Chess Blindfold World Record

Gm timur gareyev 48 games.

Chess blindfold world record.

In early december 2016 grandmaster timur gareyev accomplished an extraordinary feat. 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. My dream was to break the world record for the most simultaneous games played at a time. Most simultaneous blindfold games.

Chess grandmaster timur gareyev will attempt to break the world record for blindfold chess. Read blindfold king news. 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. 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.

He won 24 games and lost 10 over a period of 13 hours. 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. Gm timur gareyev played 48 chess games blindfolded simultaneously from saturday to sunday in las vegas. At the linares 2001 tournament five of the six players 83 3 finished with a minus score.

The event took place at the unlv foundations building in las vegas. One of the most remarkable feats in chess is the blindfold game. He played 48 opponents simultaneously while blindfolded in an exhibition which lasted upwards of 18 hours. Timur gareyev world record holder for blindfold chess.

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. Highest percentage of players below 50 in a tournament. 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. In a blindfold game a player is not allowed to look at the board.

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. 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. Update 24 march 2017. He will play 47 chess games blindfolded at the same time while on an exercise bike.