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George Koltanowski
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 24 years ago |
Date of birth | September 17,1903 |
Zodiac sign | Virgo |
Born | Antwerp |
Belgium | |
Date of died | February 5,2000 |
Died | San Francisco |
California | |
United States | |
Books | Adventures of a chess master |
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Titles | Grandmaster |
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ID | 1254168 |
George Koltanowski Life story
George Koltanowski was a Belgian-born American chess player, promoter, and writer. He was informally known as "Kolty". Koltanowski set the world's blindfold record on 20 September 1937, in Edinburgh, by playing 34 chess games simultaneously while blindfolded, making headline news around the world.