On January 20, 1947, in São Paulo, Brazil, Argentine grandmaster Miguel Najdorf — originally from Poland —played 45 blindfold chess games simultaneously.
He couldn’t see a single board. Every move, every piece, every position was memorized and tracked entirely in his mind.
For 24 hours straight, he fought his opponents and achieved a phenomenal score:
– 39 wins
– 2 draws
– 4 losses
– a win percentage of 86.6%.
This wasn't just a chess stunt — it was also a desperate hope. Najdorf had lost contact with his family after World War II. He hoped the world-record feat would make global headlines… and maybe help him find his loved ones.
Recognized by the Guinness Book of Records, his performance remained unbeaten for decades. It proved that intelligence, willpower, and memory matter just as much as sight in chess.
His record shook the world.
But what happened next — and who dared to rewrite it —
is another, no less thrilling story.
Photo by Miguel Najdorf: Wikimedia Commons (CC0 1.0 Public Domain)
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He couldn’t see a single board. Every move, every piece, every position was memorized and tracked entirely in his mind.
For 24 hours straight, he fought his opponents and achieved a phenomenal score:
– 39 wins
– 2 draws
– 4 losses
– a win percentage of 86.6%.
This wasn't just a chess stunt — it was also a desperate hope. Najdorf had lost contact with his family after World War II. He hoped the world-record feat would make global headlines… and maybe help him find his loved ones.
Recognized by the Guinness Book of Records, his performance remained unbeaten for decades. It proved that intelligence, willpower, and memory matter just as much as sight in chess.
His record shook the world.
But what happened next — and who dared to rewrite it —
is another, no less thrilling story.
Photo by Miguel Najdorf: Wikimedia Commons (CC0 1.0 Public Domain)
#chess #blindfoldchess #Najdorf #chessrecords #chessfacts #grandmaster #chesshistory #ChessShortSeries
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00:00Second Chess Fact
00:01Today we will tell you about Najdorf's 45 blindfold games, and he crushed them.
00:07Playing blindfolded is tough.
00:09Now imagine, 45 games at once, and you can't see a single board.
00:15In 1947, in Brazil, Miguel Najdorf did the unthinkable.
00:2045 blindfold games at once.
00:23Every board, inside his head, no diagrams, no glances.
00:27For 24 hours straight, he fought his opponents and achieved a phenomenal score.
00:34He won 39 games, drew 2, and lost only 4, a win percentage of 86.6%.
00:40But it wasn't just about chess.
00:43He was searching for family, lost during the war.
00:47He hoped the world would listen, that the record might lead them to him.
00:51And the world did. His name made history.
00:54Najdorf proved, chess is memory, focus, and courage.
01:00Could you hold 45 games in your mind?
01:03If this record amazed you, hit like and share.
01:06Sometimes, stories like this are what truly inspire us.
01:11His record shook the world.
01:13But what happened next, and who dared to rewrite it,
01:16is another, no less thrilling story.
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