Details of Saturday Blitz event

Register to play a 5 minute blitz game over the board against GM Timur Gareyev while he is blindfolded.

Games will be consecutive. Each game will start as soon as the previous game finishes.
All games will be played on one of two DGT boards. This will allow for games to be played continuously without delay due to set up. All games will be broadcast live.

There will be online blindfold blitz from 8am-9am. This will have a different time control. You are welcome to watch these games onsite or online via chess24.com. There are a few spots open if you would like to register to play online instead of over the board.

Opening ceremony at 9AM

Last blitz game is expected to be finished around 8PM (+- 1hr)

Time Control: G/5;d0
(game in 5 minute with 0 second delay, aka sudden death)

All games will be broadcast online via chess24.com as well as projected on to the wall in our office for spectators to follow.

Registration

Registration in ONLINE ONLY to secure the required number of players.
No on-site registration is available.

Sign up for one blitz online, by selecting a 2 hour time window when you would like to play.
Any 2 hour time window is available the first 10 players.
If you registered, you are expected to show up at the start of the 2 hour time windown, and your game will be scheduled on site within that 2 hour time frame.
If you don't show up during your time frame, your spot will be given to one of the on-site spectators who volunteers to play against GM Garayev.

Available Time-slots:
8AM - 10AM Online games via Chess 24: 10 available spots
10AM - 12PM : 12 available spots
12PM - 2PM: 12 available spots
2PM - 4PM: 10 available spots
4PM - 6PM: 10 available spots
6PM - 8PM: 10 available spots
as registration progresses, we'll be indicating the remaining available spots.

Entry Fees:
$15 - Friday evening Bughouse
$15 - Saturday Record breaking blitz
$80 - 1-day Sunday master class

Special all weekend combo:
$100 for special entry to all three days' events

Saturday Side Events

Earn points and win special prizes as individuals and as TEAMS

We are preparing special side events for the players and parents.
Events will include, but are not limited to:
Quick blitz and bughouse events
Special game analysis by GM Chirila, IM Aleskerov, FM Kavutskiy
Puzzle solving competition

*** Special Team competition ***
Group of CA 8 players can form a team and can earn points from their blitz games with GM Gareyev as well as for their side events.
Team point competition will be tracked onsite and online. The winner will be announced at the end of the day.

Friday & Sunday Side Events

Friday - FUN FUN FUN Bughouse craze
6-9PM

Sunday - Special Master Class for all levels
10AM - 4PM


More information will be avalable soon.

History of Consecutive Blindfold Blitz Events

Consecutive Blindfold Rapid Games: FM Lang Sets New World Record of 60, Beating Koltanowski’s 56


The exhibition (held in Sontheim, Germany) began at 1 PM on July 16, 2011 and ended at 3 AM on July 17. There were a few short breaks between groups of games during the display’s 14-hr duration. The opposition was quite strong, its approximate average USCF rating being 1750 (8 unrated players and the other 52 ranging from 920 to 2370). Lang’ score was better than he expected to achieve: 45 wins, 11 draws, and 4 losses, a wining percentage of 84%. He was White in 31 of the games and Black in the other 29, with these colors alternating from one game to the next, with three exceptions.


More information about the event at the following blog: entry
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GM Timur Garayev

Timur Gareyev is a chess grandmaster originally from Uzbekistan. He has held the rank of 3rd highest rated chess player in the US and top 100 players in the world with a peak USCF rating of 2780. He is best known for his exceptional ability to play Blindfold chess. Blindfold Chess is a form of chess play where a player has no sight of the chess board or the positions of the pieces on the board.

Timur has participated in thousands of blindfold chess games in classic simuls, online events and practice games. On July 31, 2015, Timur made history by setting a new world record for playing Tandem Blindfold Chess with the current Blindfold Chess Champion, Marc Lang. In March 2016, Timur set a personal record when he won 32 out of 33 blindfold chess games (losing 1 and drawing 2). This event took 12 hours and was completed while on an exercise bike.

His current goal is to break the world record by playing 47 simultaneous games of chess blindfolded. His training will consist of thousands of hours of preparation. Timur is currently on a World Blindfold Chess tour in preparation for this event. • Timur has an adventurous spirit and is a licensed sky diver and BASE jumper. He enjoys traveling and meeting new people. He stays fit by hiking and practicing yoga. Timur serves as a consultant for the Karpov International School of Chess and has created a Virtual Chess instructional program that is being offered to schools all over the US. Timur has authored a Chess Tactics workbook called C.A.T. Tactics and is working on a new book titled Get Off the Couch and Play Chess.

Timur is currently under study by a team of neuroscience researchers at UCLA. The team has conducted a series of cognitive testing, complimented by functional MRI study that was conducted while Gareyev played four simultaneous blindfold chess games against a computer.

www.timurgareyev.com and www.blindfoldking.com