Timur Gareyev was just moves into a world record 48-board simultaneous blindfold chess exhibition in Las Vegas when he decided to change tactics. “I was like, OK, I’m just going to try to go with the ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Fifteen Colorado chess players sat across from empty chairs Saturday, some for more than five hours. Their opponent, however, was wearing a blindfold in a ...

For many, remembering where they’ve left their keys and cellphone is challenge enough. Remembering the layouts of 48 chess boards well enough to play and win most of the games, then, would seem ...

RICHARDSON, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) - As the UT Dallas Chess Team prepares to head to the Final Four of Chess in New York in April, two of the UTD players took on other students, staff and the public in a ...

LOVELAND — Unlike the atmosphere at most chess games, the room was not silent as grandmaster Timur Gareev faced off against nearly 70 students at Resurrection Fellowship Christian School, blindfolded.

On Saturday, I saw a chess grand master play 12 simultaneous games while he was blindfolded and riding an exercise bike. Go ahead and let that sink in for a second. I’m guessing you may have some ...

Chess has the reputation of being a very hard game. But a simple tweak can make it even harder: taking away the pieces and board. In blindfold chess, moves are communicated verbally, and one (or both) ...

Ladies, that suave strange-tamer above is none other than chess grandmaster Timur Gareev, who is currently ranked No. 3 in America but No. 1 in your loins. A quick Google search of Gareev will reveal ...

(CBS) CHICAGO - A chess grandmaster, ranked 3rd in the U.S., put his skill to the test Friday at the Cook County Jail in Chicago, beating ten inmates in two hours - while blindfolded - reports CBS ...

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Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Fifteen Colorado chess players sat across from empty chairs Saturday, some for more than five hours. Their opponent, however, was wearing a blindfold in a ...