Update 24 march 2017.
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.
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.
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.
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My dream was to break the world record for the most simultaneous games played at a time.
Timur gareyev world record holder for blindfold chess.
In a blindfold game a player is not allowed to look at the board.
Last week in germany two blindfold experts gm timur gareev and marc lang broke this 80 year record by playing seven opponents.
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 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.
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 48 games.
At the linares 2001 tournament five of the six players 83 3 finished with a minus score.
Gm timur gareyev played 48 chess games blindfolded simultaneously from saturday to sunday in las vegas.
One of the most remarkable feats in chess is the blindfold game.
He won 24 games and lost 10 over a period of 13 hours.
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.
He will play 47 chess games blindfolded at the same time while on an exercise bike.
The event took place at the unlv foundations building in las vegas.
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.
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.
Chess grandmaster timur gareyev will attempt to break the world record for blindfold chess.
He played 48 opponents simultaneously while blindfolded in an exhibition which lasted upwards of 18 hours.
