 48 chess games blindfolded simultaneously from saturday to sunday in las vegas. 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.

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. 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. Last week in germany two blindfold experts gm timur gareev and marc lang broke this 80 year record by playing seven opponents. Timur gareyev world record holder for blindfold chess.