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In this post, you’ll discover the best blind Chess players in the world. Playing blindfold Chess is a Chess variant reserved for players that have achieved a FIDE of at least 1800. 1800 seems to be the threshold that players need to reach before they are able to play through an entire game without seeing the board in physical form with their ...
Dec 5, 2016 · 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.
On December 4, 2016, Timur Gareyev played against 48 opponents in a blindfold simul that lasted nearly 20 hours to set the new world record, a truly unbelievable exhibition of human strength and stamina.
Apr 24, 2023 · The Uzbeki-American player, who holds the world record of 48 simultaneous matches while unable to see the board, served up an astonishing exhibition at the World Championship in Astana, Kazakhstan....
Blindfold chess. Blindfold chess, also known as sans voir, is a form of chess play wherein the players do not see the positions of the pieces and do not touch them. This forces players to maintain a mental model of the positions of the pieces. Moves are communicated via a recognized chess notation .
Oct 4, 2016 · On September 24th, 2016, GM Timur Gareyev played 64 consecutive blindfold games at the Coralville Marriot Hotel. He started at 9:32 AM Central Standard Time, and finished at 7:45 PM. He played 64 games of chess.
Sep 21, 2015 · Currently the world records belong to FM Marc Lang & GM Miguel Najdorf, 46 and 45 games played blindfolded respectively. Marc played the most games and Najdorf achieved the most wins. My goal is to beat their records facing 50 opponents simulataneously.