Chess news and chess trivia blog (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2010
Hello Everyone,
We found this fantastic video at the BlindfoldChess website. It is about German FIDE master Marc Lang. He has been working on improving the number of blindfold games in a simul. He started playing 15 simultaneously in June 2009 to becoming the holder of the German record of 23 in November of the same year. Just recently (Nov.27-28, 2010) he successfully took on 35 opponents in Sontheim, Germany, which eclipsed the 34-board performance of George Koltanowski in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1937.
Koltanowski’s accomplishment became the world record for number of simultaneous blindfold games played up to that time, but a decade later Miguel Najdorf played 45 at once in São Paulo, Brazil and this currently stands as the generally accepted world record.
Well, we have the video in German. But don't worry. If you love chess, you would love the video. In any case, flip back to the article and read it in English afterwards at BlindfoldChess website.
Meanwhile, we wish FM Marc Lang the best of luck in his amazing chess quest.
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What a guy! Listen, that kid in the end who slept - ha ha ha. How funny.
ReplyDeleteVery interesting. I do hope he makes the world record. Awesome.
ReplyDeleteMarc my words. This guy would do it.
ReplyDeleteАлександра Костенюк лучших
ReplyDeleteOh boy. How can he do that. And he is only FM? Right?
ReplyDeleteChrist! This guy must have some brainpower. Highly Impressive.
ReplyDeleteActually I didn't even notice the kid who played last fell asleep, I thought he was just thinking. But then I saw the referee shaking him gently...in the end he was very unhappy with all the cameras on him in a lost position, so I agreed to a draw. I heard his comrades at school are now making jokes on him as the "guy who fell asleep on TV" :-)
ReplyDeleteOnly a German could do it. Heh Heh.
ReplyDeleteHi Alexandra! What piece of advice would you give to an adult who is a beginner in chess? Do you think it is too late for him to make progress? What do you recommend?
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