Koltanowski 56-board blindfold-simul 1960 /gauer

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Koltanowski 56-board blindfold-simul 1960 /gauer
Compiled by jhdriggs

This collection compiled by gauer. Thank you gauer!

Held at San Francisco, USA, 4th of December, 1956 by Georges Koltanowski - columnist and age 57, in which he received a blindfold and the white pieces in a simul against (some of) the following players (ordered by the amount of moves in which the opponents lasted).

29 out of his 56 total games (all but one were wins; he scored +50-0=6 overall) are present here. The wikipedia article below suggests that the blindfold games were played consecutively (or the version of their story on 26 March, 2015), giving each player 10 seconds/move. In some cases, the names of the players of the black pieces were only given partially, and might be awaiting correction slip revisions.

References: (1) Wikipedia article: George Koltanowski

* Game Collection: Checkmate: Checkmate Patterns This link has a good, concise collection of diagrammed checkmate patterns by name. The new reader may wish to consult it initially to the point of memorization.

C42 1-0 5
Koltanowski vs K Diller, 1960
(C42) Petrov Defense, 5 moves, 1-0
B27 1-0 5
Koltanowski vs T Allen, 1960
(B27) Sicilian, 5 moves, 1-0
C40 1-0 7
Koltanowski vs W Nolan, 1960
(C40) King's Knight Opening, 7 moves, 1-0
A00 1-0 7
Koltanowski vs NN, 1960
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 7 moves, 1-0
C55 1-0 8
Koltanowski vs Furst, 1960
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 8 moves, 1-0
C55 1-0
Koltanowski vs C Hutchason, 1960
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 15 moves, 1-0
C41 1-0 8
Koltanowski vs K Cable, 1960
(C41) Philidor Defense, 8 moves, 1-0
C01 1-0 10
Koltanowski vs D Jong, 1960
(C01) French, Exchange, 10 moves, 1-0
C42 1-0 11
Koltanowski vs J Spence, 1960
(C42) Petrov Defense, 11 moves, 1-0
C55 1-0 12
Koltanowski vs K B Richardson, 1960
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 12 moves, 1-0
C40 1-0 12
Koltanowski vs White, 1960
(C40) King's Knight Opening, 12 moves, 1-0
C50 1-0 12
Koltanowski vs Day, 1960
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 12 moves, 1-0
C56 1-0 12
Koltanowski vs G Rey, 1960
(C56) Two Knights, 12 moves, 1-0
B08 1-0 12
Koltanowski vs Magmusson, 1960
(B08) Pirc, Classical, 12 moves, 1-0
C40 1-0 14
Koltanowski vs Carter, 1960
(C40) King's Knight Opening, 14 moves, 1-0
C10 1-0 15
Koltanowski vs D Folkner, 1960
(C10) French, 15 moves, 1-0
C55 1-0 17
Koltanowski vs Hansen, 1960
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 17 moves, 1-0
C55 1/2-1/2 18
Koltanowski vs M O'Neill, 1960
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 18 moves, 1/2-1/2
C01 1-0 19
Koltanowski vs J Blankfort, 1960
(C01) French, Exchange, 19 moves, 1-0
B13 1-0 22
Koltanowski vs J Powell, 1960
(B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 22 moves, 1-0
C55 1-0 24
Koltanowski vs F Hawley, 1960
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 24 moves, 1-0
C55 1-0 25
Koltanowski vs H M Leete Jr, 1960
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 25 moves, 1-0
B01 1-0 31
Koltanowski vs Anders Ernst, 1960
(B01) Scandinavian, 31 moves, 1-0
B60 1-0 31
Koltanowski vs B Wong, 1960
(B60) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, 31 moves, 1-0
B60 1-0 33
Koltanowski vs E Edmondson, 1960
(B60) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, 33 moves, 1-0
C50 1-0 34
Koltanowski vs F Lynch, 1960
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 34 moves, 1-0
B01 1-0 35
Koltanowski vs W Windom, 1960
(B01) Scandinavian, 35 moves, 1-0
C55 1-0 36
Koltanowski vs P Vayssie, 1960
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 36 moves, 1-0
C50 1-0 44
Koltanowski vs T Morrin, 1960
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 44 moves, 1-0
29 games

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