On January 20, 1947, in São Paulo, Brazil, Argentine grandmaster Miguel Najdorf — originally from Poland —played 45 blindfold chess games simultaneously. <br />He couldn’t see a single board. Every move, every piece, every position was memorized and tracked entirely in his mind. <br />For 24 hours straight, he fought his opponents and achieved a phenomenal score: <br />– 39 wins <br />– 2 draws <br />– 4 losses <br />– a win percentage of 86.6%. <br />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. <br />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. <br />His record shook the world. <br />But what happened next — and who dared to rewrite it — <br />is another, no less thrilling story. <br />Photo by Miguel Najdorf: Wikimedia Commons (CC0 1.0 Public Domain) <br />#chess #blindfoldchess #Najdorf #chessrecords #chessfacts #grandmaster #chesshistory #ChessShortSeries
