Insane World Records
“Chess grips its exponent, shaking the mind and brain so that the inner freedom and independence of even the strongest character cannot remain unaffected” - Albert Einstein
Chess is a hard game. We all struggled through the journey of progress, but there are many talented players who have broken records or helped break records and push the limits of chess. Today we are going to go through these amazing achievements, whether its having a unbeatable chess streak, or an event with over 20,000 people competing against a few players, or big rookk lol, we will be exploring what talented people can do.
This blog is divided into three categories, Events, Chess Sets, and People and also, you will definitely not want to miss the last one. Enjoy! 
Most watched chess game live on stream
Rey Enigma, chess youtuber who currently has 1.2M subscribers, is a Spanish chess player who hides his identity, and has been speculated to play at the Grandmaster level. Rey Enigma was competing in Spain's Got Talent, and he would play a mystery guest and if he lose, he have to reveal his identity. He agreed and his mystery guest was former world champion, Anotoly Karpov.
Chess demands total concentration - Bobby Fisher
Have you ever tried playing blindfold chess? Have you ever enabled blindfold on chess.com’s settings and then you hang your queen when a pawn comes right out of nowhere? It's hard to remember exactly where the pieces are on a mental chessboard, and imagine you had to remember three games, or even ten games and still win most of them. 
Imagine thinking about this position in your head. Can you remember it all?
Grandmaster Timur Gareyev played 48 games, blindfolded on December 3, 2016. The simul took over 19 hours with a astonishing win rate of 80% against his opponents, which their average elo being 1700. (35 Wins, 7 Draws, 6 Loses)
Gareyev had experience with playing blindfolded, playing 33 games in St Louis, and 35 in Santa Clara. This event was hosted at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He even rode a electric bike, wanting to exercise in the long event, and only had six hours of sleep the night before.
Bro's multi-tasking
Biggest Simul Event
A chess board of tables and more chessboards
This description is short, but the event is definitely not. We seen Gareyev play his blindfolded simul, but what if there is a event that is 500 times bigger then his simul? That what we will see in India, as this simul have a whopping 20,480 people, beating the old record of 13,446 in Mexico City by 7,000 people.
The simul have 20,017 players vs 1,024 masters, including former champion Viswanathan Anand, with each master playing against a table of 20 players, and each group of tables being white or black, representing a giant chess board. The event was organized by the Sports Authority of Gujarat, at the University of Gujarat Sports Grounds in India.
Vishy playing some random noobs
Youngest Grandmaster
"No Chess Grandmaster is normal, they only differ in the extent of their madness"
- Viktor Korchnoi
Achieving the title of Grandmaster is probably the hardest challenge in Chess before becoming a World Champion. It can take chess players many years, or even decades to become a grandmaster. However, people who learn chess in their early age and plays it and studies it, likely improve faster then adults. The youngest person to achieve this title is Abhimanyu Mishra, who got the rating at 12 years old, and 4 months.
Abhimanyu Mishra broke other records as he improved quickly. He broke the record of getting the title of National Master at 9 years old, and International Master at 10. He first playing chess around 2 years old, and started playing tournaments at 5. Two years later, he got a USCF rating of 2000, at 7. Mishra has a goal of becoming a super GM (2700 Rating) and in the future maybe even becoming a world champion.
Most Expensive Chess Set
This thing probably cost the same as two or three of Andrew Tate's watches!
There used to be a time where chess is only played on a physical board, made with wood, or plastic, or another sort of material. Today, as long as we have a device and a internet connect (Basic survival necessities) we can play an unlimited amount of games on sites such as chess.com, and get access to tools that will help us through our chess journey. Right here is the most expensive chess set, The Pearl Royal Chess Set at $4,000,000.
Made by Colin Burn, a jewelry's artist from Australia, the chess set is decorated with different sorts of gems. The pieces has 512 carats of diamonds, sapphires, and South Sea pearls. The board is diamond embellished and is made of crystal glass with white gold and luxurious gemstones. Even the underside have diamonds and is polished perfectly. Only three chess sets was made, which is only available to the extremely rich.
Biggest Chess Piece 
We seen the most expensive chess set, but there is one chess piece, that cost much less, that can look as cool? This hand carved chess piece is a king, at 30 feet tall, with a diameter of 9 feet, 2 inches, standing in front of the World Chess Hall of Fame, which is right across the street from the Saint Louis Chess Club. (9 meters tall, 2.7 meters diameter)
This huge chess piece was made of African Sapele Mahogany and is covered with a tung oil sealant. This large piece is also a very heavy one, this piece sits at 10,860 pounds and is made from the R.G Ross Construction Company. Getting the record at 2018, the 10th anniversary of the chess club, this chess piece was put in place near the start of the famous US Chess Championship and US Women's Chess Championship.
Yes, it is almost the exact picture lol
Also I found a livestream of the chess piece in real time if you want to see it at video.nest.com
Most scariest chess opponent
Wow, very scary!!! 🙀🙀😫😫
Quick Chess Records
Most Elo Achieved
Magnus Carlson of course at 2882 on May 2014.
Oldest Grandmaster
Enrico Paolo got the title at age 88 on 1996
Longest Chess Game
269 Moves between Ivan Nikolic vs Goran Arsovic which took over 20 hours just to end in a draw.
Most Cringe GIF
Most Games played by one person at a time
Grandmaster Ehsan Ghaem-Maghami, played 604 opponents at the same time over the course of 25 hours, winning 508, drawing 16 and only losing 8. Grandmasters are too op.
Losing Records
Micholas Macleod lost 31 games at a 20 player, double round robin, on 1889 in New York, Friedrich Samisch lost all 15 games on time at the Busum 1969 tournament, and Colonel Moreau lost all 26 games at a tournament in Monto Carlo 1903, who became the player who lost the most games who lost all his games.
Most Tournament Wins
John Curdo died in 2022 winning 1,009 tournaments in his life.
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