48 blindfold boards - The tale behind the record

Abstract

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. However, the road to the record was one of extensive preparation during which he met with leading experts in memory techniques, and even brought in the last surviving opponent of Najdorf’s 1947 record, 92-year-old Luciano Andrade. Here is \textlessa href="[Post:view_link]"\textgreaterthe full story behind the world record.\textless/a\textgreater