17-year old Turkmen chess player Allayar Shirliyev has played a game of simultaneous blindfolded game against 25 opponents. Sportsman of Honored Coach of Turkmenistan Shohrat Myratguliyev won 16, drown one and lost 2 games. Therefore, the final result of the match is 18.5 – 6.5 to Allayar’s favor.
The world record for blindfolded chess games belongs to Hungarian chess player János Flesch, who played simultaneous blindfolded game against 52 opponents, which lasted more than 13 hours.
Once upon a time, the Emperor Julius Caesar has said a legendary words: “I came, I saw, I won”. The opponents of Allayar said that Shirliyev came, didn’t see but won.
The result of Allayar, which continues the traditions of Muhammed As-Suli, who played chess without looking at the board, is on the 8th position in chess rating.
The next simultaneous game, which will be also held in April, the chess player will play on 30 boards and further, he hopes to beat the record of Hungarian grandmaster and play blindfolded on more than 52 boards.
Roman Teplyakov
